| I-Series Computing Concepts Stephen Haag,
University of Denver Maeve Cummings,
Pittsburg State University Alan I Rea, Jr.,
Western Michigan University
The World Wide Web And The Internet
Did You KnowThe Web is exploding all around you. Never before has the world seen such a dynamic and exciting technology become a part of our lives so quickly. Many young people growing up today cannot even comprehend life without the Web. - From the U.S. Postal Service (www.usps.gov) and a variety of other Web sites, you can buy stamps and print them with your printer.
- The current asking price for the Web site name www.jesus.com (which is used by its owner as a personal ad) is over $10 million.
- Uproar.com, a popular gaming site on the Web, receives over 3 billion visitors each week (many of course are repeats).
- By the year 2005, U.S. Web surfers will represent only 30% of the total worlds Web community.
- Since its inception, it took only 5 years for 20% of U.S. households to be surfing the Web. It took over 40 years before 20% of U.S. households owned an automobile.
- Ebay, the Web's most popular auction site, currently has over __??__ million items up for auction.
Ebay, the Web's most popular auction site, have over 4 million items up for auction. Consumer to consumer electronic commerce is alive and well at Ebay. Besides that, Ebay has successfully supported the auctioning of more than 2 billion items. |
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