Internet in a Nutshell
by Valerie Quercia


Here are the changes that were made in the 1/98 reprint:


(xi): para. 3: changed "out culture" to "our culture"

[68-71]: inserted the missing table (4-1), which added a page, so this
chapter now starts on p. 68 and ends on 71.

Here is the new table:



Table 4-1: Internet Servers and What They Provide

Server		Protocol		Information It Provides
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ftp		File Transfer Protocol	Text and binary files that are
					organized in a hierarchical
					structure, much like a family tree

gopher		Transfer Control 	Text and binary files that are
		Protocol/Internet	organized in a menu structure
		Protocol (TCP/IP)

http		Hypertest Transfer 	Hypertext/hypermedia files (i.e,
		Protocal		multimedia documents that contain
					links to images, sounds, or other
					multimedia documents on the
					World Wide Web)

mail		Post Office Protocol	Messages sent via electronic mail
		(POP) Version 3 and	
		Simple Mail Transfer
		Protocol (SMTP)

news		Networks News Transfer 	Newsgroups that are organized in 
		Protocol (NNTP)		a hierarchical structure
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