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<reference anchor='RFC1296'>

<front>
<title>Internet Growth (1981-1991)</title>
<author initials='M.' surname='Lottor' fullname='Mark K. Lottor'>
<organization>SRI International, Network Information Systems Center</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>333 Ravenswood Avenue</street>
<street>EJ282</street>
<city>Menlo Park</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>94025</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>mkl@nisc.sri.com</email></address></author>
<date month='January' year='1992' />
<abstract>
<t>This document illustrates the growth of the Internet by examination of entries in the Domain Name System (DNS) and pre-DNS host tables. DNS entries are collected by a program called ZONE, which searches the Internet and retrieves data from all known domains.  Pre-DNS host table data were retrieved from system archive tapes.  Various statistics are presented on the number of hosts and domains.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1296' />
</reference>
