Anmerkungen:
In: Sridhar, V. (2019). Emerging ICT Policies and Regulations: Roadmap to Digital Economies. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9022-8
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Beschreibung:
The Internet, started as a defence network in the U.S. has grown to encompass the daily lives of individuals, businesses, academia, government, civil society organizations, NGOs alike across countries and demographics. The Internet stands for globalization, democracy, equity, and non-discrimination. Though the uses of the Internet has changed over the years, these basic tenets of the Internet have been largely upheld, due to technologies and the governance mechanisms. Although the birth of the Internet and associated technical standards have the roots in the U.S., the Internet has become a global phenomenon, touching the daily lives of billions of netizens worldwide. As the penetration of the Internet grew outside the U.S., there was a need for global participation in the governance of the Internet. The dominance of English as the language of the Internet content also has changed both in creation and adoption, necessitating the inclusion of non-English language constructs in the architecture of the Internet. In this chapter we explore the following questions:– Who governs the Internet? How has the governance of the Internet changed over the years? – How do the important functions such as domain name administration and integration work for the appropriate functioning of the Internet?– How are non-English languages incorporated in the architecture of the Internet, thus making the access and content of the Internet accessible for non-English speaking population?