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  How Big is the Internet?
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  Picking your First Resources.
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  Searching the Internet
  Advanced Search Techniques
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How Big is the Internet?

It's difficult to judge the size of the Internet. People and systems are being added daily. However, it is estimated that in the United States alone, 27.5 million people are connected to the Internet.


There are over 150,000 unique domain names in the US alone.


Some of the largest Internet Search Engines have over 30 million web documents listed, with an annual growth rate exceeding 28%.


In the newsgroups there are over 15,000 distinct and different groups in which to exchange ideas and conversation.


There are 65 countries currently connected to the Internet.

 

 

 

 
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