Here are some links to pages that may be of interest:
What Is The Information Superhighway? An explanation in simple terms.
Internet Tutorials A collection of tutorials from Albany University Libraries in New York.
InternetWorldStats looks at who is on the Internet around the world.
Here's a UK site that also has statistics on world Internet usage.
RefDesk took a snapshot of the Internet...
GlobalReach also offer global statistics.
W3 Schools looks at global browser usage stats...
And Clickx offers an article on such statistics...
The Internet Story is the history of the Internet, nicely presented.
The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization established to preserve website history by taking regular 'snapshots' of the contents of the Internet. For example, MarineZine, our free online nautical magazine went through two different domain names before finally getting the one that matched its name and the first day it was ever online in any form is recorded there... along with 40 billion other pages you can look up!
HoaxBusters collect information about hoaxes being routed around the Internet.
Internet Fraud Complaint Center is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
Hobbes' Internet Timeline highlights some of the key events and technologies that helped shape the Internet as we know it today.
Living Internet is described as "An elegantly organized tour of the history of the Internet - both fun and informative - a rare combination!" by Steve Crocker
The Internet Engineering Taskforce is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and more...
Internet Glossaryis Matisse Enzer's Glossary of Internet terms. Links to other computer glossaries can be found on this page...
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