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English
Wikipedia has an article on: InternetAlternative spellings
- internet (see Usage notes below)
Etymology
(1986) Coined by the U.S. Defense Department, shortening of internetwork.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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Singular Internet |
Plural - |
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.
Usage notes
- Usage in reference to the global network is normally capitalised, reserving internet with a lower-case i for any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking.
- However popular usage (e.g. BBC and Timesonline) increasingly follows normal grammatical rules with a lower-case i.
Synonyms
- (the global internet): cyberspace, the information superhighway (dated), (teh) interweb (jocular), interwebs (jocular), interwub (jocular), The Tubes (jocular), the Net, the net, the World Wide Web(imprecisely), the Web (imprecisely), t'internet / tinternet (informal or humorous)
Coordinate terms
Finnish
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on: InternetEtymology
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈin̪t̪e̞rne̞t̪]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net
Proper noun
Internet
- (Internet) the Internet
Declension
Declension of Internet (type risti)
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Synonyms
Icelandic
Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on: Internet| Declension of Internet | ||||||
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| (indefinite) | (definite) | (indefinite) | (definite) | |||
| nominative | Internet | Internetið | Internet | Internetin | ||
| accusative | Internet | Internetið | Internet | Internetin | ||
| dative | Interneti | Internetinu | Internetum | Internetunum | ||
| genitive | Internets | Internetsins | Interneta | Internetanna | ||
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