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2 days ago · The Internet's takeover of the global communication landscape was rapid in historical terms: it only communicated 1% of the information flowing through two-way telecommunications networks in the year 1993, 51% by 2000, and more than 97% of the telecommunicated information by 2007.
5 days ago · Internet, a system architecture that has revolutionized mass communication, mass media, and commerce by allowing various computer networks around the world to interconnect. Sometimes referred to as a “network of networks,” the Internet emerged in the United States in the 1970s but did not become visible to the general public until the early ...
- The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the world. Through the Internet, people can share information and communicate from...
- The Internet consists of technologies developed by different individuals and organizations. Important figures include Robert W. Taylor, who led the...
- The Internet works through a series of networks that connect devices around the world through telephone lines. Users are provided access to the Int...
- The advent of the Internet has brought into existence new forms of exploitation, such as spam e-mail and malware, and harmful social behaviour, suc...
- The Dark Web refers to a series of Web sites that require special decryption and configuration tools to access. It is most commonly used for purpos...
- While the Internet is theoretically decentralized and thus controlled by no single entity, many argue that tech companies such as Amazon, Facebook,...
- Whether the Internet is "making us stupid" is widely debated. Some argue the Internet is reprogramming our brains for the worse, as seen by diminis...
- Whether cancel culture is good for society is widely debated. Some argue it allows the public and marginalized people to seek accountability in the...
5 days ago · The Olympic Games, like almost all Greek games, were an intrinsic part of a religious festival. They were held in honour of Zeus at Olympia by the city-state of Elis in the northwestern Peloponnese. The first Olympic champion listed in the records was Coroebus of Elis, a cook, who won the sprint race in 776 bce.
- The Olympic Games are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world’s foremo...
- The first Olympic Games had achieved major importance in Greece by the end of the 6th century BCE. They began to lose popularity when Greece was co...
- The Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are each held every four years. After 1992, when both a Summer and Winter Games were held, they h...
- The International Olympic Committee chooses the location of each Olympic Games. The choice is based on applications made by the chief authority of...
- In individual Olympic events the award for first place is a gold medal, for second place a silver medal, and for third place a bronze medal. Diplom...
- Winning a bid to host the Olympic Games has been considered a major boon for any city, but not all agree. Proponents believe that hosting the Olymp...
1 day ago · The 1988 Summer Olympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 올림픽), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (제24회 올림픽경기대회) and commonly known as Seoul 1988 (서울 1988), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represented at the games by a total of 8,391 athletes (6,197 men and 2,194 women ...
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1 day ago · History Early coverage 1964 Summer Olympics. NBC televised its first Olympic Games in 1964, when it broadcast that year's Summer Olympics from Tokyo.The network originally had intended to film the events from Tokyo but the Syncom team had a 1-hour test on the Syncom 3 satellite and it was discovered that it can transmit up to two hours from the US to Japan as with signals from the West Coast.
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3 days ago · Were there any talks, even before 1998, between NHL and Olympics (IIHF) about sending their players to this competition? In 1980 was the Olympic in USA. In 1988 in Canada. Very good opportunity to make a great tournament. Were there any talks about it?
4 days ago · The medal history for Thomas FRASER-HOLMES
