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Information Technologies
for Diplomatic Activities
by Stefano Baldi | | |
 Some numbers about Internet
 WEB growth
The web has grown very fast. In fact, the web has grown substantially faster than the Internet at large,
as
measured by number of hosts.
» See document: http://www.isc.org/dsview.cgi?domainsurvey/hosts.gif
How many hosts
in the world ?
The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the
Domain Name System.
The DNS is a global naming system. Its primary task is to translate machine names (like www.esteri.it)
which people can
understand into IP addresses (such as 156.168.0.1) which machines can understand. It does this by assigning
each
organisation a domain. This usually reflects the organisation name, and country.
» See document: http://www.nw.com/zone/hosts.gif
The geography of Internet
» See document: http://www.mids.org/mapsale/world/
Information Technologies
- A Comparison
Table - Information Tecnologies in Western Countries
|
Country |
Internet
connections
(% total
population)
(1) |
Websites
(thousands)
(2) * |
PCs
(millions)
(3) |
Satellite dishes
installed
(thousands)
(3) |
Cellular
phones
(per 1000
inhabitants)
(4) |
% IT budget of
GDP
(1) |
|
USA |
30.7 |
33,387 |
113 |
8,400 |
25.6 |
3.6 |
|
Japan |
11.1 |
1,719 |
27.2 |
11,163 |
37.5 |
2.9 |
|
United
Kingdom |
18 |
1,692 |
15.2 |
4,310 |
25.2 |
2.4 |
|
France |
5.2 |
571 |
11 |
2,470 |
18.8 |
2.3 |
|
Germany |
10 |
1,375 |
17.6 |
11,030 |
16.9 |
2.4 |
|
Italy |
4 |
371 |
6.6 |
760 |
35.5 |
1.5 |
Sources: (1) Assinform 1999 (www.assinform.it)
(2) Network Wizard 1998
(3) ITU 1997
(4) ITU 1998
(*) Data refer to registered host in first level domain. Data concerning USA is including : .com (15,479,017),
.edu (5,228,251), .us
(1,642,418), .mil (1,653.661). FOr other countries data refer to first level domain (.jp, .uk, .de,
.it)
Internet and MFAs
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