Internet

Quick meaning: Internet meaning (uncountable) Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.

Meaning

(uncountable) Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.

More Meanings

1. (countable) Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.
2. (Internet slang, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.
3. (intransitive, Internet, informal) To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.
4. (Internet slang, humorous) 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.
5. Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating via the Internet”).
6. 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”).
7. (archaic, rare) To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.

Example Sentences

Most newspapers are available on the internet now.

As soon as the trailer was released, the internet went nuts.

Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email.

He was able to do this because the internet, which had been publicly available since January 1983, enabled it.

Word Forms

• internets
• internetting
• internetted

Synonyms for internet

Depending on context, synonyms include interweave, cyberspace.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyberspace, intranet, networking, website, internetwork, networked.

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