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BIG(TM) : The Basic
Internet Guide
A Sourcebook for Learning Web Essentials
in the School, the Home and the Office
by
Andis Kaulins, J.D. Stanford University
Lecturer a.D. University of Trier, Author Langenscheidt Fachverlag
(in collaboration with Chris Loehr, Erlangen)
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004 by Andis Kaulins. All rights reserved.
BOOK CONTENTS
Table of Contents, Glossary, Preface
Page i.................Inside Cover Page
Page ii...............Inside Copyright Page
Pages iii-vi................Table of Contents
Page vii...............Glossary of Essential Internet Terms
Page ix..............Preface
PART 1
Essential Internet Knowledge
CHAPTER 1
The Origins of the Digital Revolution
Page 1.............The Beginnings of Computer "Hardware" and "Software"
Page 2.............The First Computers, Invention of the Transistor and Integrated Circuit (IC)
Page 3.............Invention Computer Mouse, Hyptertext, ARPANET, 1st E-Mails, BBBs, USENET
Page 4.............National Science Foundation (NSF), 1st Web Domains, CERN, World Wide Web
Page 5.............The Free Internet, Expansive Growth of the WWW
Pages 6-10.............What is the Internet? - Judicial Findings of Fact about the Internet
Justice Reed's judicial opinion (excerpted) in the case of ACLU v. Reno,
31 F. Supp. 2d 473 (E.D. Pa 1999) answers the factual questions:
What is the Internet? How Big is the Internet? Who takes part in the Internet? What is the content of the Internet? How is the Internet accessed? How does one communicate on the internet? What are the six methods of internet communication? What is the World Wide Web (WWW)? What are web home pages and links? What is web publishing? What are search engines? Who controls the web? What control does an internet provider have on content? What is e-commerce? Why is there such expansive growth in e-commerce? What business models are used on the World Wide Web? What is the success of these business models on the Web? What is website traffic?
CHAPTER 2
The Administration of the Internet
Page 11.............Early NSF System under IAB and IANA, gTLDs under NSI
Page 12.............Network Solutions (NSI), First Fee Charges for Domains, registry and registries
Page 13.............Internet Coordination and Governance - ICANN and IANA
Page 14.............The Regional Internet Registries - ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC
Page 15.............Domain Name Registry and Registrars for gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains)
Page 16.............Registrars for ccTLDs (country code Top Level Domains)
Page 17.............Top Level Domain Delegation Practices
Page 18.............New Domain TLDs adopted in 2001-2002
Page 19.............DNS - The Domain Name System - RFC 3467 (February 2003)
Page 20.............Domain Name System Structure and Delegation - RFC 1591 (March 1994)
Page 21.............Domain Name Services and Domain Name Registration Limitations
Page 22.............Domain Who Is ? Directories
Page 23.............The World Wide Web Consortium - W3C
Page 24.............W3C Trademarks (e.g. HTML, HTTP)
Page 25.............XHTML replaces HTML - new W3C Standard for the WWW
Page 26.............W3C Goals for the WWW (e.g Universal Access)
Page 27.............ISOC - The Internet Society, IAB - The Internet Architecture Board, IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force, IESG - The Internet Engineering Steering Group
Page 25.............XHTML replaces HTML - new W3C Standard for the WWW
PART 2
Servers, Providers, Domains and Websites
CHAPTER 3
Internet Root Servers & Internet Providers
Page 29.............The Thirteen Root Servers - Name, Organization, Location, URL
Page 30.............The Root Nameserver System
Page 31.............ISPs - Internet Service Providers, CIX, ASPs, ASP Industry Consortium
CHAPTER 4
Internet Domains and Websites
Page 32.............Domain Name Levels
Page 33.............A Domain Glossary
Page 34.............DNSO - Domain Name Supporting Organization of ICANN
Page 35.............Domain Name Registration - InterNIC FAQs (frequently asked questions)
Pages 39-40.............Domain Name Disputes
Page 41.............Cybersquatting Laws and Penalties
Pages 42-45.............ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Page 46.............ICANN-Approved Arbitrators for Domain Disputes
Page 47.............WIPO - Technical advisors to ICANN
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