這本雜志提供了一本關于基于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的計算機應用和使能技術的期刊質(zhì)量評估和評論。它還為用戶和開發(fā)人員提供信息源和論壇。該雜志的重點是使用WWW、代理和類似技術的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)服務。這不包括傳統(tǒng)的軟件關注點，如面向?qū)ο蠡蚪Y(jié)構(gòu)化編程，或公共對象請求代理體系結(jié)構(gòu)（CORBA）或?qū)ο箧溄雍颓度耄∣LE）標準。然而，雜志可能會把這些軟件技術與Web或代理的交叉點放在一起。例如，ORBS和Web服務器的鏈接或KQML消息到對象請求的轉(zhuǎn)換是本雜志的相關技術。一篇關于CORBA的文章是不會的。本雜志不關注智能系統(tǒng)。編碼知識的技術或神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡技術的突破超出了它的范圍，就像一篇關于特定專家系統(tǒng)有效性的文章一樣。互聯(lián)網(wǎng)計算側(cè)重于技術和應用程序，使從業(yè)人員能夠利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上的服務。特工是這樣做的一種技術，獨立于對情報的要求。事實上，在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上部署的大多數(shù)有用的代理技術都不同于人工智能世界中開發(fā)的多用戶代理技術。后者通常側(cè)重于支持信念、意圖和其他類人特征的架構(gòu)。這些特征通常與Internet代理無關。更重要的是系統(tǒng)工程問題，如互聯(lián)網(wǎng)移動性、共享協(xié)議、本體、注冊和路由。網(wǎng)絡軟件和硬件本身不在本雜志的范圍內(nèi)。另一方面，將允許更快地執(zhí)行特定的Web技術（例如Java芯片）的硬件。

This magazine provides a journal-quality evaluation and review of Internet-based computer applications and enabling technologies. It also provides a source of information as well as a forum for both users and developers. The focus of the magazine is on Internet services using WWW, agents, and similar technologies. This does not include traditional software concerns such as object-oriented or structured programming, or Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) or Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) standards. The magazine may, however, treat the intersection of these software technologies with the Web or agents. For instance, the linking of ORBs and Web servers or the conversion of KQML messages to object requests are relevant technologies for this magazine. An article strictly about CORBA would not be. This magazine is not focused on intelligent systems. Techniques for encoding knowledge or breakthroughs in neural net technologies are outside its scope, as would be an article on the efficacy of a particular expert system. Internet Computing focuses on technologies and applications that allow practitioners to leverage off services to be found on the Internet. Agents are one technology for doing so, independent of claims about intelligence. In fact, most of the useful agent technology being deployed on the Internet is distinct from the multi-user agent technology developed in the AI world. The latter typically focuses on architectures supporting beliefs, intentions, and other human-like characteristics. Such characteristics are typically not relevant to Internet agents. More important are system engineering issues such as Internet mobility, shared protocols, ontologies, registration, and routing. Network software and hardware per se are not in the scope of this magazine. On the other hand, hardware that permits faster execution of a specific Web technology, such as Java chips, would be covered.