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From: meyer@deadzone.uucp (Doron Meyer)
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Internet for the Completely Ignorant
Summary: Get _The Matrix_ by John S. Quarterman
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.200919.5437@deadzone.uucp>
Date: 14 Jun 91 20:09:19 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.194021.2478@hermesa.uucp>
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A great place to start is _The Matrix_ by John S. Quarterman.  It describes
all sorts of different networks, and differentiates between them.  It'll
tell you all you want to know and more, plus provide pointers to more 
information.