Definition of internet

The worldwide collection of networks and gateways that use the TCP/IP suite of protocols to communicate with one another.

A vast worldwide network of computers, accessible to anyone with a computer and a phone line. Provides access to e-mail and the World Wide Web. The Internet grew out of the need of academics to swap information with colleagues all over the world, and of the US military’s need for a- computer and communications network that couldn’t easily be knocked out. As a result it is very difficult to censor, since anything placed on the World Wide Web from anywhere is instantly available everywhere in the world.

The word ‘internet’ literally means ‘network of networks’. In itself, the Internet is comprised of thousands of smaller regional networks scattered throughout the globe.