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At the most basic level, the Internet is the name for a group of worldwide computer-based information resources connected together. It is often defined as a network of networks of computers. Today, according to the Internet Society, there are more than 93 million hosts (computers) connected throughout the world. These hosts support over 1 billion indexable Web pages. Every week, it is estimated that over 1 million sites join the Internet.
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Edwards, M.J.A. (2002). Internet Basics. In: The Internet for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0027-4_1
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