The Internet user population

The Internet population of Japan has exceeded 20 million persons now.Incidentally it was 19,377,000 persons at the February, 2000 time. 70 million or more Internet users are expected in 2005.

* The number of hosts in the world = About 30 million sets

* The U.S. number of hosts = About 12 million sets (60%, such as .com)

* The number of Japan of hosts = About 1,170,000sets(the 2nd in the world)

* The number of Japan of users = About 10 million persons

* The number of Japan of providers = About 2,500 companies

☆It is that it is mobile.

"It is mobile,"It originates in the word "mobile computing."

Although it was carrying a personal computer (following PC) etc., and "carrying out, moving" computer processing of mail, information retrieval, etc. via a network, the "mobile" and pronunciation which are used for a car etc. are distinguished and "mobile computing" called it "mobile", in Japan, took troublesome "computing" and became "mobile" in the U.S. at the beginning.

Since a function develops not only a notebook PC but a cellular phone etc. and Internet reference can also be performed in mail, i?mode correspondence, etc. now, this is also "mobile [ mobile (computing) ]."