Amazon.co.uk Review
Here's something new: a Net guide written not for beginners and shoppers but for readers who want to understand the technology behind the Net and the social and business changes it's brought about. Instead of the usual lists of hot-sites-of-the-minute,
Pocket Internet combines short essays on Internet history, technology and e-business, with an A-Z of key Net terms. It's an intelligent and accessible approach, but you'd expect no less from an Economist-branded book written by an ex-editor of
Wired UK.
The A-Z glossary makes up the core of the book. The terms cover both technical and cultural aspects of the Net--from TCP (the software that manages the transfer of data over the Internet), Perl (the fast, free programming language widely used in Internet environments) and Open Source software and distribution, to geek (not to be confused with nerd) and hacker (not to be confused with cracker). The definitions are long enough to be useful, but not so technically detailed as to be inaccessible for less technical readers, and there is a conceptual focus throughout: this is a book that explains why aspects of the Internet are important, not just how they work and what they do. This is a useful reference for business managers, consultants or anyone interested in how the Internet works, why it matters and where it might lead us.--Kathleen Keefe
Synopsis
This text provides everything you need to know about trends in the e-world and how to get the best out of the internet.'
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