Book details of 'Internet in Plain English'

Title	Internet in Plain English
Author(s)	Bryan Pfaffenberger
ISBN	1558283854
Language	English
Published	September 1994
Publisher	MIS Press

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Terms, acronyms and jargon abound on the Net. This comprehensive dictionary of Internet terms and concepts is a huge help when running up against foreign concepts like "distributed computing" or "protocol stack." And there's far more than technical terms here. You'll find entries for "delurk" and "spamming," too. The short explanations are miracles of concise yet cogent writing. Excellent cross-referencing makes this book particularly valuable. For beginning, intermediate and advanced users. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
This isn't an Internet guide. Or, then again, maybe it is. Pfaffenberger has compiled a glossary of Internet related terms and jargon. Beyond simply giving you the definitions, though, he has added real explanations of the significance of most of the items. The book is somewhat daunting in size, or, at least, thickness. (The small page size produces one oddity: the publisher has put headers showing the first and last term on the page. Since a single definition can easily span more than one page, and very few pages have more than three definitions, these headers are of much less help than they might be otherwise.) If the author has erred, it is on the size of inclusion. Very few Internet users will need to know what a High-speed Digital Subscriber Loop (HDSL) is. On the other hand, a few will be very interested. By and large, the definitions, and explanations, are excellent. There is a strong emphasis on netiquette and net culture. For once, in a general work, the definition of virus contains sound advice and not a single error. (Not all of the book is perfect. The entry for telnet, while it is not in error, gives an unusually misrepresented picture. The very complete coverage of the "V." data communications standards even includes a panning of the misleading "V.32terbo" marketing phrase--but *doesn't* include the valid v.32ter standard.) This book is highly recommended for those who are new to the net, and active, but are finding themeselves constantly asking "what do you mean by _____?" copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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