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Internet definition

Inter·net (in′tər net′)

noun

an extensive computer network made up of thousands of other, smaller business, academic, and governmental networks

Etymology: < inter- + net(work)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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