德国信息经济、电信和新媒体协会目前发布的一份最新调查报告说，1999年全球网民已达1.76亿，今年将增长到2.2亿。这份调查报告还指出，去年全球个人电脑装机量为5600万台，使个人电脑总数达4.4亿台。与此同时，有4300万人在1999年第一次上网。报告说，在信息技术应用方面最先 According to a recent survey released by the German Association for Information Economy, Telecommunication and New Media, the number of Internet users in the world reached 176 million in 1999 and will grow to 220 million this year. The survey also pointed out that the global personal computer installed capacity last year was 56 million units, bringing the total number of personal computers up to 440 million units. In the meantime, 43 million people made their first Internet visit in 1999. The report said that the first application of information technology