The statistic in this report (Wang Qiong & Zhao Guodong 2002) reveals that colleges and universities in China have moved quickly in recent years to tap the resources and opportunities of the Internet. ... In contrast, community colleges in China view the campus network infrastructure as the leading institutional Information Technology priority (Wang Qiong & Zhao Guodong, 2002) Clearly, according to this survey, China has invested heavily in Information Technology infrastructure and moved quickly to leverage the Internet and bring the Web and Internet to students and faculty in the national ...

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The History of the Internet and World Wide Web Since its introduction to the mainstream in the early 1990's, the Internet has grown at an astronomical pace. A few years ago, it was a relatively small network used mainly by computer engineers, the government, and the educational community. Sinc...

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Introduction Disinhibition is the lack of an inner psychological restraint on an individual allowing or causing one to participate in activities that one may not normally take part in. This effect can be caused by a number of factors including the introduction of a substance such as alcohol or drugs into the body and the presence of an environment conductive to a loss of inhibition. The internet is a prime cause for disinhibition for users for a variety of reasons. Because of the fundamental nature of the internet an individual has the capability control their virtual presence in the intern...

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Introduction We all know that computers are the most useful and convenient tool in this age. The computer, together with the "all-powerful" Internet provides us with almost everything we could ever want; material things, information, even potential life partners (online dating); thus resulting in the formation of new words such as cyber-space or online connectivity. Cyber-space is defined as a bio-electronic ecosystem that exists anywhere there are phones, coaxial cables, fiber optic lines, or electromagnetic waves (Dyson 1994). Since 135 countries have access, 54 world cities are the major ...

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This need alone lead to the development of computers "talking " thus creating a interconnected set of computers through which everyone could quickly and easily access data and programs from any site across the country, "1964, some researchers had begun using their enormous mainframe computers to occasionally trade information by an early, informal form of e-mail but the purpose wasn't to formulate a research network; they were just trying to get their work done efficiently." ... Of note in 1969 are the ARPA and its "network " to go on line. ...

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