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222 Like all new worlds, Cyberspace has its own lingo, for example: e-bahn, i-way, online, freenet, web page, freeware, browser, gopher, archie, gateway. There are words to describe people who roam the net: netters, e-surfers, internet surfers, netizens, spiders, geeks. The Internet has its own prerogatives: for example, the dismissive term lurker for the person who hangs around the net, reading what is there but not contrib- uting anything. The term flaming refers to the public humiliation of another netter as punishment for a real or imagined transgression against net culture. Large-scale use of computer-to-computer transfer of information was implemented by the US military in the late 60s and early 70s – part of the superpower competition of the cold war and the arms race. The US military created an electronic network (Arpanet) to use computers for handling the transfer of large amounts of sensitive data over long distances at incredible speed. Computer-to-computer virtual connec- tions, using satellites and fiber optics, have distinct advantages over telephone or radio communications in the event of a nuclear attack. Mathematicians and scientists (and their universities) have been linked and electronically exchanging information over the Internet since the mid-70s. Now the Internet has become commercialized with private and public companies offering access to it. (CompuServe – is the best- known international commercial electronic access provider). The Inter- net is being expanded and improved so that every home, every school, every institution can be linked to share data, information, music, video and other resources. If you have a computer or a computer terminal, some kind of connection (probably, modem and telephone line) to the Internet, and some kind of Internet service provider, you can participate in electronic communication and become a citizen of the global village. Information technology (IT) is a good vehicle for the argument. Some scientists remind us that voluminous information does not neces- sarily lead to sound thinking. There are many genuine dangers that