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The Internet for Beginners

If you have never used the Internet before or are totally new computers, it can seem very overwhelming to suddenly have a worldwide network available to you at the tip of your fingers.

This tutorial is designed to give the beginner users an overall concept of the Internet, and how to use it to their advantage.

Please select from the topics below, or alternatively, take the tutorial from the beginning.

    The Internet
       What is the Internet?
       The history of the Internet
       The Internet today
       Advantages of the Internet

    How the Internet works
       What is a Network?
       What is TCP/IP?
       Packet Switching
       The Domain Name System
       Domains

    Connecting to the Internet
       What do You need?
       Computer requirements
       What is a Modem?
       Modem Checklist
       Internet software

    Using a web browser
       What does a browser look like?
       Standard browser buttons
       How to browse
       Using search engines
       Bookmarking information

    E-mail
       E-mail
       How does e-mail work?
       E-mail addresses and mailboxes

    Newsgroups
       What is Usenet?
       Accessing Usenet/Newsgroups
       Newsgroup Naming Conventions
       Posting/Reading News Messages
       Newsgroup Terminology




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