Filtering information on the Internet
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Labelling and labeller authentication systems will soon be necessary as the Internet expands and permits users to place any kind of information on it. Efforts at labelling sites and software on the Internet include MIT's PICS content selection label system and the Recreational Software Advisory Council's game rating system.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Searching the Internet
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The increasing number of Web sites on the Internet will require changes in present day search engines to enable them to find the information that the user specifically requires. This may also involve changes in the way data or information is formatted for entry into the Internet.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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High-Speed Data Races Home
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Most internet users rely on dial-up modems to navigate the web. New technologies in broadband communications will dramatically increase the speed and ease at which people can send and receive data, opening the internet to a variety of new services.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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