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The sheer size and volume of our technological vocabulary, new and old, is notable. As the impact of computers on our lives is tremendous, computers naturally impact on our language too. But lest we forget, access to the Internet varies from country to country and within each country. Only 2.5 percent of the population in Uganda have access to the Internet; in Nigeria the figure is 11 percent; in Brazil the figure is 50 percent; in Ecuador 1.1 percent; in South Korea the figure is 77.3 percent; in Nepal those with access is 1.4 percent; in Germany 67.7 percent of the population has access; the figure is 45.9 percent in Greece; in Yemen 1.4 percent of the population has access while 72.8 percent in Israel have access (Figures from Internetworldstats on the Web). People traveling in cyberspace remain the few in some places, while in others, they are the many. 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