Introduction to the Internet
Resource Links

Internet Basics

• The Internet Society's All About the Internet
• ILC Glossary of Internet Terms
• Internic 15 Minute Modules
• What is a Network?
• What is the Internet?
• What is the history of the Internet?
• What was ARPANET?
• What is a Protocol?
• What is TCP/IP?
• What is a Packet?
• What is SLIP/PPP?
• What is Client/Server Computing?
• What is an IP Address?
• What is a Domain Name?
• What is an Internet Service Provider?

• Internet Statistics
  Sites compiled by the Library of Congress
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• Nielsen / CommerceNet Internet Demographic Survey
• Internet Surveys and Statistics

Computer Purchases

• ZD Net's Computer Shopper
• C|Net Computers.com: What to buy. Where to get it.
• PC World's Top 400 Products
• Infoseek: Computer
• NBCi's Computer Shopping Directory

Choosing an ISP

• ISPs.com Lots of info under the News and Help button.
• Resource page - ISP and Host info
• The List (Internet Service Providers)

Course Resource Links

The Master Internet Volunteer Program was developed by the University of Minnesota Extension Service and was adapted for use in North Dakota with permission. Copyright  © 2001 North Dakota State University. All rights reserved.

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