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So I have a college writing final tomorrow morning. The topic? "Argue for or against the existence of internet addiction or take any position in between."
They gave us a bunch of articles to look over and we have to use 3 in-text quotes from these articles. But enough about me! I already know what I'm writing on.... What about you guys?
Is internet addiction a legitimate psychological disorder? Or is it just an overdependence on technology?
Definitions of network neutrality
At its simplest network neutrality is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.[7] Net neutrality advocates have established three principal definitions of network neutrality:
Absolute non-discrimination Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu: "Network neutrality is best defined as a network design principle. The idea is that a maximally useful public information network aspires to treat all content, sites, and platforms equally."[2] According to Imprint Magazine, University of Michigan Law School professor Susan Crawford "believes that a neutral Internet must forward packets on a first-come, first served basis, without regard for quality-of-service considerations."[8] Limited discrimination without QoS tiering United States lawmakers have introduced bills that would allow quality of service discrimination as long as no special fee is charged for higher-quality service.[9] Limited discrimination and tiering This approach allows higher fees for QoS as long as there is no exclusivity in service contracts. According to Tim Berners-Lee
If you don't know what either mean you probably won't be able to argue either way. Just in case though...
CLI == Command-Line Interface (DOS, Terminal, etc.)
GUI == Graphical User Interface (Typical point and click, icons, buttons, etc.)