Chapter 1. From Mainframe to Client/Server to World Wide Web

IN THE WORLD OF NETWORKING and computing, technologies come and go regularly. New protocols are developed, new media introduced, and faster hardware is released in a continuous cycle of improvement. During this rapid growth and change, old hardware, applications, and systems are often replaced. In many instances, the technology is no longer useful, but the concepts behind the technologies remain important.

This textbook focuses on security, marketing, and managing the World Wide Web. Part 1 reviews the evolution of computing, communications, and social networking. It helps to have a broad understanding of each of these concepts, which form the foundation for the rest of the book. In ...

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