internet in English: The system that joins computers all over the world so that people can share information. (noun)

Translation

The system that joins computers all over the world so that people can share information.

Word origin

A shortening of internetwork, from the Latin prefix inter- meaning between and the English word network.

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We say "on the internet", with the word "the".

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Here "internet" means the service you use to go online.

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"Internet" is uncountable, so it has no plural.

computer

A machine with a screen that stores information and lets you write, play, and go online.

phone

A small thing you hold to talk to people far away or to send messages.

information

Facts or details that you learn or tell someone about something.

share

To let someone else have or use part of what you have.

world

The Earth and all the people, places, and things on it.

hack

To break into a computer system without permission; also to cut something roughly with hard blows.

network

A group of people, computers, or things that are connected to each other.

web

The thin net a spider makes to catch insects; also the web, short for the pages of the internet.

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