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internet
noun
-
internet
the
global
system
that
connects
millions
of
computers
and
lets
people
share
information
and
communicate
anywhere
in
the
world
•
I
found
a
new
recipe
on
the
internet
and
tried
it
last
night
.
I
found
a
new
recipe
on
the
internet
and
tried
it
last
night
.
•
During
the
storm
,
our
internet
stopped
working
,
so
we
played
board
games
instead
.
During
the
storm
,
our
internet
stopped
working
,
so
we
played
board
games
instead
.
coined
in
the
early
1970s
from
the
words
“
interconnected
”
and
“
network
”
to
describe
the
U
.
S
.
Defense
Advanced
Research
Projects
Agency
(
DARPA
)
project
that
linked
computer
networks
together
noun
in
computer
science
,
any
large
group
of
smaller
networks
linked
together
and
using
the
same
communication
rules
(
TCP/IP
),
not
necessarily
the
public
internet
•
Each
campus
built
its
own
internet
to
connect
research
labs
securely
.
Each
campus
built
its
own
internet
to
connect
research
labs
securely
.
•
The
engineers
planned
to
merge
several
small
networks
into
one
internet
.
The
engineers
planned
to
merge
several
small
networks
into
one
internet
.
extends
the
original
sense
of
“
internet
”
from
meaning
the
specific
global
network
to
any
collection
of
networks
linked
by
the
internet
protocol
suite