What is Internet

Global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard TCP/IP protocol to serve users worldwide. Learn more in: ICT and Healthcare: A Closer Look at the Role of ICTs in Providing Support for Female Victims/Survivors of Domestic Violence (DV)

An immensely large computer network which links computers worldwide. Learn more in: Cyberbullying: Keeping Our Children Safe in the 21st Century

A process of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world through routers and servers. Learn more in: The Role of Electronic Commerce in the Global Business Environments

An electronic website source for information transfer. Learn more in: MOOCs Global Digital Divide: Reality or Myth?

A means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via the dedicated routers and servers. Learn more in: The Role of Social Media in International Advertising

A network of inter-related access points allowing the rapid transmission of information and entertainment. Learn more in: The Influence of Information and Communication Technologies on Societies and their Cultures: A Historical Perspective

The unification of computers in such a way that all concerned will share information and other materials in common all over the world. Learn more in: Potentials of Selected Information and Communication Technologies in Adult Education Programmes in Nigeria

This is an electronic networking of computers across the world. The networking enables all computers connected to the net to access information one from another in micro seconds. Learn more in: The Adoption of Instructional Technologies in Teacher Education: Re-Conceptualising Instructional Technologies within the Context of Nigeria's Level of Development

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The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. More than 190 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions. Learn more in: ICT Skills among Library Professionals: A Case Study of Universities in Tamilnadu, India

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The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. More than 190 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions. Learn more in: Expectation of Research Scholars and Students on Library Resources and Services: A Case Study of Alagappa University, India

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The internet is a group of computers that are connected to each other. The internet is used to send information quickly between computers around the world. Learn more in: Impact of Information and Communication Technology among the Physical Education Students in Alagappa University, Tamilnadu

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Global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. Learn more in: Networked Multimedia Communication Systems

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A global system of interconnected computer networks. Learn more in: A Netnographic Approach on Digital Emerging Literacies in the Digital Inclusion Program AcessaSP - Brazil

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The large system of connected computers around the world. Learn more in: Analyzing the Role of Health Information Technology in Global Health Care

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The connected group of computer networks allowing for electronic communication. Learn more in: Electronic Learning: Theory and Applications

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The global communication network that allows almost all computers to connect and exchange the information. Learn more in: Mastering Distance Education in the Digital Age

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The single worldwide computer network that interconnects other computer networks. Learn more in: Exploring the Role of Mobile Learning in Global Education

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This term refers to the global, wireless networked digital technology service that connects one computer device to another and facilitates sharing of information and effective communication between users smoothly and promptly. Learn more in: Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Children Based on Research Evidence

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Internet is an electronic network connecting billions of computers globally. Learn more in: Augmented Reality for Tourist Destination Image Formation

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A computer network that can be accessed through a dial-up modem, digital or cable network like, satellite, or broadband connection. Learn more in: Digital Divide

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It is a constantly growing communication network that is widespread around the world, where many computer systems are interconnected. Learn more in: The Resistance of Memories and the Story of Resistance: July 15 Coup Attempt and Social Movement in Turkey

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A form of information and communication technology that can access, send or store data or communicate with others through different devices, such as cell phones or computers. Learn more in: Internet Behind Bars: Reality or Utopia?

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Is a global computer network that provides a variety of information and communication facilities, and consists of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. Learn more in: Cyber Crime and Challenges of Securing Nigeria's Cyber-Space Against Criminal Attacks

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At first military, then academic institutions began to see the benefits of connecting computers, mainly for the purpose of communicating and sharing information. For the first twenty years of networking, between the late 1960s and the late 1980s, such networks grew slowly. Learn more in: Use of E-Resources by Social Scientists in Tamil Nadu, India

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A worldwide network of interconnected computers that provides a range of information and communication facilities. Learn more in: Cloud Learning Management System in Higher Education

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Interconnection network born in the 60s that is connecting people through electronic devices using internet protocol. Learn more in: Mega-Constellations: Technical Aspects

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A global system of interconnected computer networks which use internet protocols to link devices worldwide. The internet carries a vast array of information enabling the passage of information through services and applications of the World Wide Web. Learn more in: Internet Addiction: The Repercussions, the Causes, and the Treatment

