Chapter 18
An Internet Refresher
In This Chapter
Understanding the Internet
Gaining Internet access
Using other web browsers
Opening undercover browser windows
Searching the web
Saving a web page image
Exploring email options
The Internet is ubiquitous. Even if you haven’t memorized all the bit fields in a packet header, you probably know about the web, have sent and received email, and perhaps even stuck a digital big toe in the enticing waters of social networking. That’s great! I assume you need only a minor refresher on the big topic that is the Internet.
What Is the Internet?
The Internet consists of all the computers connected to the Internet. That definition seems weird, mostly because people think of the Internet as a single computer or a program. It’s not. Whenever your ...
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