因特网：昨天、今天和明天

本文介绍了因特网的产生和由军用到民用的发展过程。文章还介绍了因特网目前在世界上的发展速度和规模以及因特网在中国不同的发展阶段等。文章认为，尽管中国同美国在因特网应用上的差距正在缩小，但从各种统计数据来看，中国因特网的发展尚未成熟。文章最后介绍了因特网对各个领域尤其对经济生活的巨大影响。

Internet's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

This article presents the history of the birth and military-to-civil application process of the Internet. It also introduces the current development rate and scale of the Internet as well as its different development stage in China. According to the article, the Internet gap between China and the USA is narrowing while various statistic data shows that Internet in China remains to be immature. The article concludes with the strong impact of Internet on every field, and especially on economic life.