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The Internet (also known simply as the Net) can be briefly understood as "a network of networks". Specifically, it is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and governmental networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.
Contrary to some common usage, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not synonymous: the Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks, linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections etc.; the Web is a collection of interconnected documents, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. The World Wide Web is accessible via the Internet, along with many other services including e-mail, file sharing and others described below.
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Minha internet tá horrivel! AFF
lilidontes (LÃÂvia Doncatto) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:06 -0000
Minha internet tá horrivel! AFF
Yeah so my internet connection is just now coming back up.. but its okay because I had a great conversation with @JDyshonn in the meantime!
NettaRosAyy (Donnetta Mcleod) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:04 -0000
Yeah so my internet connection is just now coming back up.. but its okay because I had a great conversation with @JDyshonn in the meantime!
at the stanford health center at the online stand lol cant beat the rich people and there internet access misses his sweetie also
gbaby43 (Garrett Bettis) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:01 -0000
at the stanford health center at the online stand lol cant beat the rich people and there internet access misses his sweetie also
@Brianmalcolm describe the image to me im too poor for the internet
AaronOneal (AaronOneal) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:42:58 -0000
@Brianmalcolm describe the image to me im too poor for the internet
Me dieron el Internet----PAIZ NO ES PARTE DEL CHEQUE EN BLANOC QUE LE DIÓ EL PC a FREI.
mutanrashen (Luis Alberto Jaqui M) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:42:58 -0000
Me dieron el Internet----PAIZ NO ES PARTE DEL CHEQUE EN BLANOC QUE LE DIÓ EL PC a FREI.
quepasa | Playboy México na Internet Fotos, VÃÂdeos, Blogs, Chat, Sobre nós.: http://bit.ly/12AA6g via @addthis
netto_950 (almeida) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:42:57 -0000
quepasa | Playboy México na Internet Fotos, VÃdeos, Blogs, Chat, Sobre nós.: http://bit.ly/12AA6g via @addthis
Act Now Productions - Helps non-profit groups put their message on the internet.
Meta Description: [ Provides consulting services to help businesses capture the emerging green customer base, implement operational efficiencies that save natural resources, and use sustainability to motivate employees. ]
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Action Network - Connects you with the policymakers who shape your world. With a single click, you can weigh in when it counts, sending key messages to policymakers before they make their decisions.
Meta Description: [ With over 800,000 members, Action Network is a gateway to online activism centers for over 170 leading environment, health and population advocacy organizations. Action Network ensures that the power to change our world is only as far away as your computer. ]
Affero - facilitators of online patronage - Web resources for activists and patrons that focus on issues they care about including a history of their activism and patronage.
Meta Description: [ Affero is a service which enables personal ratings and donations to causes on behalf of individuals who freely share with others. ]
ART-ACT - Anti-Racist T-shirt Art Contest Tour - By building an international anti-racist t-shirt art exhibit on the Internet we intend to give expression to work that confronts hate on-line and though the t-shirts that result - in real communities. You make this work. Also has a petition to sign.
Meta Description: [ Art contest with a theme of anti-racist expressions, images that explore the history or roots of racist thought(s), or visions of a new community of racial/ethnic diversity and harmony. ]
Center for Digital Democracy - Works to the preserve and support an Internet environment that is open, diverse, and democratic. Includes action alerts, a citizen's guide to broadband, articles, and a mailing list.
Meta Description: [ The Center for Digital Democracy is committed to the preservation and support of an Internet environment that is open, diverse, and democratic. ]
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Consolidation for Social Awareness and Responsibility - Established to call attention to the plight of the homeless in Toronto, this site has prewritten letters for one to send to several different Canadian people of influence.
Consume.net - An attempt to create a network of low cost and licence exempt wireless IP systems to reduce connectivity costs and promote common ownership.
Digital Freedom Network - DFN promotes human rights around the world by developing new methods of activism with Internet technology and by providing an online voice to those attacked for expressing themselves.
e-ActionMax - Web-based advocacy software. Online action alert software for electronic advocacy.
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eActivist.org - An action resource for the wired masses where you can help make a difference in three clicks or less.
Meta Description: [ E-mail, call or write the President, Congress or state and local government based on your ZIP code. Find groups' ]
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Earthsmartcars - What's an earthsmartcar? Find out at the Natural Resources Defense Council's site, and sign their online petition urging Detroit to produce environmentally-friendly hybrid cars.
Earthwatchers Action Resource - A online resource for political and social activism activism. Includes media contacts, political and activist resources.
Meta Description: [ Earthwatchers in Action mega-linked web tool for activism. ]
Global Response - Global Response members of all ages and nationalities join with communities worldwide to stop environmental destruction through effective citizen letter campaigns
Meta Description: [ Global Response members of all ages and nationalities join with communities worldwide to stop environmental destruction through effective citizen letter campaigns ]
InterActivist Network - New York City-based collaborative which provides free secure internet tools and services to activist groups. Online forums for articles and discussion.
NetAction - An internet action resource. Resources include Virtual activist, Cyber Action Issues, Online buyers guide, white papers, articles and letters.
Network America - Advocates for exposing computer vote fraud, imprecise election practices and media responses.
People's Global Action Against 'Free' Trade and the WTO - A network of some of the largest social movements on the planet (including the Zapatistas, MST (Brazil), and the Indian Karnataka State Farmers' Association), this site is a clearing house for resistance and struggle against globalisation in all its forms.
ServiceLeader.org: Advocacy and Activism by Online Volunteers - Links to resources about legal issues, practices, and strategies for online activism on behalf of a cause.
Stop Pre-Movie Ads - Online campaign to fight against movie theatres' showing commercial advertising before their feature presentations.
Meta Description: [ Easy ways to fight against the growing trend to show commercials before feature films in chain theaters. ]
The APC Betinho Communications Prize - $7,500 prize which will be awarded to an NGO, social movement, activist group or other which is using the Internet to make a real difference.
The Armchair Activist - Provides opportunities to make a difference from your own comfy chair. Get involved in politics, activism, environmental protection, fighting for equality right from your computer with the Armchair Activist.
Meta Description: [ The Armchair Activist presents progressive-issue news, commentary, action alerts and activism opportunities for online and real-world activists, and shows how easy it can be to make a positive difference in the world right from one's own comfy chair. Includes Baltimore-Washington area event and p... ]
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Global Internet community for Environment, Human Rights, Development Peace. An extensive network of Internet providers (spanning 25 countries) dedicated to serving non-governmental organisations and citizen activists.
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The Netactivist - Information on political prisoners, protests, civil rights, labor rights, globalization and the antiwar movement, with online action alerts, petitions and organizing with and against public officials.
Meta Description: [ Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard Peltier, Elian Gonzales, Elián Gonzáles, Cuba, Amnesty International,
justice, civil rights, retfærdighed, justistmord, union, strik, scabs, strejke, blokade, fagforening, fagbevægelse, kamp, struggle, antiracisme, antifascisme, fred, peace, NATO, Iraq, Irak war, politic... ]
Vigilant.tv - News and commentary about the relationship between liberty and technology. It is written and edited in Australia by an anonymous conspiracy of cypherpunks and crypto-anarchists.
Wireless project for Africa - The project has been created to provide content, e-learning, ecommerce, entertainment, communications to the poor community of Africa.
Meta Description: [ Contents of the African project ]
Youth Activism Project - Online youth civic engagement. Clearinghouse has best practices, books, materials, and organizations that engage youth to make decisions.
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