Internet

/ˈɪn.tə.net/ noun

The global network of computers and devices that are connected and can share information with each other.

Short for *internetwork*, from *inter-* “between” and *network.* The term grew out of U.S. defense and research projects in the late 1960s and 1970s, especially ARPANET.

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