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The Internet's Coming of Age
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The rhetoric of the Internet revolution surrounds us. The transforma- tion of a research network used by a few tens of thousands of researchers into a global communications infrastructure vital to many aspects of life is celebrated as folk history and pointed to as the basis for a new economic order. Electronic commerce has transformed the way in which many individual consumers, companies, and governments buy and sell prod- ucts and services. E-mail, chat rooms, and other forms of communication have become common in the workplace and many homes. The Internet provides near-instant access to a wide range of multimedia content and has become an important channel for software distribution. Where is the Internet going, and how is it getting there? All indica- tions are that the Internet revolution—given its impact, “revolution” seems the appropriate label—is not nearly over. Just during the course of the authoring committee’s work, there were a number of developments that are likely to have long-lasting impact; salient among them are the widening deployment of broadband residential Internet service and the beginnings of commercial deployment of mobile wireless devices that have Internet connectivity. Other recent developments include the ad- vent of new interconnection models and businesses and the widespread use of new content delivery mechanisms designed as overlays to the Internet. Meanwhile, innovation continues in the applications and services that run over the Internet, exemplified by the rise of interactive chat and games and various forms of Internet-based telephony.
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - Organizational Body
0-309-50509-7
NONE
Information Technology
English
2001
1-256
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