These days, when everyone seems to have a Facebook friend, is LinkedIn or can Google themselves, it's hard to remember the old days, before the dot-com revolution.

现在,似乎每个人都在Faebook上交过朋友,使用过LinkedIn社交网站,并用Google人肉他们自己。我们已经很难想象网络时代之前的生活了。


It was 25 years ago -- March 15, 1985 -- that the first dot-com domain name -- -- appeared on the Internet, ushering in the commercial age of the World Wide Web.

25年前——1985年的3月15日,第一家.com域名————正式在网上出现,揭开了因特网商业时代的序幕。


Development was slow, at first. It took more than two years for the first 100 sites to go online.But from those humble beginnings the Internet has grown to more than 80 million dot-com domain names.

最初的进展是缓慢的。两年中只出现了一百个.com域名。但如今,网上有超过八千万.com注册域名。


The expansion of the Internet hasn't been without its growing pains. The dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, taking billions of investor dollars with it, andfraud has been growing, tripling over the past five years, according to Internet Crime Complaint Center.

因特网的发展也并非一帆风顺。21世纪初期,网络泡沫破裂,十多亿投资付诸流水。而且根据网络犯罪举报中心的统计,在过去的5年间,诈骗活动也有增无减。


But despite the downside, the ITIF(Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) sees a bright future for the Web.

尽管负面影响不断,美国信息技术及创新基金会仍然对因特网的未来充满信心。


Not only for conducting business, but for the sharing of information, provided online security is maintained and the Internet is expanded throughout the globe.

只要安全有保障,在网络全球化的今天,因特网仍然是商业活动和信息共享的一大平台。


"So to the commercial Internet, congratulations on hitting your 25th birthday; you're just starting to enter the prime of your working years," the ITIF said.

“所以,我们要对商业化的因特网说句生日快乐:你才刚刚步入你事业的黄金期呢。”


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