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A massive network of networks. Learn more in: Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites

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The Internet, or simply the Net, is the publicly available worldwide system of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol (IP) and many other protocols. Learn more in: Networked Memex Based on Personal Digital Library

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Network of networks of computers. Learn more in: Information and Communication Technology Security Network: A Sure Solution to E-Governance Security Problems

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Internet is a method of communication that utilizes networked computer as a medium. Internet enables direct transformation of information from providers to customers. Learn more in: Security Policy Issues in Internet Banking in Malaysia

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A global network of computers connecting millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks across the world. Learn more in: Inhibitors to Internet Use by Sub-Saharan African SMEs

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A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. Learn more in: Social Media as an Advertisement Tool: Strategical Need of Being More Experiential

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Worldwide system of interconnected computer networks through which information can be exchanged and communication can take place. Learn more in: Improving Initial Teacher Education in Australia: Solutions and Recommendations from the Teaching Teachers for the Future Project

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The single worldwide computer network that interconnects other computer networks. Learn more in: Implementing Electronic Commerce in Global Marketing

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A worldwide computer network that provides information on very many subjects and enables users to exchange messages. Learn more in: Utilizing Social Media in Modern Business

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The large system of ?connected computers around the ?world which ?people utilize to communicate with each other. Learn more in: Advocating Information System, Information Integration, and Information Sharing in Global Supply Chain

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The worldwide computer network that provides information on very many subjects and enables users to exchange messages. Learn more in: Encouraging Digital Literacy and ICT Competency in the Information Age

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The networked system of private, public, business and governmental mainframe, personal, and wireless computer networks utilizing the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to connect devices globally. Learn more in: Toward a Working Definition of Digital Literacy

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The worldwide computer network that provides information on many subjects and enables users to exchange the messages. Learn more in: The Importance of Electronic Commerce in Modern Business

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A network of computers that allow electronic communication. Learn more in: Digital Media Consumption of Children in Television Series: Çocuklar Duymasın With Conversation Analysis

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A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. Learn more in: A Study on Information and Communication Technology Skills of LIS Professionals in Management Institutions of Tamil Nadu

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A global entity of interconnected data communication networks, platforms and infrastructures, combined with services, facilities and electronic applications. Learn more in: An Innovative E-Learning Platform for Vocational Training of European Local Police Forces

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World’s largest network, a worldwide collection of networks that link together millions of businesses, governments, educational institutions, and individuals using modems, telephone lines, and other communications devices and media. Also called the Net. Learn more in: Electronic Government and Integrated Library Systems

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A worldwide information network connecting millions of computers. Also called the Net. Learn more in: E-Libraries and Distance Learning

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Is the “global information system that (1) is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons; (2) is able to support communications using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons, and/or other IP-compatible protocols; and (3) provides, uses or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein” (The Federal Networking Council definition). Learn more in: Global Digital Divide

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An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol. Learn more in: Sectoral Analysis of ICT Use in Nigeria

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Started in 1969 as ARPAnet by the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, this is now a globally connected publicly accessible network of networks used in standard internet protocol based data communications such as Web access and electronic mail. Learn more in: Interactive Videoconferencing

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The term “Internet” includes the World Wide Web because that is a common way to refer to the media for electronic communications and exchanges of information. Learn more in: Internet Citizenship: Course Design and Delivery Using ICT

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A worldwide collection of computer networks (“information highway”). Learn more in: Social and P2P Networks on the Internet

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A network of all networks. Learn more in: Calm Technologies as the Future Goal of Information Technologies

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A globally connected electronic communications network that links computers around the world together. Learn more in: Distance Learning Concepts and Technologies

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A worldwide network, based on TCP/IP that interconnects thousand of heterogeneous networks and millions of users. Routers are used for network interconnection. Learn more in: Development of a University Networking Project

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An electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. Learn more in: Virtual Community and Online Game Players

