How the Internet Works (8th Edition)

Index

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ca (.ca) domain name

cab filename extension

cable modems 2nd

caching

Carnivore spy system (FBI)

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)

CAs (certificate authorities) 2nd

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

CDs, ripping

cell phone hacks

cellular Internet access

certificate authorities (CAs) 2nd

certificates (digital) 2nd 3rd

CGI (Common Gateway Interface)

     interactive forms

     scripts

CGI (Computer Graphics Imaging)

channels (IRC)

chat

chat rooms

checking for viruses

checksums

children, parental controls

choke routers

circuit-switched networks

clear gifs

Clear to Send (CTS) packets

client pull animation

client-side scripting

client/server architecture

client/server model

     Telnet

     Web

clients

     client pull animation

     client-side scripting

     client/server architecture

         Telnet

         Web

     defined

     FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

     IRC (Internet relay chat) clients

     Telnet

    web browsers

         error messages

         helper applications

         overview

         plug-ins

cluster servers (grid computing)

com (.com) domain name

command links (FTP)

commands

     rlogin

     TAR

communications [See also email.]

     chat rooms

     instant messaging 2nd

    Internet phone calls

         Skype 2nd

         VoIP

     IRC (Internet relay chat)

    newsgroups

         archives

         FAQs

         moderated newsgroups

         readers

         threads

         unmoderated newsgroups

         uuencode

    protocols

         CGI (Common Gateway Interface)

         DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

         FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

         HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

         HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) servers

         ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

         IP (Internet Protocol)

         IP (Internet Protocol) addresses 2nd

         LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) 2nd

         multicast IP (Internet Protocol)

         NAT (network address translation)

         PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)

         PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) 2nd

         SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) 2nd

         TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

         TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

     radio broadcasting

    Telnet

         client/server model

         clients

         hosts

         NVTs (network virtual terminals)

         terminal emulation

Communications Decency Act

companies [See businesses, corporate firewalls.]

compilers 2nd

components (ActiveX) 2nd

compressing files

Computer Graphics Imaging (CGI)

connecting to Internet

     home networks

     ISPs (Internet service providers), defined

     modems

     overview

    TV/Internet connections

         cable modems

         Internet-enhanced TV

         IPTV

         overview 2nd

         set-top boxes

    wireless connections

         Bluetooth

         hot spots

         overview

         Palmtop computers

         public wireless hot spots

         satellite connections

         war driving

         WiFi

         WiMax

connecting to remote computers (Telnet)

     client/server model

     clients

     hosts

     NVTs (network virtual terminals)

     terminal emulation

controls (ActiveX) 2nd

cookies 2nd 3rd

COOKIES.TXT file

Copernic

corporate firewalls

corporations [See businesses, corporate firewalls.]

cryptography

     algorithms

     decryption

     digital certificates 2nd

     overview

     public-key cryptography

CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance)

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

CTS (Clear to Send) packets