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internet

/ˈɪn.təˌnɛt/ · name

Meaning

  1. 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”).
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating via the Internet”).
  3. Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.
  4. Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.
  5. A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.
  6. The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically incorrect, chiefly to make light of someone's lack of such knowledge, implied to be gained only from active use of social media.
  7. To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.
  8. To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.
  9. To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).
  10. The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.
  11. The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet.

Etymology / origin

The noun is a variant of Internet. The verb is derived from the noun.

Related words

Internet(Afrikaans)إنترنت(Arabic)ինտերնետ(Armenian)অন্তৰ্জাল(Assamese)internet(Asturian)internet(Azerbaijani)интернет(Bashkir)আন্তর্জাল(Bengali)ইন্টারনেট(Bengali)интернет(Bulgarian)အင်တာနက်(Burmese)internet(Catalan)interxarxa(Catalan)internet(Cebuano)互聯網(Chinese)internet(Czech)internet(Danish)internet(Dutch)internetten(Dutch)internettrol(Dutch)Interreto(Esperanto)interrete(Esperanto)internet(Finnish)internet(French)interréseau(French)internet(Galician)Internet(German)ίντερνετ(Greek)entènèt(Haitian Creole)אינטרנט(Hebrew)अंतरजाल(Hindi)इंटरनेट(Hindi)internet(Icelandic)Interreto(Ido)internet(Indonesian)Idirlíon(Irish)interrete(Italian)インターネット(Japanese)インターネットアクセス(Japanese)អ៊ីនធឺណិត(Khmer)인터네트(Korean)인터넷(Korean)ອິນເຕີເນັດ(Lao)ინთერნეტი(Laz)интернет(Macedonian)internet(Malay)internett(Norwegian Bokmål)internett(Norwegian Nynorsk)ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ(Odia)интернет(Pannonian Rusyn)انترنیت(Persian)интернет(Russian)अन्तर्जाल(Sanskrit)eadar-lìon(Scottish Gaelic)internet(Serbo-Croatian)интернет(Serbo-Croatian)internet(Spanish)interred(Spanish)intaneti(Swahili)internet(Swedish)интернет(Tajik)అంతర్జాలము(Telugu)อินเทอร์เน็ต(Thai)เน็ต(Thai)internet(Turkish)İnternet(Turkish)انٹرنیٹ(Urdu)rhyngrwyd(Welsh)אינטערנעט(Yiddish)אינטערנעץ(Yiddish)Intanẹẹti(Yoruba)

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