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Getting Internet Software

Getting Internet software is like borrowing money: It's only difficult when you really need it. If you already have money (or Internet software), getting more is easy. So the trick is getting started.

You see, once you go online, you can search for, find, and download all the software you want, some of it for free, most at least cheap. You'll learn all about downloading software in Chapter 13, “Downloading Programs and Files.”

Downloading means copying a file—through a network—from another computer to your own. When you get software online, you copy that software from a server somewhere, through the Internet, to your computer ...