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internet
[ in-ter-net ]
noun
- Usually the internet (except when used before a noun). a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide: includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols:
They advertised the sale in the local paper and on the internet.
My insurance company offers incentives to refill prescriptions over the internet.
Parents are advised to monitor their kids’ internet access and block websites with adult content.
internet
/ ˈɪntəˌnɛt /
noun
- the internetsometimes with a capital the single worldwide computer network that interconnects other computer networks, on which end-user services, such as World Wide Web sites or data archives, are located, enabling data and other information to be exchanged Also known asthe Net
Internet
/ ĭn′tər-nĕt′ /
- A system connecting computers around the world using TCP/IP, which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a set of standards for transmitting and receiving digital data. The Internet consists primarily of the collection of billions of interconnected webpages that are transferred using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and are collectively known as the World Wide Web. The Internet also uses FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer files, and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to transfer e-mail.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of internet1
Idioms and Phrases
- break the internet,
- Slang. (of a story, image, etc.) to go viral online and suddenly dominate public interest and discourse:
Creative marketing for her new album broke the internet.
- to cause internet technology or culture to change for the worse or cease to function:
Could government surveillance and censorship break the internet forever?
- win the internet, Slang. to be or post an article, comment, etc., on the internet that is particularly good or that earns the approval of others (often used sarcastically):
That perceptive tweet of his won the internet last night.
Very funny, intelligent tirade—you win the internet!
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Example Sentences
Along with better-known tools like Google Docs, they are forming the bedrock of a new form of “protest internet” for the 2020s.
The audience network allows Facebook and Instagram advertisers to place their ads elsewhere on the internet.
No internet service provider would build the infrastructure to get him or his neighbors online.
A good social platform game plan should answer questions regarding the when, who, what, and why your brand should interact with the internet community.
Nick Chasinov is the founder and CEO of Teknicks, a research-based internet marketing agency certified by Google in Analytics, Tag Manager, and a Google Premier AdWords partner.
The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
An 18-year-old Swedish rapper/Internet meme has inspired legions of impressionable teens to get based in bucket hats.
Three months ago, the two had a baby together and the Internet mostly just shrugged.
Do as Tumblr has done and scrub her last words off the Internet—erase everything she wanted the world to hear.
There are so many infected PCs on the Internet that the price of hiring an hour or two on a botnet has crashed.
When you combined it all, you had a free console full of free games that could get you free Internet access.
For a normal Internet surfer, a session online is probably about 95 percent cleartext, five percent ciphertext.
The problem is that if there's too much crypto in someone's Internet connection, they'll stand out as unusual.
If the cleaners knocked out the plug, the entire Internet lost its ability to find itself.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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