Internet
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- internet (see Usage notes below)
Etymology [edit]
(1986) Coined by the U.S. Defense Department, shortening of internetwork.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/, X-SAMPA: /"Int@%nEt/
- (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA: /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, /ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt/, X-SAMPA: /Int3`%nEt/, /"I4~%nEt/
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Audio (UK) (file)
Proper noun [edit]
Internet
- 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.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
- […] if you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
Usage notes [edit]
- 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.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:Internet
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
specific internet consisting of the global network of computers
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Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English Internet.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈin̪t̪e̞rne̞t̪]
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net
Proper noun [edit]
Internet
- (Internet) the Internet
Declension [edit]
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Declension of Internet (type risti)
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Synonyms [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English Internet.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/
Proper noun [edit]
Internet m
- the Internet
Usage notes [edit]
Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet.
Synonyms [edit]
German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈɪntɐnɛt/
Noun [edit]
Internet n
- internet (internet)
Icelandic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/
Proper noun [edit]
Internet n
- (usually definite) the Internet
Declension [edit]
declension of Internet
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Internet | Internetið | Internet | Internetin |
| accusative | Internet | Internetið | Internet | Internetin |
| dative | Interneti | Internetinu | Internetum | Internetunum |
| genitive | Internets | Internetsins | Interneta | Internetanna |
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]
Italian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun [edit]
Internet f (invariable)
- Alternative form of Internet.
Anagrams [edit]
Polish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English Internet
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Internet m
- (Internet) the Internet
Declension [edit]
declension of Internet
| singular only | |
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| nominative | Internet |
| genitive | Internetu |
| dative | Internetowi |
| accusative | Internet |
| instrumental | Internetem |
| locative | Internecie |
| vocative | Internecie |
Derived terms [edit]
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /înternet/
- Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net
Proper noun [edit]
Ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет)
Swedish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Internet
- the global Internet
Categories:
- English proper nouns
- en:Internet
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Internet
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms derived from English
- French proper nouns
- German terms derived from English
- German nouns
- de:Internet
- Icelandic terms derived from English
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Italian nouns
- Italian alternative forms
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish proper nouns
- pl:Internet
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Swedish proper nouns