internet

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“the specific internet consisting of a global…

   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”).

   • Most newspapers are available on the internet now.
   • He was able to do this because the internet, which had been publicly available since January 1983, enabled it.
2. 2

   Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating…

   Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating via the Internet”).

   • As soon as the trailer was released, the internet went nuts.
   • In 2014, a hot dog entrepreneur, Laura Ustick, general manager of Superdawg in Chicago, Illinois, asked the internet to get behind her in support of the Emoji Hot Dog.
   • On Friday, as the internet reacted to the video of Thomas getting arrested for walking in the street, the city rushed out a statement explaining what happened around noon last Wednesday.
3. 3

   Internet access or connection

   Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.

   • Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email.
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   1. 4

      Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol

      Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.

   2. 5

      A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.

      • I have been looking through CupOJoes and kind of want something dark with a silver band between the bit and the bowl [of the pipe]. That's not a must, but 1000 internets go to the first person to find one.
      • You win one internet.
   3. 6

      The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically…

      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.

      • "He don't got Internet y'all," one fan wrote. Another declared: "That’s it, I will no longer be listening to any YB music."
   4. 7

      To use the internet

      To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.

      • Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.
      • Most of us, before and after the second uprising, can be found in schools, offices, or factories, going about our everyday lives. Dreaming, working hard for a future. Texting, internetting, entertaining ourselves in the present.
   5. 8

      To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network

      To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.

      • A railroad performs in a single day as much work as a ship in a whole year. This is done, too, in the midst of society, internetted among the cities, the farms, the dwellings of the people.
      • With 1849 began the organization of the secret societies, which, regulated from Piedmont, internetted the entire southern peninsula.
      • Thus silent and imperceptible is the webwork of material interests which are internetting the great family of nations with the bonds of peace.
   6. 9

      To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in…

      To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).

      • We are continuing our program of internetting our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency.
      • More efficient means of internetting the computers in the system must also be developed.
   7. 10

      The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using…

      The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

      • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi [I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.
   8. 11

      The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet.

      • Not to be confused with the Josh Hutcherson Saturday Night Live sketch that's almost impossible to find online, the tragedy of Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel that was euthanized late last month, has sent the internet into mourning.

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