The first code that combined words and pictures was posted by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991. This was the beginning of the World Wide Web, one part of the Internet whole. Two years later, the first graphics-based web browser, Mosaic, was available. Today, more than fifty million people are online in 150 countries. There are ten million hosts and one billion dollars are spent each year over or because of the Internet.
People shop, research, communicate, and learn online.
The Internet increases productivity and brings together people, ideas, and products. Special thanks to PBS, which was an invaluable research source. SureNet Corporation SureNet and SureView are trademarks of SureNet Corporation Back to May Net '97 Table of Contents . We are always seeking to add to our available articles, diversify our subjects, and include more authors. One method of meeting that goal is to require participation by our members.