Basic Internet Applications

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Basic Internet Applications

• Joppa Maple Grove
• April 22, 2004

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Estimated total world online users 179 million,
with a 100 million in Canada the USA
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By 2003, the number of Internet users was
estimated at 350 million
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An estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online
last year as people waited for pages to download
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According to a study by Nielsen Media Research,
households with Internet access watch 13 percent
less television than households that are not
online
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There are now an estimated 3.6 million sites on
the internet, with 2.2 million of those
accessible by the public
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Internet use in Canada jumped from 18 in 1994 to
53 (13 million users) in 2000
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The Code Red worm replicated itself over 250,000
times in approximately nine hours on July 19,
2001
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Recent studies indicate that more than two out of
every five people in North America are now
Internet users
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Online sales will top US 184 billion by 2004
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The gap between male female Internet users
narrowed to roughly 8 by the end of 1998. MALES
46.0 FEMALES 38
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In June, the 5 most visited web sites from first
to last were Yahoo, AOL, MSN, Netscape and
GeoCities
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After English, Japanese and then German, are the
most used languages on the Net
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By 2005, it is estimated that 60 of all Internet
users will speak a language other than English
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The latest stats indicate that China appears to
be the fastest growing internet market in the
world
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Currently, the most visited web sites on the Net
are Yahoo, AOL, MSN
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About 60 of North American Internet users have
used the Web to shop
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Almost half of all Internet users have a
university degree and 20 a post grad degree
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Use of home PC's to surf the Net has dropped
almost 40 in the last four years as use of the
Internet has penetrated the workplace
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On a per capita basis, the U.S. only ranked 5th
in Internet users. Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Finland had a higher per capita use