AFTER YOU READ THIS CHAPTER YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Explain how and why the Internet was created
- Describe the technology that's at the heart of the Internet
- Describe the technology that makes the Web work as a multimedia mass medium
- Discuss the tools people use to build Web sites
- Discuss the trends that are changing the Internet and the way people use it
- Discuss some of the most important social and political issues raised by the growth of the Internet
