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Foil 4 Multimedia and Information Superhighway

From Future of Multimedia Internet Systems CPS640 MultiMedia and WWW -- Spring 97 Semester. by Marek Podgorny * See also color IMAGE

Are these two notions synonymous?
Yes, nearly so!
Internet exists for ~20 years. Basic networking technology was in stagnation for a decade. High-speed testbeds were driven by scientific applications, not by popular demand.
An average citizen's communication needs were adequately served by a phone and a postman. Businesses added a fax and FedEx. Electronic mail was available but only popular in limited circles.
Current web activities are running over the global infrastructure that was not significantly upgraded in recent years.
The only differentiating factor is the architecture of the World Wide Web and the web browser.



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