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SOURCES: DSL lines, cable modems etc. total in major countries (Top 30);
; Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population.; The nation's internet code or TLD: top level domain; This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
; Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.; The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.; Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001; Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004); Number of secure servers per 100000 population (2002).; This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
; Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.; Websites per 1000 population.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera
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