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TDS Telecom publishes an Internet vocabulary guide for island readers in 2001

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Date2001-01
WithinBeaver Island
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2001-01
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Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2001 Beaver Beacon printed a TDS Telecom guide explaining basic Internet vocabulary, including e-mail, Internet service provider, modem, URL, and World Wide Web page. It reflects the island newspaper’s effort to make new online communication practices legible to non-expert readers.

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The guide is an explanatory newspaper feature, not a technical history of Beaver Island’s network infrastructure or a record of individual adoption.

Sources

  1. Defines e-mail, Internet, Internet service provider, modem, URL, and World Wide Web page for beginners, and points readers to Webopedia for further definitions. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the published vocabulary guide.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “TDS Telecom publishes an Internet vocabulary guide for island readers in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tds-internet-vocabulary-help-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2001, “TDS Telecom Offers Internet Vocabulary Help.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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