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A configuration of networks that use the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) standard to connect devices and enable worldwide collaboration and remote access to information. The term “the Internet” has been criticized as an idealization when in fact individuals using Internet services may not have the same technical, social, and personal ability to connect with others or access information in the same ways. Some scholars are referring to “internets” to indicate the technical, individual, and social complexities of using Internet-related communication and information services. Learn more in: Terminological Obfuscation in Online Research

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A collection of interconnected networks of computers which operates world-wide using a set of compatible communications protocols. Learn more in: The Role and Integration of Digital Libraries in E-Learning

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The Internet is a world wide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet protocol (IP). It is a “network of networks” that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). Learn more in: Quality of Health Information on the Internet

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Worldwide accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by using the standard Internet protocol (IP). Learn more in: The Uses and Gratifications of Broadband Internet

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Worldwide system of computer networks. It is a network of networks. Learn more in: Broadband Diffusion to SMEs in the UK

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A worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol. Learn more in: From E to U: Towards an Innovative Digital Era

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A global array of computers connected by a network, utilizing technologies (primarily Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) that facilitates transmission of data supporting traditional Internet services (hypertext, file transfer protocol, telnet, simple mail transport protocol and others). Learn more in: Public Wireless Internet

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Worldwide interconnected system of computer networks designed to transmit information of various types, including data, voice, and video. Learn more in: Spatiality and Political Economy of the Global Fiber Optics Industry

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A global network connecting millions of computers. The Internet is decentralized by design and each computer (host) on the Internet is independent. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a technology that ‘sits on top’ of the Internet to allow for communication enabled by web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Netscape and Firefox. The Internet generally consists of the WWW, electronic mail (e-mail), file transfer protocol (FTP), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and USENET. Learn more in: Online Participation and Digital Divide: An Empirical Evaluation of U.S. Midwestern Municipalities

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The Internet, or simply the Net, is the publicly available worldwide system of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using a standardized Internet Protocol (IP) and many other protocols. Learn more in: Web-Based Personal Digital Library

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Relates to Internet Protocol based networks: www, extranet over the internet, EDI over the internet, internet-enabled mobile phones. Learn more in: E-Business and the Resource-Based View: Towards a Research Agenda

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An international system of connecting computers and computer networks, which forms the basis of other systems such as the World Wide Web. Learn more in: Attitudes to Online Reading and Web-Based Instructions in Developing Societies

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A worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). Learn more in: Developing an Internet and Intranet Usage Policy for a Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa

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An international computer network of networks. Learn more in: Internet Governance: Definitions, Issues, and Challenges

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The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. Learn more in: Online Social and Business Networks’ Implications for Corporate Strategy

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Interconnection or Networks in a Global World Wide context. Learn more in: Social Networks in the Higher Education Framework- Understanding the University as an Organization: Inlumine, Our Study Case

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The worldwide computer network that provides information on many subjects and enables users to exchange messages. Learn more in: Multifaceted Applications of the Internet of Things

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The worldwide computer network that provides information on many subjects and enables users to exchange the messages. Learn more in: The Role of Distance Education in Global Education

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Internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. Learn more in: The Repercussion of the Internet on Psychological Wellbeing: Discussion on Diverse Psychopathology and Treatment Approaches

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The worldwide network of all computers using “transfer control protocol/Internet protocol” (TCP/IP), generally considered the combination of all computer-based communications activity (e.g., e-mail, World Wide Web). Learn more in: Distance Learning and Educational Technology in Malaysia

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Electronic and online communication. Learn more in: The Habit of Watching Television and Using Computer in Primary School Children

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A worldwide computer network that is capable of linking all network users. Learn more in: Demographic Differences in Telehealth Policy Outcomes

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A world-wide, continuously expanding communication network that consists of many computer systems linked together. Learn more in: New Communication Technologies: A Focus Group Study About Children

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A world wide network of computers that allows the “sharing “or “networking“ of information at remote sites from other academic institutions, research institutes, private companies, government agencies, and individuals. Learn more in: The Support of E-Collaboration Technologies for a Blood Bank

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A worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission. It provides access to a vast amount of information resources including multimedia (movies, sound, and images), software, text documents, news articles, electronic journal, travel information and so forth. It also provides an environment for buying and selling products and services over a network. Learn more in: Innovative Thinking in Software Development

