Business use of Internet to explode in '96.

'Whole new delivery channel' for purchases by consumers

Internet.

While the word crops up in daily conversation already, expect to hear it even more in 1996.

"Businesses are starting to really catch on to this thing," says Randy Young, president of Internet Services of Central Florida, an Internet access provider and consultant in Winter Park. "And consumers are starting to use the Internet more and more."

Companies of all sizes are establishing "home pages" on the World Wide Web, the part of the Internet that combines text, graphics and sound.

A Web presence can range from a one-page description of a company to an extensive, multiple-page …