internet

IPA: ˈɪntɝnɛt

(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.]

(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).

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.