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Understanding How the Internet Works
By Darren Wilkins, M.S.

Published:  30 May, 2006

No doubt the Internet has brought tremendous changes to the world and the way we as a people do things. But most noticeable of all the changes brought is the way the Internet has reduced the world which is geographically separated, into a global community. The technologies which leverage the Internet have opened a myriad of opportunities for almost everyone in the world. Emails are used by individuals to communicate with friends and relatives across continents in mere seconds despite the presence of the traditional postal system; business transactions are done over the Internet without face-to-face interaction as is done in the traditional brick and mortar entity; and even political campaigns are being run on the Internet. The benefits the Internet provides are incredible and continue to bring improvements to societies including those that are on the other side of the proverbial digital gap. It is amazing how something that was developed and used by the United States Government and academia only a few years ago for research purposes, has transformed the world and invoked new paradigms to the way we live.

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