The information revolution : the not-for-dummies guide to the history, technology, and use of the World Wide Web

The information revolution : the not-for-dummies guide to the history, technology, and use of the World Wide Web / J.R. Okin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okin, J. R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Winter Harbor, Me. : Ironbound Press, 2005.
Edition:1st Ironbound Press ed.
Subjects:
Internet.
Internet > History.
Internet > Social aspects > United States.
World Wide Web.
Table of Contents:
  • The pre-Web Internet and information management. Waiting for the Web's arrival ; The history of hypertext ; Information management and the Internet.
  • The Web is born. A working definition of the Web ; Tim Berners-Lee and a short history of the Web ; Web history details ; The Web is formed ; The Web is discovered ; The Web spins threads of control.
  • The mechanics of the Web. The building blocks of the Web ; The applications of the Web.
  • The information Web. Finding information ; Storing and representing information ; Automating the discovery and protection of information.
  • The multimedia Web. Publications ; Audio ; Video ; Multimedia built for the Web: Applets, Flash, and 3D.
  • The business Web. Web business successes ; Web business failures ; Businesses that build and support the Web.
  • The people Web. There is no place like home: Web home pages ; In search of publicity: public people on the Web ; In search of work: job hunting ; In search of love: Web dating ; In search of family: Web genealogy ; The quest for self expression: blogs and blogging.
  • The shadow Web. Web banners: advertisements that track our movements ; Web logs: files that record our movements ; Web bugs: code that captures our actions ; Affiliate management: organizations that live off our movements ; Data mining: operations that turn our data into gold.
  • The semantic Web. Representing information: metadata, RDF, and XML ; Discovering information: navigating the semantic Web ; Trusting information: the Web of trust ; The big (semantic Web) picture.
  • Appendix A: Milestones, netiquette, and jargon. World Wide Web milestones ; Netiquette ; Common Internet jargon.

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