Internet

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[edit] English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia en

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[edit] Etymology

(1986) Coined by the U.S. Defense Department, shortening of internetwork.

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  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/, X-SAMPA: /"Int@%nEt/
  • (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA: /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, /ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt/, X-SAMPA: /Int3`%nEt/, /"I4~%nEt/
  • (file)

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Internet

  1. 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.

[edit] 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 popular usage (e.g. BBC and Timesonline) increasingly spells it with a lower-case i.

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[edit] Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia fi

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From English Internet.

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  • IPA: [ˈin̪t̪e̞rne̞t̪]
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

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Internet

  1. (Internet) the Internet

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[edit] French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia fr

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From English Internet.

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  • IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/

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Internet m.

  1. the Internet

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Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet.

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[edit] German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia de

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Borrowed from English Internet.

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  • IPA: /ˈɪntɐnɛt/

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Internet n.

  1. internet (internet)

[edit] Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia is

[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

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  • IPA: /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/

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Internet n.

  1. (usually definite) the Internet

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[edit] Italian

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Internet f. inv.

  1. Alternative form of Internet.

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[edit] Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia pl

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /inˈtɛrnɛt/ or /intɛrˈnɛt/

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Internet m.

  1. (Internet) the Internet

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Singular only
Nominative Internet
Genitive Internetu
Dative Internetowi
Accusative Internet
Instrumental Internetem
Locative Internecie
Vocative Internecie

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /înternet/
  • Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net

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Ȉnternet m. (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет)

  1. Internet

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Internet

  1. the global Internet
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