Resource

Instructor Web Sites
Spreadsheet Links
Database Links
How Computers Work
History
Internet - Networks
Building a Web Page
Webpage Graphic Resources
Colors, Text & Images for the Web
MS DOS, Qbasic and JavaScript

Copyright and Documentation
Software License Agreements
Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation
Privacy
Security and Encryption
Viruses
Issues
Women in Computing
Kid's Sites
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   Instructor Web Sites Mike Huffman - Resources and Links
Mike Huffman Lecture Notes

   Spreadsheet Links

MS Excel Terms Excel Shortcut and Function Keys
Excel Spreadsheet User Tips  

   Database Links

Database Basics Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Databasics: A Database Dictionary  

   How Computers Work

How Computers Work - Links How Microprocessors Work
What Is Unicode Hardware Fundamentals
Digital to Binary Converter Write your age using Binary Numbers
PC Buyers Guide Computer Concepts and Terminology
ASCII Table  

   History

Nerds2.0.1 - Tech History Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Charles Babbage Computer History Links
Charles Babbage Institute More History Links
Computer History  Machine that Changed the World - Slides
The Babbage Pages Turing Scrapbook
Turing's Life Virtual Turing Machine
Turing Machines Turing Test
Turing Machine Description  

   Internet - Networks

Search the Web Tutorial Comparing Search Tools
Internet Terminology Networking Basics
Usenet Info Web Interface to Whois

   Building a Web Page

Elizabeth Castro Peachpit HTML Books Peachpit HTML 4 Guide - Elizabeth Castro's Author's page
HTML Goodies www.w3schools.com HTML Primer
Interactive HTML Tutorial Barebones Guide to HTML
Twocows FTP download Anonymous FTP FAQ
Writing HTML - a tutorial for creating Web pages Web Style Guide
Webmonkey Reference HTML Cheatsheet HTML Clinic.com (Another HTML guide)
Download WS_FTP (shareware) Download WinZip
Web Source HTMLCodes defined Builder.com - HTML Tags and Their Attributes

   Webpage Graphic Resources

Hee Yun's Graphic Collection

 Browsing the Alphabets of the World

Eos Web Graphics, Icons & Backgrounds (Excellent!)

 Yahoo Clipart Search Results
Iconbazaar Rainbowed Text 
Shock Waves Library of Images & Icons

Mediabuilder

Ender's Realm Backgrounds

Animations & GIFs

How to make an Animated GIF
Absolutely Free Backgrounds Finding Graphics on the Internet

   Colors, Text & Images for the Web

RGB Hexadecimal Color Chart

 Elizabeth Castro – The Browser Safe Colors
Cool Text Images (neat site!) Sixteen Predefined Colors
Photoshop Tutorials -- Absolute Cross Download Colorbrowser Program
Color Schemer - Online Color Scheme Generator Background Color Selector
Color combinations for web pages Color combinations, color combinations for web pages, web banners, web site design and layout

   MS DOS, Qbasic and JavaScript

MS-DOS 7 Commands

 MS DOS 6 Command Index

Download FirstBasic (30-day free trial from Qbasic page)

 Webmonkey JavaScript Tutorial
HTML and JavaScript Goodies JavaScript for the Total Non-Programmer

   Copyright and Documentation

Evaluating Research Sources

Copyrights in Cyberspace
More Documenting Sources Copyright 101
Copyright Protection: What It Is, How It Works Basic Forms for Electronic Sources

   Software License Agreements

WinZip Standard License (692 words, 78 lines) TextPad Registered User License Agreement (1869 words, 190 lines)

   Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation

Richard Stallman - The GNU Project The GNU General Public License (GPL)

   Privacy

Electronic Privacy Info Privacy Tools
Cookiecentral.com Computerprivacy.org

   Security and Encryption

How PGP works Cryptography (Definition & Frequently Asked Questions)
Crypto Law Survey Bert-Jaap Koops  

   Viruses

How Viruses Work, Neil Randall, PC Magazine Preventing and Curing Word Macro Viruses, David Stone, PC Magazine, February 13, 2001
What's the cure for PC viruses? You!, Robert Vamosi, Security Expert, ZDNet Help & How-To May 16, 2001  

   Issues

Along the Infobahn Children NOW

   Women in Computing

The Ada Project Girl Geeks

   Kid's Sites

NASA is my playground 4Kids Treehouse
700+ Wonderful Web Sites for Kids EdView - Teacher recommeded sites
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