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The “global information system that (i) is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons; (ii) is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons, and/or other IP-compatible protocols; and (iii) provides, uses, or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described herein” (The Federal Networking Council definition). Learn more in: Comparing China's and India's Evolution of Broadband Internet in the Developing World

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The global network of computers used to exchange information and communication. Learn more in: J.C.R. Licklider and the Rise of Interactive and Networked Computing

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People of African descent living in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australia. Although voluntary immigration has become the primary force in the modern diaspora, the trans-Atlantic slave trade represents the largest migration of people of African descent. Learn more in: The Internet, Black Identity, and the Evolving Discourse of the Digital Divide

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This is the global interconnection of computers and networks for the purpose of sharing information resources Learn more in: The Implications of Alireza Noruzi’s Laws of the Web for Library Web-Based Services

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An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol. Learn more in: The Security, Privacy, and Ethical Implications of Social Networking Sites

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The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions. Learn more in: Security Issues in Cloud Computing

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In the context of the information society, the internet stands out for being the channel of obtaining information and their ability to eliminate physical barriers, and geographical space, which enables the universal flow of information, making information available and accessible to many people, thereby helping to combat digital exclusion and consequently social. Learn more in: Information Architecture: A Study about Usability and Accessibility

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A network of networks that allows the decentralized networking of computers through a set of protocols called TCP/IP. Learn more in: E-Commerce: The Effect of the Internet and Marketing Evolution

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The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and peer-to-peer networks for file sharing. In our study we have considered internet use per 100 people and also per capital form. Learn more in: Internet Use and Economic Growth: Evidences From Lower Middle Income and Low Income Countries

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The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. Learn more in: Cyber Crime Toolkit Development

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It is a network of communications that is widely distributed and constantly growing throughout the world, where many computer systems are interconnected. Learn more in: Digital Games and Violence

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Web-based technologies. Learn more in: A Historical Overview of Health Disparities and the Potential of eHealth Solutions

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This is a global network of interconnected computers using multiple protocols. Learn more in: E-Government Growth Barriers in Sub-Saharan Africa

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A vast network of computers that connects millions of people all over the world. Learn more in: Key Factors and Implications for E-Government Diffusion in Developed Economies

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A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange. Learn more in: Telemedicine Applications and Challenges

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Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet protocol (IP). It is a “network of networks” that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web. Learn more in: Broadband Solutions for the Last Mile to Malaysian Residential Customers

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A worldwide system of interconnected computer networks; the Internet is a combination of several media technologies and an electronic version of newspapers, magazines, books, catalogs, bulletin boards, and much more. This versatility gives the Internet its power. The Internet’s technological success depends on its principal communication tools, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP). They are referred to frequently as TCP/IP. Learn more in: E-Learning Applications through Space Observations

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Protocol (IP): The method by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer on the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet. Learn more in: Ubiquitous Healthcare: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Hospitals

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A global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data. Learn more in: Impact of Information and Communication Technologies and Influence of Millennial Students on the Role of CTE Teachers and Trainers

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A worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol. Learn more in: Innovation and E-Government: An in Depth Overview on E-Services

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Public network of computers, including servers and client machines. Learn more in: Key Issues in E-Government and Public Administration

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Refers to a large system of connected computer around the world, which allows people to share information and communicate with each other through email Learn more in: Determinants of E-Government Satisfaction: The Case Study of E-Procurement

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A computer network infrastructure which exchanges data carrying various services, such as file transfer, peer to peer networks, emails, on-line chat, VoIP services and the World Wide Web. Learn more in: The Digital Divide, Framing and Mapping the Phenomenon

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A global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels Learn more in: ICTs and Family Physicians Human Capital Upgrading: Delightful Chimera or Harsh Reality?

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An electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. Learn more in: E-Therapy

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Global system of interconnected computers. Learn more in: Intellectual Disability, Identity, and the Internet

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A public universal computer network, which became the most popular means of communication between human beings and advertising channel and promotional in ICT. Learn more in: A “Bottega Didattica” for an Inclusive School

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