internet

IPA: ˈɪntɝnɛt

noun

  • (uncountable) Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.
  • (countable) Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.
  • (uncountable) Collectively, the users of the Internet.
  • (Internet slang, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.
  • 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.
  • specific internet consisting of a global network of computers
  • Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“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”) [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.]

verb

  • (intransitive, Internet, informal) To use the Internet; specifically, to search for information using the Internet.
  • (archaic, rare) To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.
  • (specifically, networking) To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).
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Examples of "internet" in Sentences

  • All evidence suggests that keeping computers off the internet is a losing battle.
  • Also, since the internet is broadband and always on, @computer and @internet are always the same.
  • Entry tags: strange coincidences, the internet is a series of tubes if you like double helixes ...
  • The term internet marketing is still somewhat slippery, and may mean different things to different people.
  • The correct rule, obviously, is to judge internet obscenity by the standards of the *appropriate community on the internet*.
  • * internet*, and even a visit to the EG Expo would show that gamers in real life aren't the same as they are on the internet.
  • Entry tags: crazy tourists, good little girls, macho macho macho man, the internet is a series of tubes, tv rots your brain, words like violence
  • One of the first microlenders to have an impact over the internet is the US-based Kiva, which began a few years after a couple traveled to East Africa in 2004.
  • So while the internet is able to recover in a reasonable period of time after damage to the routers, it is more susceptible to the cutting of the links between the routers.

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