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Nerds 2.0.1 Get a brief history of the Internet from this interactive site sponsored by PBS.

Howstuffworks: Computers Join How Stuff Works as they explain Inside a PC, Buses & Ports, Memory, Networking and much more!

Basic Computer Concepts This document includes a brief overview of basic computing concepts. It is the first in a series of three self-instruction Internet tutorials. produced by the Bedford Public Library.

Computer Terms You Should Know Can you tell what the unit of measurement equivalent to one million bytes is? Or what an on-screen marker that shows where keystrokes will appear is called? Use this quiz to understand some basic computer terms.

Howstuffworks: Internet Join How Stuff Works as they explain Creating Web Pages, Internet Connections, Web Servers and more!

FunBrain.com - Web Master Do you want to create your own web page? This game will teach you the basics about HyperText Markup Language, the language of the Internet.

HTML Goodies This site has HTML tutorials, tag references, downloads, and more.

Animation Factory - Free Animated Gifs and 3D Clipart Welcome to Animation Factory! Over 3,000 original FREE animated GIFs! Easy to use on your personal web pages and email. Click on the categories to get started.

Howstuffworks: How Operating Systems Work The operating system defines our computing experience. It's the first software we see when we turn on the computer, and the last software we see when the computer is turned off. It's the software that enables all the programs we use.

Howstuffworks: How Web Animation Works These days, you can find animated figures all across the Internet! There are a number of technologies that web designers use to create animation, including Animated GIFs, Dynamic HTML, Java, Shockwave and Flash. In this edition of How Stuff Works we'll give you an introduction to how all of these technologies work, along with their advantages and disadvantages. We'll also take a look at the newest innovations that will further expand Web animation!

Howstuffworks: How Screensavers Work For most people, a screensaver pops up whenever you leave your computer unattended for more than a couple of minutes. It may simply be a blank screen, a specialized program, or it could be something as outrageous as winged toasters. But what is a screensaver exactly? What purpose does it serve? How does it know when to start? In this edition of How Stuff Works, we will look behind the screen and check out just what's going on.

FREE Webpages at Webspawner.com Create fast, easy and free web pages at Webspawner.com.

GRSites.com Check out this site for free downloads, including background textures, web graphics, fonts and sound files.

Bellsnwhistles.com This site has everything you need to build your website, including animated graphics, software, java applets, javascript and more - for FREE!

FlamingText.com Free online tool for generating custom web page graphics and animations.

CoolText.com Cooltext.com is an online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work.  We provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them. Simply choose what kind of image you would like to create.  Then, fill out a form and you'll have your own images created on the fly.

Bill Gates' Web Site William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Microsoft had revenues of $25.3 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2001, and employs more than 40,000 people in 60 countries.

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Computer and Information Systems Manager Find out all about working as an Information Systems Manager, including nature of the work, working conditions, qualifications, job outlook and more!

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Computer Programmer Find out all about working as an Information Systems Manager, including nature of the work, working conditions, qualifications, job outlook and more!

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Computer Software Engineer Find out all about working as an Information Systems Manager, including nature of the work, working conditions, qualifications, job outlook and more!

Internet For Kids! This site helps kids learn the Internet and includes News, Web Wizard, Games and more!

The Museum of Modern Technology Welcome to the Museum of Modern Technology. I'm your guide, Ada Omega. The tour that I'm about to take you on is divided into four exhibits. Each exhibit will introduce you to a hot Information Technology topic.

GraphicsDEN GraphicsDEN will teach you how to use a computer graphics program to create unique digital art. Each lesson takes you from start to finish of a digital project. You can follow our step-by-step instructions to complete a similar project. Or, you can apply what you learn here to your own computer illustrations.

WONKAvision Technology Trivia Game Do you know when the first computer was invented? Test your knowledge with Willie Wonka - 2 levels of play.

High-Tech Dictionary Search for definitions to more than 7,000 high-tech terms!

BABEL A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms.

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.