This brief paper offers an overview of the Internet with some forecast statistics which show the meteoric growth to date. There are many definitions and much misconception surrounding the Internet.
All activity takes place in 'real-time' .
From a US government-funded research project, the Internet has developed to link millions of unique users over thousands of networks. This is a global standard which is used by all parties who connect to the Internet in order to allow the freedom of information flow. Well over 100 million people now have access to the Internet throughout the world, of whom the majority are increasingly connecting from their workplace. Despite inception and most developments occurring in the US, Germany and the UK are fast growing countries on the Internet. In fact 8 of the top 12 fastest growing countries, in terms of Internet hosts, are European.