Look up: Internet

1. internet
   (networking) (Note: not capitalised) Any set of networks interconnected with routers. The Internet is the biggest example of an internet. (1996-09-17)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/internet
   
   
2. Internet
   (networking) (Note: capital 'I'). The Internet is the largest internet (with a small 'i') in the world. It is a three level hierarchy composed of backbone networks, mid-level networks, and stub networks. These include commercial (.com or .co), university (.ac or .edu) and other research networks ...
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3. Internet
   is an efficient tool for both information and disinformation. Unlike the printed literature and press, the web has no efficient quality control. In the electronic democracy, anybody can write anything. So don't believe everything you read on the web. And if something is incorrect on these pages, please let me know.
   Found on http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/glossary.htm
   
   
4. Internet
   A global computer network. The system allows you to send and receive communications; conduct research; access public or private databases and advertise products and services.
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5. Internet
   The global network of networks that connects more than three million computers (called hosts). The Internet is the virtual space in which users send and receive email, login to remote computers (telnet), browse databases of information (gopher, World Wide Web, WAIS), and send and receive programs (ftp) contained on these computers.
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6. Internet
   Click here for details.
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/i/index.
   
   
7. Internet
   a worldwide system of linked computer networks.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20183
   
   
8. Internet
   The combined collection of interconnected global computer networks that use TCP/IP protocols and are public domain i.e potentially available to all.
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9. internet
   [n] - a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
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10. Internet
    The world-wide collection of networks and gateways that use the IPS (Internet Protocol Suite) defined by the IETF. A good source of Internet knowledge is Connected - An Internet Encyclopedia.
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11. Internet
    A group of networks which are connected together and stretch around the world. The 'net' started as a means for governments and universities to communicate, but has evolved into a billion dollar information and advertising resource.
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12. Internet
    A network of computer systems started from a requirement by the US defence industry to link together their many computers. The Internet is not so much a network of computers but a network of networks. There has been a huge explosion of interest in the Internet during the last two years from both business and home users.
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13. Internet
    (Digital cameras and photo printers) Worldwide network of computers that allows for the global exchange of information.
    Found on http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/208_10
    
    
14. Internet
    (NETWORK GLOSSARY) The world's largest internetwork, connecting thousands of networks world-wide and having a 'culture' based upon simplicity, research, and standardisation based on real-life use.
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15. Internet
    The global collection of interconnected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocol.
    Found on http://www.everlands.co.uk/glossary.htm
    
    
16. Internet
    ‘The Internet` is an open International computer network which uses the protocols from the Internet Society. The definite article ‘The` should always be used to avoid confused with Internet as in the protocol (see IP).
    Found on http://www.isomatic.co.uk/WBGlossary.htm
    
    
17. Internet
    The international computer Network providing the backbone for a series of protocols providing E-mail, News, File Transfer, World Wide Web, and other services See Browser, Web Site and URL and. Intranet
    Found on http://www.vutrax.co.uk/glossary.htm
    
    
18. Internet
    an interconnected network of networks - the Internet exists purely as a large group of machines that pass messages to each other, sites linking themselves in because they found it useful - remember when using the Internet that you are piggy backing on other peoples efforts and paying nothing for it,...
    Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/
    
    
19. Internet
    World-wide service for communication and information. Data is transmitted via PSTN (telephone network)
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20. Internet
    A global network connecting millions of computers. As of 1999, the Internet has more than 200 million users worldwide, and that number is growing rapidly. More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions. The internet has four principle elements; www, irc chat, email and the newsgroups.
    Found on http://www.net-progress.co.uk/glossary.h
    
    
21. Internet
    Worldwide network of interconnected computer networks that is open to everyone. The networks transmit data by packet-switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP).The Internet can be used to access the World Wide Web, along with file-sharing and e-mails
    Found on http://www.agbnielsen.net/glossary/gloss
    
    
22. Internet
    The Internet is a worldwide service for information sharing and electronic communication, including e-mail. Data is most often transmitted using a telephone network. The user needs only a PC, a modem and network access via an Internet Service Provider such as AOL.
    Found on http://www.sony.co.uk/glossary/ShowGloss
    
    
23. Internet
    The global network of computers linked by the phone and ISDN network. This allows the access of e-mail, pictures, sound, and graphics from anywhere in the world.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/i.html
    
    
24. Internet
    The vast collection of interconnected networks that use TCP/IP protocols.
    Found on http://www.pcblues.co.uk/help_glossary.h
    
    
25. Internet
    (Often called the Net) A worldwide system of computer networks a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer.
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