PLUGGED IN : BIZ BYTES.REACHING OUT: More people are signing on to the Internet from outside their homes, offices or schools, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study released by MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Librarylink, a collaborative project between the American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. and MCI Communications This article is about MCI before it merged with WorldCom. For other uses, see MCI. MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and Corp. to connect public libraries to the Internet. The percentage of all computer users who hooked up to the Internet using computers in places like libraries, community centers, churches, stores, cafes, museums, hospitals, hotels or airports increased from 7 percent to 12 percent between spring 1996 and spring 1997. Nielsen Media Research compiled the study. SITE OF THE WEEK BACK TO SCHOOL: School bells will ring this month once again, even for adults who have long left the classroom. Those seeking intellectual fulfillment can look to the Internet. Start at school: Most universities and colleges offer continuing-education programs for adults who are not working toward degrees, and most have information about these programs on their home pages. But how to find them? Try Find That School, www-net.com/univ/list.html, with links to adult education and business schools; music, art and culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n schools, and alphabetical and geographical directories. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) no caption (School bus) |
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