COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET

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The Internet Revolution began with advances in personal computing, the networking of computer platforms, and the development of appropriate applications and operating systems software. These culminated in the World Wide Web and its service channels for e-commerce, the online trading of stocks and bonds, and the formation of international, national, and local communication and information links. Wall Street's, use of the IPO financed the startup of new ventures and distributed their products and services throughout the new medium.