Internet
English
Alternative forms
- internet (see Usage notes below)
Etymology
(1986) Coined by the U.S. Defense Department, shortening of internetwork.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
- (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, /ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: Inter‧net
Proper noun
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.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
- […] if you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
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, some (chiefly British) media outlets such as the BBC and the Times refer to the global network with a lower-case i. Now typically prefaced by the article the.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:Internet
Related terms
Translations
specific internet consisting of the global network of computers
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Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinternet/, [ˈint̪e̞rne̞t̪]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net
Declension
Inflection of Internet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Internet | — | |
genitive | Internetin | — | |
partitive | Internetiä | — | |
illative | Internetiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Internet | — | |
accusative | nom. | Internet | — |
gen. | Internetin | ||
genitive | Internetin | — | |
partitive | Internetiä | — | |
inessive | Internetissä | — | |
elative | Internetistä | — | |
illative | Internetiin | — | |
adessive | Internetillä | — | |
ablative | Internetiltä | — | |
allative | Internetille | — | |
essive | Internetinä | — | |
translative | Internetiksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Internetittä | — | |
comitative | — | — |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/
Usage notes
Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntɐnɛt/
Audio (file)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/
Declension
declension of Internet
n-s | singular | plural | ||
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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 |
Italian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈtɛr.nɛt/, /in.tɛrˈnɛt/
Audio (file)
Declension
Derived terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Internet f
- World Wide Web (an information space on the Internet)
- Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /înternet/
- Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net
Swedish
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