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It would be a commonplace remark to note that the Internet is growing fast; nevertheless, we feel compelled to report that the Internet doubles in size every 12–15 months. There were roughly 12 million hosts in July, 1996 [1]. Whereas it is difficult to tell the exact number of actual users, we know that they are scattered worldwide.
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Vogiatzis, D., Retalis, S. (1997). A self-regulated Internet community. In: Berleur, J., Whitehouse, D. (eds) An Ethical Global Information Society. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35327-2_31
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