The internet is the computer network which allows computer users to connect with computers all over the world, and which carries email.
internet in British English
(ˈɪntəˌnɛt)
noun
1. the internet
2. break the internet
3. the internet of things
Internet in American English
(ˈɪntərˌnɛt)
noun
an extensive computer network made up of thousands of other, smaller business, academic, and governmental networks
Word origin
< inter- + network
Examples of 'internet' in a sentence
internet
All very twenty-first century, I bought my tickets over the internet.
James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002)
Find supermarket shopping almost impossible now, barely able to walk let alone push a trolley so did my first internet shop last night.
Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2002)
He' d been scanning the papers and the internet, and nobody seemed to have realized that he had crossed borders and killed in Holland.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
In other languages
internet
British English: Internet /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/ NOUN
The Internet is the computer network which allows computer users to connect with computers all over the world, and which carries email.
American English: Internet
Arabic: الإِنْتَرْنِت
Brazilian Portuguese: Internet
Chinese: 因特网
Croatian: internet
Czech: internet
Danish: internet
Dutch: internet
European Spanish: Internet
Finnish: internet
French: Internet
German: Internet
Greek: διαδίκτυο
Italian: Internet
Japanese: インターネット
Korean: 인터넷
Norwegian: Internett
Polish: Internet
European Portuguese: Internet
Romanian: internet
Russian: Интернет
Latin American Spanish: Internet
Swedish: Internet
Thai: อินเตอร์เน็ต อินเตอร์เนต
Turkish: internet
Ukrainian: Інтернет
Vietnamese: mạng Internet
All related terms of 'internet'
internet bank
a bank that allows customers to conduct business online , esp exclusively so
internet café
An internet café is a café with computers where people can pay to use the internet.
internet site
a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containing information on a particular subject
the internet
the single worldwide computer network that interconnects other computer networks, on which end-user services, such as World Wide Web sites or data archives , are located , enabling data and other information to be exchanged
internet access
access to the internet for a computer or other device
wireless Internet
Wireless Internet is a system of connecting to the Internet that does not need wires or cables .
break the internet
to cause a large number of people to attempt to access the internet
internet access provider
internet access provider: a company that provides organizations or individuals with access to the internet
internet service provider
internet service provider, a business providing its customers with connection to the internet and other related services
the internet of things
a network of objects that are fitted with microchips and connected to the internet , enabling them to interact with each other and to be controlled remotely