Description
Book SynopsisAn easy-to-understand guide to often-confusing computer/Internet jargon!
Internet and Personal Computing Fads is an A-to-Z reference book written in a straightforward style that’s informative enough for library use but informal enough for general reading. This essential guide takes a practical look at the most often-seen computer and Internet terms and describes them in easy-to-understand language.
From
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to
Hypertext to
Y2K, more than 100 entries are included, featuring historical backgrounds, popular and practical uses, interesting fun facts, and bibliographies. Detailed enough for reference use by academics, the book has a natural tone that will appeal to students, casual computer users, and those who are intrigued by the chaotic, fascinating, but often frustrating and daunting morass of information known today as the World Wide Web.
A perfect introduction to the world of computers and the
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Acceptable Use Policy Artificial Intelligence Bandwidth Biometrics Blogging Bookmarks Bots CAD Chat and E-Mail Abbreviations Chat Rooms Clip Art Comic Sites Commercialization Compression Computer Dating Computer Simulation Computer Visualization Convergence Cookies Copyright Cybercafes Cyberspace Cybersquatting/Domain Hijacking Cybrarian Deep Web Digital Audio Digital Camera Digital Cinema Digital Imaging Digital Video Distance Learning Domains Dot-Com Early Adopters Easter Eggs E-Books Electronic Publishing E-Mail Emoticons ENIAC E-Zines Filtering Gaming Geek Speak Global Positioning Systems Globalization Gopher Graphical User Interface History of Computer Hardware Hoax Sites HTML Hyperfiction Hypertext Information Society Instant Messaging Internet Acronyms Internet Advertising Internet Providers Internet Radio IRC Linux Luddite Mac versus PC Media Streaming MIDI MP3s MUDs Multimedia..Part Contents
