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Chapter 2.All the Hype aside, What is the Internet in practical terms?
Look Before
You Web

© 2001 - Barry Wroobel - Discovery Data Systems, inc.

Chapter 2.All the Hype aside, What is the Internet in practical terms?
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A. Many things for many people. http, Gopher, etc.

B. For most business and consumer users: Web Pages & E-mail.

C. The "Web": Essentially a single big book, with portions stored in computers around the
world that are all linked together. The book is unique in that almost anyone can publish in it
for free or very little, and almost anyone can view the pages for free.

D. This particular book happens to be over 65 to 100 miles thick with big pages.

E. Many pages, many indexing and search facilities. Over 1000 search engines to do the
looking for you, 10 to 15 top rated ones.

© 2001 - Barry Wroobel - Discovery Data Systems, inc.
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