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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
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The Internet and the Web:
Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce

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Dell Computer Corporation Electronic Commerce Site

Protocols

A Simulation Study of IP Switching
Comparison of IP-over-SONET and IP-over-ATM Technologies
Design Issues for HTTP
Download.com
Download the DARPA Internet Program Protocol Specification
Download the TCP/IP Tutorial
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) Specification
Routing Lookups in Hardware at Memory Access Speeds
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Telnet Protocol Specification-RFC 854
The HTTP protocol as implemented in WWW
TUCOWS

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Design of the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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Markup Languages

Arbortext XML resources
History of HTML
John December's comprehensive "HTML Station"
NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML
University of Texas, Austin's "Learn Web" pages
World Wide Web Consortium HTML description
World Wide Web Consortium XML description
XMetal XML
     (The first, stand-alone XML editor.)
XML.ORG The XML Industry Portal

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Web Editors and Site Builders

Adobe PageMill
Comprehensive listing of Web Editors
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Microsoft FrontPage
NetObjects Fusion
Netscape Composer
Sausage's HotDog Pro
SoftQuad HoTMetaL Pro
Visual Café
     (formerly Symantec Visual Page)

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Intranets and Extranets

Aventail ExtraNet Center
Extranet partner linking
The Extranet Advantage
Extranets and a virtual Gardner
Some reluctant to try extranets

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Internet Connection Options and Tradeoffs

Broadband Bob Report
     (Cable modems: more here than you can imagine about cable modems.)
Cable Modem Information Center
Cable-Modems.org
     (A rich resource for cable modem information.)
Cable modem usage projections  Internet Service Providers
     (A representative sample of popular ones.)
     dotAmerica Online (AOL)
     dotAT&T Broadband (formerly MediaOne)
     dotAT&T WorldNet Service
     dotcox@Home
     dotBellAtlantic.net
     dotBellSouth.net
     dotCompuServe
     dotEarthLink Network
     dotErols Internet
     dotFlashNet
     dotGTE
     dotIBM
     dotMSN Internet
     dotNetcom
     dotProdigy Internet
     dotRoad Runner
     dotThe List
        (A self-proclaimed definitive ISP guide with over 7,000 ISPs
     and counting!)
ISP Check
     (A checklist of features to help you select the right ISP;
     includes a glossary.)
ISP Finder
     (A list of questions to ask your ISP and an ISP locator.)

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Exercises

Exercise 1

History of HTML
W3C Technical Reports

Exercise 2

Extranet partner linking
Extranets and a virtual Gardner
Some reluctant to try extranets

Exercise 3

Internet connection options for popular ISPs
Connection speeds: user to ISP
PC Magazine's Internet Connection Facts
How cable modems work

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Additional Resources

Akamai FreeFlow
     (Redirects requests away from a company's Web server to the best
     available servers when traffic is heavy.)
Aventail, the first Extranet Service Provider
     (Aventail has dubbed itself the world's first "extranet service provider.")

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