In a few years, the Internet has grown exponentially from a network for the scientific and academic community into a universal system providing millions of people and organizations with simple but effective communications services and information access.

• 短短的几年中，Internet以指数的速度发展着，从科学与学术界用的网络成长为一种通用的系统，给数百万计的人员和单位提供简单但有效的通信服务和信息访问。