Learning how to use the Internet and Web resources

Author

King, Roger L.

Author_Institution

Mississippi State Univ., MS, USA

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

25

Abstract

It seems that whenever you pick up a newspaper or turn on the evening news there is something new about the Internet and the World-Wide Web (WWW or Web). When you attend a technical conference, speakers encourage you to look at their home pages for more information. Sales representatives provide you with a URL for more detailed technical specifications on their products. For some, the idea of surfing the net, FTPing files, and chatting on a newsgroup is second nature. To others it´s a foreign language. However, this is a foreign language in which all power engineers should be proficient, because it is the language of the future. The author reviews some history, defines some terms, and discusses how to use the Internet. The author then describes the World Wide Web, hypermedia documentation, and Web resources for the power engineer. All of the information for this article was obtained using the Internet and the Web. How this information was obtained is illustrated to serve as an example for the reader

Keywords

Internet; electronic mail; hypermedia; power engineering computing; protocols; E-mail; FTP; Internet; Telnet; Web resources; World-Wide Web; file transfer protocol; hypermedia documentation; newsgroup; power engineer; Access protocols; Computer networks; Design engineering; Electronic mail; Fiber reinforced plastics; Internet; Libraries; Network servers; Postal services; Power engineering and energy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Applications in Power, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0895-0156

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/67.582447

Filename

582447