More Internet Information Sources and Usage Statistics

• Internet
  Internet description from Wikipedia, history, creation, growth, structure, uses and other basic data.
  
  
• Internet Traffic Report
  The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections.
  
  
• Detailed Domain Count
  Statistics on the number of active domains and those deleted from the Internet each day.
  
  
• Web Browser Statistics
  Statistics and trends for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, UC Browser (USWeb), Opera and IE.
  
  
• Top Level Domain Count
  Statistics on distribution of Top-Level Domain Names by Host Count.
  
  
• RefDesk
  Reference source to Internet Usage.
  
  
• Internet History
  The Living Internet is recommended reading as a general reference to Internet history.
  
  

• Net Craft
  Netcraft provides network security services, and market research on many aspects of the Internet.
  
  
• ICANN
  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, better known as ICANN, is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses. It also ensures that each domain name maps to the correct IP address. ICANN is also responsible for accrediting the domain name registrars.
  
  
• RIPE NCC One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) providing Internet resource allocations, registration services and co-ordination activities that support the operation of the Internet globally.
  
• 
  
• APNIC
  One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) APNIC provides allocation and registration services which support the Asia Pacific region.
  
  
• ARIN
  One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), ARIN - the American Registry for Internet Numbers - manage the Internet numbering resources for North America, a portion of the Caribbean, and sub-equatorial Africa.
• 
  
  
• AfriNIC
  AfriNIC (in formation) for the purpose of managing the IP addressing in the African continent. In the future it is expected that African organizations that presently obtain IP address space from RIPE or ARIN will obtain the IP addresses space from the AfriNIC.
  
  
• Network Startup Resource Center
  The NSRC provides technical and engineering assistance to international networking initiatives building access to the public Internet, especially to academic/research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
  
  
• W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
  The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
  
  

^ top of page