The number of host computers "those that store information and relay communications "increased from about 300 in 1981 to approximately 9,400,000 by the time of the trial in 1996. Roughly 60% of these hosts are located in the United States. ... Sites will be censored by a certain code that is relayed to the computer when the Internet navigator tries to enter the site. The computer will send a request and the site will send an answer, or a code that will trigger the software telling it that this is an adult site; thus, children cannot browse the site. ...

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The Internet is a computer application that connects tens of thousands of interconnected computer networks that include 1.7 million host computers around the world. The basis of connecting all these computers together is by the use of ordinary telephone wires. Users are then directly joined to other computer users at there own will for a small connection fee per month. ... It is just as simple as making a selection at a regular store, only you are using the computer and probably using a credit card as the method of payment. ... Making the computer web site user friendly could greatly encourage...

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Another form of recruitment is through video games; white-power versions of popular teenage computer games appear on the Internet, so that teens looking for the latest cool game may find the "hate version" instead. ... Many hate sites have common web hosts. Some web hosts for racists include the Canadian Freedom Site, Front 14, Posse-Comitatus, Skinheadpride, Stormfront, White Pride World Wide, and World Church of the Creator-Webhosting Services. ...

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The Internet is a vast collection of computers that are interconnected through Internet Service Providers (ISP's) and are catalogued by DNS servers. ... All content is stored on other computers and requested as needed, so "surfing" the "net does not take a lot of storage space. ... They not only provide web mail to hundreds of thousands of people, but also free web hosting. ...

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The Internet has received a great deal of attention in the media and many companies have set up an Internet presence. Companies are quickly moving to use the Internet as a way of segmenting markets and doing something that ordinary promotional media cannot: reaching consumers across the country and ...

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