Project Gutenberg 1994-03-01 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 763 Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF Gaffin, Adam Kapor, Mitchell Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet "Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet" by Electronic Frontier Foundation is a guidebook intended for readers with little to no experience in network communications, written during the early 1990s. The book aims to introduce newcomers to the vast online landscape and provide them with the skills necessary to navigate and utilize the Internet effectively. The opening of the guide sets a welcoming tone for its readers, positioning the Internet as a frontier of communication and information. It opens with a foreword by EFF co-founder Mitchell Kapor, emphasizing the need for accessibility to these emerging technologies. The preface by Adam Gaffin encourages readers to embark on a learning journey, comparing the experience of accessing the Internet to navigating a foreign country. The guide details essential steps for connecting to the Internet, such as setting up hardware and software and introduces the basic concepts of file transfer and online communication. Central to this opening section is the idea of fostering a sense of community, encouraging users to seek help and actively participate in the evolving digital landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Internet Computer networks TK Text Category: How To ... 490017 2025-08-01T04:19:57.042527 text/html 489837 489838 2024-10-01T04:26:04.081655 2023-10-01T04:17:18.970921 text/html text/html 239471 2025-08-01T04:20:06.368448 application/epub+zip 248615 2025-08-01T04:20:00.298503 application/epub+zip 239742 2025-08-01T04:19:58.990608 application/epub+zip 465903 2025-08-01T04:20:12.318416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430126 2025-08-01T04:20:05.355432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394875 2022-09-01T04:20:59.177206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423542 2025-08-01T04:19:56.466505 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 403266 2024-10-29T08:15:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16620 2025-08-01T04:20:12.480402 application/rdf+xml 13867 2025-08-01T04:19:59.488460 image/jpeg 3448 2025-08-01T04:19:59.240477 image/jpeg 231086 2025-08-01T04:19:57.073494 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia