Enter the Internet

Author: (English) David Jeffery / Zhang Yuping
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This series will help readers uncover the mysteries of new science and technology, covering topics that are hot today. Each book collects fascinating background information and scientifically predicts the exciting developments of the present and future; at the same time, it analyzes the potential problems that scientific and technological progress may bring, as well as the consequences for society and the environment. The Internet is a computer network, and we can use it to exchange information worldwide. To use the Internet, you need to prepare a desktop computer, which connects you to your Internet Service Provider. Of course, you also need a screen to display information images. Then, you can go online and surf the vast ocean of electronic information. In the 1960s, writer Marshall McLuhan predicted that the information age would build electronic communities where people connect based on network regions rather than their geographical locations. McLuhan described this community as a global village, and the Internet provides us with exactly such a community. What is the Internet? How does it work? How will it change our lives in the future? In this book, you will find answers to these questions and many others. This book will take you on a scientific exploration, investigating how the electronics industry and computers transmit information worldwide.