The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary a resource of the .network library

online information service:

... a functional unit or sub-unit of the World Wide Web dedicated to maintaining and delivering its substance in a non-commercial manner. An OIS is an enterprise that doesn't operate as an information broker, rather it functions in a manner similar to a public library or non-profit organization offering resources for free on behalf of a membership or one or more sponsors.

The Internet is universally recognized as the unit of the Web ... (a) global network of networks through which computers communicate by sending information in packets (source: definition of Internet from www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/Weaving/glossary.html, the online glossary for Tim Berners-Lee's Weaving the Web.). The Internet exists as a result of visionary thinkers seeing ... 'great potential value in allowing computers to share information.' Sharing implies freely given. (source). The source of the first quote is an example of an OIS. It provides free access to the definition of the Internet and other information.

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The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary a resource of the .network library

share network:

... a free, online, resource directory created by the input of individuals in a group having a common interest — definition of share network from Search for a Resource.

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The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary a resource of the .network library

open access:

... an expression indicating that .network visitors and users are not monitored although they have free access to its websites. In other words, you are reading this without having been encumbered in any way. We (who we are) have no way of knowing that you are here or what you are doing. Open access means that you are not asked to register, obtain a password or involuntarily provide information. The Network is for searching. A search promise opens the door to personal assistance ... offered for free, but you have to to ask.

Beyond the meaning of open access as provided here using The Network as example, Wikipedia defines the term within the context of publishing and exposing digital scientific and scholarly material online. Several links are provided in the .network resource archive to writings about the history of the Internet ... for access, CLICK HERE. The exchange of scientific and scholarly information played a key role in the development of the Internet.

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