• DocumentCode
    2766447
  • Title

    Internet tools for engineers-a Technical Society member perspective

  • Author

    Alden, Robert T H

  • Author_Institution
    Power Res. Lab., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    10-14 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    185
  • Lastpage
    198
  • Abstract
    The characteristics of the Internet are described as they impact on the use of the Internet backbone and its extensions. The use of the basic Internet tools, e-mail, FTP, and telnet as well as related services including the World Wide Web, are described with relation to different levels of Internet connectivity. Specific applications for these tools within the Technical Society environment are introduced and explained. The requirements for connecting to the Internet are discussed. A list of Internet resources is provided.
  • Keywords
    Internet; electronic mail; engineering computing; professional aspects; societies; FTP; IEEE Technical Society; Internet resources; Internet tools; World Wide Web; applications; connection requirements; e-mail; engineers; telnet; Application software; Databases; Electronic mail; IP networks; Local area networks; Physics computing; Postal services; Software packages; Software tools; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference, 1996., Conference Record of 1996 Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Birmingham, AL, USA
  • ISSN
    0190-2172
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3148-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAPCON.1996.535997
  • Filename
    535997