Read Chapter 3 "Introduction to HyperText Markup Language 4 (HTML 4) " in Deitel, Deitel & Nieto, Internet & World Wide Web: How to Program. You may want to use a text editor to copy some of the listings in the text. Remember to save these files in text only format; do not save them as full-blown Word documents.

Begin Chapter 3: "The Miracle Workers" in Freiberger & Swaine, Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer. Identify the four or five key names of people, events, businesses and ideas in this chapter  along with a sentence or two about their significance.
 
 

1)    Search for some specific topic of interest to you (perhaps your own name, a popular rock star, or an interesting tourist site,  historical event, or literary work) on the following favorite search engines and list the top three results from each search:
 

Google	http://www.google.com
HotBot	http://www.hotbot.com
AltaVista	http://www.altavista.com
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com

    You can replace one of these suggested search engines with one that you use regularly (e.g. Yahoo)/

2)    What estimate can you obtain from sources on the Web as to (a) the number of Web pages now in existence and (b) the number of people who access the Web at least once a week?  Document your findings.