===== Internet =====
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The **Internet** is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:ip|Internet protocol]] suite ([[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:t:tcp]]/[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:ip]]) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:w:wireless|wireless]], and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast 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 file sharing. 

Source: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet]]