The whole Internet for Windows 95 cover

The whole Internet for Windows 95

by Ed Krol

This book describes the state of the internet, its basic components and protocols ranging from telnet, ftp and xterm to the www and early web browsers, as current in the early 1990ies. The author was at the time working at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champain (UIUC) which was instrumental in the development of the software architecture of the early modern internet. The book also contains a collection of websites, sorted by subject.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?