the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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Customers could shutter their own data centers and simply access those same solutions via the Internet. Chris Degnan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 Experts said these services are all over the Internet, with many being promoted via Facebook ads, available for download on the Apple and Google app stores and easily accessed using simple web searches. Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025 Go beyond guide books and the Internet. Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025 Very few Never Ending Tour shows have been professionally filmed like this, let alone broadcast on the Internet. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Internet

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“The Internet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Internet. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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