Internet

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   Alternative letter-case form of 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”).

   Most newspapers are available on the internet now.

2. 2
   name

   Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating via the Internet”).

   As soon as the trailer was released, the internet went nuts.

3. 3
   noun

   Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.

   Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email.

4. 4
   noun

   A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.

   You did a nice job there Patty … you came off as intelligent, well-spoken, and concerned about the well being of the victims, in stark contrast to the self-serving, uncaring, unconcerned attitude of the Narconon spokeswoman. 100 internets for you!

5. 5
   noun

   The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically incorrect, chiefly to make light of someone's lack of such knowledge, implied to be gained only from active use of social media.

   "He don't got Internet y'all," one fan wrote. Another declared: "That’s it, I will no longer be listening to any YB music."

6. 6
   verb

   To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.

   Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.

7. 7
   verb

   To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.

   A railroad performs in a single day as much work as a ship in a whole year. This is done, too, in the midst of society, internetted among the cities, the farms, the dwellings of the people.

8. 8
   verb

   To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).

   We are continuing our program of internetting our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *ənter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet Coined by the U.S. Defense Department in 1986. Shortening of internetwork.