Internet

== English == === Alternative forms === internet (see Usage notes below) === Etymology === Coined by the U.S. Defense Department in 1986, shortening of internetwork. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/ (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA(key): /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌnɛt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt] Hyphenation: Inter‧net Rhymes: -ɛt === Proper noun === the Internet The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Internet 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi [I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind. (by extension, informal) The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet. ==== Usage notes ==== When referring to the global internet, the proper noun was originally usually capitalised (Internet), reserving internet with a lowercase i for the common noun, referring to any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking; however, increasingly, the proper noun sense also takes a lowercase i. Compare similar examples in how the proper names for the Sun (the sun), the Moon (the moon), the Universe (the universe), and the World (the world) are variably capitalized in English orthography. The internet, the World Wide Web (the Web, the web), and cyberspace are often loosely treated as synonymous, but in careful usage, each of those terms has a more precise meaning, overlapping in a semantic field. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== extranet intranet ==== Translations ==== === References === Internet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === renitent == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Internet (uncountable) the Internet == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Proper noun === Internet m Internet == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tərˌnɛt/ Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net === Proper noun === Internet n superseded spelling of internet == Finnish == === Alternative forms === internet === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈint(ː)ernet/, [ˈin̪t̪(ː)e̞rne̞t̪] Rhymes: -internet Syllabification(key): In‧ter‧net Hyphenation(key): In‧ter‧net === Proper noun === Internet (Internet) the Internet ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== netti (imprecisely) verkko (“Web”), www (colloquially, imprecisely) veppi, weppi, webbi == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/ === Proper noun === Internet m the Internet Synonyms: internet, Net ==== Usage notes ==== Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪntɐnɛt/ === Noun === Internet n (strong, genitive Internets or Internet, no plural) internet ==== Usage notes ==== While the genitive Internet is often seen, the more Germanic Internets is more frequently used. For example: ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Internet der Dinge === Further reading === “Internet” in Duden online “Internet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /intəˈnet/ Rhymes: -et Syllabification: In‧ter‧net === Noun === Internet n Internet (the global network of computers) internet (Internet access or connection) === References === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Internet”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 83, column 1 == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/ === Proper noun === Internet n (proper noun, genitive singular Internets) (usually definite) the Internet Synonyms: net, alnet, lýðnet ==== Declension ==== === See also === veraldarvefur (“World Wide Web”) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈin.ter.net/, /in.terˈnɛt/ Rhymes: -internet, -ɛt Hyphenation: Ìn‧ter‧net, In‧ter‧nèt === Noun === Internet f (invariable) alternative form of internet === References === === Anagrams === nitrente, trentine == Plautdietsch == === Noun === Internet n Internet == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈtɛr.nɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛrnɛt Syllabification: In‧ter‧net === Proper noun === Internet m inan the Internet ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Internet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN Internet in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === internet === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Internet. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Internet f World Wide Web (an information space on the Internet) Synonyms: web, rede, net Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Internet == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /înternet/ Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net === Proper noun === Ȉnternet m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет) Internet == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Noun === Internet m or f same meaning (uncountable) alternative letter-case form of internet == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Internet. === Proper noun === Internet n (genitive Internets) the (global) Internet