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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz
(Arrrgh.....next time I hear someone equate the Web with the Internet...Slowly I turned...step by step advancing on the one who had ruined my life...)
imported>Pat Palmer
(slight reword of Howard's correction; young people increasingly don't know the difference in internet and WWW)
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A "network of networks" best known as the means of connecting academic and research computers, doing business online, supporting the [[World Wide Web]], increasingly providing telephone and video services, and continuing to evolve networking technology.
A "network of networks" best known as the means of connecting academic and research computers, doing business online.  The internet is the transport mechanism for documents and resources delivered via the [[World Wide Web]] ([[HTTP]]).  The internet is also increasing as a transport mechanism for telephone and video services, and continuing to evolve new networking technologies.

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A definition or brief description of Internet.

A "network of networks" best known as the means of connecting academic and research computers, doing business online. The internet is the transport mechanism for documents and resources delivered via the World Wide Web (HTTP). The internet is also increasing as a transport mechanism for telephone and video services, and continuing to evolve new networking technologies.