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Internet Governance Glossary

Dimensions:

1. Internet governance general

2. Infrastructure and standardization

3. Economic Dimension

4. Legal dimension

5. Development and socio-cultural dimension

6. Stakeholders

7. Organizations, forums, networks, groups, conferences, regulations and legal instruments

7.1 Intergovernmental organizations

7.2 Internet-focused Organizations

7.3 Groups, networks, forums, conferences, projects

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2.5 Internet access

Access to the Internet comprising at least three main aspects:

technically speaking referring to the bandwidth of the access (which may be narrowband or broadband)
socio-economically speaking referring to the access by passive users (e.g. households) or active users (e.g. businesses, etc.),
eAccessibility, i.e. access by persons with disabilities (PwD).

Note:

In connection with Internet access, universal access is a major policy issue aiming at facilitating or even guaranteeing access for everybody to the Internet and information and communication technology (ICT).

Group: 2. Infrastructure and standardization

Arabic: 2.5 النفاذ إلى الإنترنت