RFC1935 on What is the Internet, Anyway?

[Rodney Thayer]

this is an internet "rfc" that actually contains some (relatively) plain
english that might be of interest to folks on this list...

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>        RFC 1935:
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>        Title:      What is the Internet, Anyway?
>        Author:     J. Quarterman & S. Carl-Mitchell
>        Date:       April 1996
>        Mailbox:    tic at tic.com
>        Pages:      11
>        Characters: 30,369
>        Updates/Obsoletes:  none
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>        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1935.txt
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>We often mention the Internet, and in the press you read about the
>Internet as the prototype of the Information Highway; as a research
>tool; as open for business; as not ready for prime time; as a place
>your children might communicate with (pick one) a. strangers, b.
>teachers, c. pornographers, d. other children, e. their parents; as
>bigger than Poland; as smaller than Chicago; as a place to surf; as
>the biggest hype since Woodstock; as a competitive business tool; as
>the newest thing since sliced bread.  What is the Internet, anyway?
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