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Overview (screen 1 of 6)
In this Guide you will find out what it takes to get connected to the Internet.
- Screen 2. What do you need to get connected?
- Screen 3. What is a modem?
- Screen 4. What software do I need to connect to the Internet?
- Screen 5. ISPs (Internet Service Providers).
- Screen 6. ISPs: ISP connection costs and review of Guide 6.
How do I get started?
There is a problem here for the beginner. You need to find out about the Internet. You can really only do this on the Internet. Yet how do you get this essential experience without knowing how to get connected?
There are several solutions to this conundrum. You could visit a friend or another organisation that does have a connection and get them to show you what they do on the Internet. There are cybercafes in most large cities where you can get online for a modest cost (and have a coffee while doing so). Many public libraries have a free public Internet connection that you could use.
It is important, though, that you have some experience and understanding of the Internet before you start to determine what use you might make of it for yourself or your organisation. Of course, if you are reading this Guide online, you are getting this experience anyway!
Definitions needed? Visit FOLDOC
Imperial College, London, U.K. hosts the master 
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)(1). You can visit FOLDOC any time for definitions and explanations of unfamiliar terms. FOLDOC contains over 13,000 definitions and is very simple to use.
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References
- Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing http://www.foldoc.org/
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