Get going with the Internet, Torben Junker Kjær

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• What is the Internet? - What can the Internet be used for? - Myths - Different ways to be connected to the Internet. - Computers - Developments - What is the World Wide Web? - Web pages - Web pages come from a web server - All web pages have an address - Computer addresses - Guess an address - Web sites
• This is how you get on the Internet - The Computer - The Modem - Internet service provider - Dialler programs and Internet programs - On the net
• The Web browser - Internet Explorer - Netscape - Where to find your browser - This is how you use your web browser - Toolbar - Status line - Your browser remembers where you have been - Your favourite pages - Subscriptions - How to create a subscription. - Channels - Pictures - Frames: Several web pages at once - Java: Programs in a web page - Forms - Right click - Several windows simultaneously - Printing
• Problems - You cannot make a connection to the web server - The web site cannot be found - File not found - The web page never downloads - The web page is downloaded very slowly
• How to find what you want - Use an index when: - Use a search machine when: - Indexes - Searching for web pages - Some tips for searching on AltaVista - Downloading programs - Unpacking and installation - WinZip - Virus - Where are the files to download?
• Accessories for your web browser - RealPlayer - Radio on the net - Shockwave - Quicktime - Adobe -   Acrobat Reader
• Shopping on the net - Credit card numbers and security - Customs duties
• Electronic mail - Setting up your mail program - Your e-mail program - Sending a mail - Receiving and answering post - Off-line - ‘Foreign characters’ - Signature - Attached files - Smileys - E-mail and net etiquette (netiquette) - Communicating with mobile phones - Mailing lists - How do you find an address?
• Newsgroups on USENET - A hierarchy of subjects - Newsreader - Subscribing - Threads - Using newsgroups - Joining in the discussion - How do you find newsgroups? - FAQ - Off-line - Newsgroups and netiquette - Newsgroups v. mailing lists
• Chat - Webchat - The Palace - IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
• Form an opinion and be critical - Private life - Be critical - How can it all be free? - Information overload - The Law - Security - Nine good tips