English on the Internet - Article Index

Encyclopedia - English On The Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - English On The Internet - Numbers Considered
In considering which languages dominate the Internet two statistics are considered: the first language of Internet users and the language...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia - English Language
English is a West Germanic language that is spoken in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia - Internet
The Internet, or simply the Net (and often erroneously synonymous with World Wide Web), is the publicly accessible worldwide system of in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Internet Culture
The Internet is also having a profound impact on work, leisure, knowledge and worldviews. Internet - The World Wide Web. Main article:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Internet Culture
The Internet is also having a profound impact on work, leisure, knowledge and worldviews. Internet - ICANN. Main articles: ICANN, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Geographic Distribution
English is the second or third most widely spoken language in the world today. A total of 600–700 million people use the various dialec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Internet Culture
The Internet is also having a profound impact on work, leisure, knowledge and worldviews. Internet - The World Wide Web. Main articles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Creation Of The Internet
The USSR's launch of Sputnik spurred the U.S. to create the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to regain a U.S. technologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Leisure
The Internet has been a major source of leisure since before the World Wide Web, with entertaining social experiments such as MOOs being ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Significant Internet Events
Internet - First times. First Usenet post Internet - Malfunctions and attacks. 2003 North America blackout August 14, 2003 SQL S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Today's Internet
Aside from the complex physical connections that make up its infrastructure, the Internet is held together by bi- or multi-lateral commer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Classification And Related Languages
The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Apart from English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Capitalization Conventions
In formal usage, Internet is traditionally written with a capital first letter. The Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Significant Internet Events
Internet - Malfunctions and attacks. 2003 North America blackout - August 14, 2003 SQL Slammer worm - January 24, 2003 2002 DNS Backbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Internet Access
Common methods of home access include dial-up, landline broadband (over coaxial cable, fibre optic or copper wires), Wi-Fi, satellite and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Today's Internet
Aside from the complex physical connections that make up its infrastructure, the Internet is held together by bi- or multi-lateral commer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Significant Internet Events
Internet - First times. First Usenet post Internet - Malfunctions and attacks. 2003 North America blackout August 14, 2003 SQL S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Creation Of The Internet
The USSR's launch of Sputnik caused the U.S. to create the DARPA organization to regain a U.S. technological lead. DARPA created the Info...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Censorship
Some countries, such as Iran and the People's Republic of China, restrict what people in their countries can see on the Internet, especia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Internet Access
Common methods of home access include dial-up, landline broadband (over coaxial cable, fibre optic or copper wires), Wi-Fi, satellite and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Capitalization Conventions
In formal usage, Internet is traditionally written with a capital first letter. The Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Leisure
The Internet has been a major source of leisure since before the World Wide Web, with entertaining social experiments such as MOOs being ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Censorship
Some countries, such as Iran and the People's Republic of China, restrict what people in their countries can see on the Internet, especia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Creation Of The Internet
The USSR's launch of Sputnik caused the U.S. to create the DARPA organization to regain a U.S. technological lead. DARPA created the Info...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Classification And Related Languages
The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Apart from English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Sounds
English language - Vowels. Notes: It is the vowels that differ most from region to region. Where symbols appear in pairs, the first cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Intonation
English language - Tone groups. English is an Intonation language. This means that the pitch of the voice is used syntactically, for ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Today's Internet
Aside from the complex physical connections that make up its infrastructure, the Internet is held together by bi- or multi-lateral commer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Censorship
Some countries, such as Iran and the People's Republic of China, restrict what people in their countries can see on the Internet, especia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Internet Access
Common methods of home access include dial-up, landline broadband (over coaxial cable, fiber optic or copper wires), Wi-Fi, satellite and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Capitalization Conventions
In formal usage, Internet is traditionally written with a capital first letter. The Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Writing System
English is written using the Latin alphabet. The spelling system or orthography of English is historical, not phonological. The spelling ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Vocabulary
Almost without exception, Germanic words (which include all the basics such as pronouns and conjunctions) are shorter and more informal. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - History
English originated from the Old Saxon language and related dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet - Leisure
The Internet has been a major source of leisure since before the World Wide Web, with entertaining social experiments such as MOOs being ...   » Read the article