internet
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Internet/ˈɪntənet/
▶noun (the Internet) a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
'internet' also found in these Oxford entries:
aggregator
- alt.
- ASP
- bookmark
- bootstrap
- brick
- B2B
- B2C
- bulletin board
- chat room
- churn rate
- cookie
- crawler
- cross-post
- C2C
- cyber-
- cybercafe
- cybercrime
- cybersex
- cybersquatting
- day trading
- digital divide
- DNS
- domain
- dot-com
- dot-org
- e-
- e-commerce
- e-learning
- e-tailer
- extranet
- flash mob
- frame
- gateway
- geocaching
- google
- gopher
- GPRS
- grid
- groom
- home page
- hotlist
- hot spot
- IMAP
- i-mode
- infomediary
- information superhighway
- Internet
- intranet
- IP
