Understanding the Internet: A Glimpse into the Building Blocks, Applications, Security and Hidden Secrets of the Web

by Kevin Curran

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This book provides a straightforward overview with minimum technical descriptions of the underlying networking principles, standards, applications and uses of the Internet. Concepts are presented in a clear manner. The author explains the underlying networking concepts, the protocols and standards which comprise the Internet, Internet trends and applications, the mobile Internet, security and the hidden Web. The Internet and World Wide Web are dramatically changing the world we live in and this book provides a holistic view of the Internet so that practitioners and users can more fully understand the concepts involved.It is written from a highly knowledgeable and well-respected practitioner in the field. It draws on the author's wide-ranging practical experience of developing web and mobile web applications and indeed teaching Internet technologies at a university for many years. It provides insight into how the Internet is put together and the novel applications which are currently residing on it.
  • ISBN10 1843345005
  • ISBN13 9781843345008
  • Publish Date March 2009
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 26 September 2012
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Imprint Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 200
  • Language English