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: an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world —used with the except when being used attributively
doing research on the Internetan Internet search
Note: In U.S. publications, the capitalized form Internet continues to be more common than internet, although the lowercase form is rapidly gaining more widespread use. In British publications, internet is now the more common form.
compare world wide webWord History
First Known Use
1986, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of Internet was in 1986
Dictionary Entries Near Internet
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“Internet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, //www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Internet. Accessed 18 Sep. 2022.
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