INTERNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internet mean? 

• INTERNET (noun)
  The noun INTERNET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INTERNET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cyberspace; internet; net

Hypernyms ("internet" is a kind of...):

computer network ((computer science) a network of computers)

 Context examples 

A standard file format for transferring non-textual data over the internet.

(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, NCI Thesaurus)

Internet Mobile Technology (e.g. iphone, mobile websites, epocrates)

(Internet Mobile Technology, Food and Drug Administration)

Internet Social Media (e.g. facebook, twitter, myspace)

(Internet Social Media, Food and Drug Administration)

Internet Sponsor Link (e.g. sponsored links and meta tags)

(Hyperlink, Food and Drug Administration)

This may include a name based address (e.g., ncicb.nci.nih.gov), or a numeric internet protocol address.

(Network Address, NCI Thesaurus)

Internet, Wi-Fi, wireless telephony, it's not only GSM, we are submitted to a cocktail of electromagnetic waves.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

An internet address in alphabetic form.

(Domain Name, NCI Thesaurus)

Internet Video

(Internet Video, Food and Drug Administration)

Internet Electronic Communication

(Internet Electronic Communication, Food and Drug Administration)

The project is part of an agreement signed with the Russian Space Agency(ROSCOMOS) in April, whereby the agency committed investments of about $3.2 million, and Brazil agreed to provide facilities for equipment operation, in addition to meeting energy, internet, and other costs.

(High tech Russian telescope to start operating in Brazil, Agência Brasil)