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Computers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Computer and Internet Use by Students in 2003 
 This report, released in September 2006, "examines the use of computers and the Internet by American children enrolled in nursery school and students in kindergarten through grade 12." Covers rates of use, where the use occurs, Internet activities (such as school assignments and game playing), and "the relationships of these aspects of computer and Internet use to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics." From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006065 Topics: Internet, Statistics Last updated Sep 11, 2006 Computer Use and Ownership (U.S. Census Bureau)
This site presents computer use data collected in 1984, 1989, 1993, 1997, and 2000 as a supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The reports and detailed tables examine the characteristics of users, including gender and age groups, and the nature of the tasks being performed. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer.html Topics: Internet, Statistics, Web Design and Management Last updated May 26, 2002 How Much Information? 2003
"An attempt to estimate how much new information is created each year." Information is displayed in tables and charts for print, film, optical, magnetic, Internet, broadcast, phone, and mail mediums. Produced by the School of Information Management Systems at the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/ Topics: Statistics Last updated May 24, 2006 Netcraft Web Server Survey
Monthly "survey of Web Server software usage on Internet connected computers. We collect and collate as many hostnames providing an http service as we can find, and systematically poll each one with an HTTP request for the server name." http://news.netcraft.com/ Topics: Internet, Statistics, Web Design and Management Last updated Jul 14, 2003 U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: 53rd Anniversary of the UNIVAC Computer
In honor of UNIVAC I, the world's first commercial computer, "this edition of Facts for Features examines how ingrained the computer has become in American society." Includes statistics about computer usage and photos. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/001784.html Topics: Computers, Holidays and Observances Individually, Statistics Last updated Jul 6, 2004 |
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