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Definition of Internet

1. Noun. A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange.

Definition of Internet

1. Proper noun. The specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications. ¹

2. Noun. Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.) ¹

3. Noun. The Internet, the largest global internet. ¹

4. Noun. An internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Internet

Literary usage of Internet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pathogens of Soybean Seeds: Bibliographyby Andrew Kalinski by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"The only requirement for using gopher is a connection to the Internet. ... The "client" software allows your Internet host to send requests across the ..."

2. A World's Fair for the Global Village by Carl Malamud (1997)
"Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the Internet and a senior vice ... Why celebrate the Internet, a primitive predecessor of the wonders yet to come, ..."

3. Classical Philologyby University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1917)
""A quarterly journal devoted to research in the languages, literatures, history, and life of classical antiquity.""

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