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 WORLD-INFOSTRUCTURE > WHAT IS THE INTERNET
  1. What is the Internet?
  2. How the Internet works
  3. Acessing the Internet
  4. Internet services
  5. Operating the net: overview
  6. Who owns the Internet and who is in charge?
  7. Internet, Intranets, Extranets, and Virtual Private Networks
  8. In Search of Reliable Internet Measurement Data
  9. Global Data Flows
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Microsoft Corporation
Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and headquartered in Redmond, USA, Microsoft Corporation is today's world-leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. As MS-DOS, the first operating system released by Microsoft, before, Windows, its successor, has become the de-facto standard operating system for personal computer. According to critics and following a recent court ruling this is due to unfair competition.

http://www.microsoft.com

For more detailed information see the Encyclopaedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/4/0,5716,1524+1+1522,00.html

http://www.microsoft.com/
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