Book details of 'Internet File Formats: Your Complete Resource for Sending, Receiving, and Using Internet Files'

Title	Internet File Formats: Your Complete Resource for Sending, Receiving, and Using Internet Files
Author(s)	Tim Kientzle
ISBN	188357756X
Language	English
Published	October 1995
Publisher	The Coriolis Group

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Most Internet guides give a passing reference to archive file types with which the author may be familiar. And most (70%, if the studies can be believed) Internet users stick to plain, readable text. But MIME and XXencode happeneth to all accounts, and the variety of different types of files can be bewildering, even to seasoned Internauts. Kientzle has arranged this work into sections dealing with text and documents, graphics, compression and archiving, encoding (binary to printable), audio, and video. While not exhausting all possibilities, he covers the most widely used formats, and everything that all but the most specialized user is ever likely to see. Each chapter, usually covering a single format, gives some background; advice on when to use (or not to use) the format, and how; some details on the algorithms and/or data structure. Where the format is not universal, pointers are generally given for programs on alternate platforms, although the directions in these cases could be more specific. For the average Internet user, this book may be bigger, and more technical, than desired. Advanced Internauts will likely find it both interesting and handy. For the Internet trainer or support person, it is "must have" information. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995
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Provides a detailed file format dictionary to help you understand most of the major file formats found on the Internet. Comes with a CD-ROM jam-packed with programs and tools to help you work with the files you come across on the Internet. Includes player programs to use files you download from the Internet. Contains compression and decompression utilities, and utilities to help you convert files from one format to another. Offers the tools to help you create HTML files and publish on the Web, and efficiently transfer your files. Helps you to read, write, convert, and use most of the major file types encountered on the Internet.