INTERNET 101How Much Do People Really Know About The Internet?

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is a system of interconnected networks that allow different computers to connect with one another.

is aninformation

system on the Internet that allows documents

to beconnected

to other documents

by hypertext links.

Millennials may have grown up using the internet, but it was the boomers who came out just slightly ahead of both millennials and Generation X when it comes to basic knowledge about the

internet, from online safety to internet options.

There’s a lot for users to learn about the internet and how it works. Here are a few internet facts to get you up to speed on the basics.

Only 47% of the world hasaccess to the internet.

1989: The world-wide web was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee in a paper called “Information Management: A Proposal.” The concept was initially deemed “Vague, but exciting” by Berners-Lee’s boss.

Source: This report presents the findings of a survey conducted among a sample of 1,014 adults comprising 506 men and 508 women 18 years of age and older. The online omnibus study is conducted twice a week among a demographically representative U.S. sample of 1,000 adults 18 years of age and older. This survey was live on May 22-24, 2017.

Public Interest Registry is a nonprofit organisation that operates the .org top-level domain — the world's third largest "generic" top-level domain with more than 10.4 million domain names registered worldwide – and the. ngo and. ong domains, and OnGood community website.

The HTTP at the beginning of a website stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the standard over which data is sent between a browser and a site.

HTTP

HTTPSA site that begins with HTTPS is a secure site that is safer to insert credit card info or personal information. The S at the end stands for secure and means that communications between your browser and the website are encrypted.

HTMLHTML is the standard language for creating websites, but a variety of web development languages such as Java and Python exist to help make webpages more dynamic and complex.

ICANNWhile the internet is not managed or regulated by any one individual, organization or country, some organizations help maintain the internet, such as The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) which manages internet protocols and domain name systems.

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THE OUTLIERS

PERCEPTION REALITY

Most internet users believe they’re internet savvy: 84% of people

reported they are “knowledgeable” about the internet.

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71% didn’t know the meaning of HTTP

Only 31% couldcorrectly define a

“domain name system”

68%

Less than half identified HTTPS as the most secure protocol to share personal

or financial information

68% could NOT identify the decade when the World Wide Web was invented

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59% knew a URL is another term for

a web address

66% could identify a domain name from a

browser, an email address and a social media handle

80% knew that they could find official information

from their Congressman at a .gov domain name

INTERNET ACCESS ACROSS THE GLOBE

INTERNET 101 REFRESH

REGISTRARS, REGISTRIES & REGISTRANTSYOUR GUIDE TO

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The survey revealed that 50 percent of U.S. internet users believe the number of people with access to the internet is higher than it actually is, which is a reminder of the work that must be done to close the global internet education and the internet access gap.

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If you’re creating a website

where do you go to buy a

domain name?

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REGISTRY REGISTRAR REGISTRANT

A domain name registry is an organization that

manages domain names, setting the

rules and services for the domain name.

A registrant is an individual or organization thatregisters a specific domain name. They

hold the right to use that specific domain name and can manage the settings

through their registrar.

The registrar is an accredited organization

that sells domain names to the public.

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Percentages for each age group that knew the definition of the internet.

Percentages for each age group thatknew the internet was invented in the 80’s.

Percentages for each age group that knew the percentage of the world’s

population with access to the internet.

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.GOV?

DOMAINNAME?

People may have a lot to learn about the internet but they did fare better on some internet-related questions.

80% of internet users don't know that the World Wide Web is different from the internet

80%

You would purchase a

domain name from a

registrar

BATTLE OF THE AGES

MILLENNIALS VS. BOOMERS

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Percentages for each age groupthat could identify a safe site!

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