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語源

Coined by the U.S. Defense Department in 1986. Shortening of internetwork.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
• (米国発音) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA: /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌnɛt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt]
• ハイフネーション: Inter‧net
• 韻: -ɛt

固有名詞

the Internet

1. The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Internet

   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

     [I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.

2. (by extension, informal) The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet.
   • 2000 March 8, 32:26 from the start, in Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China‎, spoken by Bill Clinton, via C-SPAN, retrieved 17 June 2025:

     We know how much the Internet has changed America. And we are already an open society. Imagine how much it could change China. Now, there is no question – China has been trying to crack down on the Internet. Good luck. That's sort of like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.

   • 2024 November 4, Kate Lindsay, “Can We Please Not Politicize Peanut's Death?”, in Vulture‎, archived from the original on 24 November 2024:

     Not to be confused with the Josh Hutcherson Saturday Night Live sketch that's almost impossible to find online, the tragedy of Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel that was euthanized late last month, has sent the internet into mourning.

使用する際の注意点

• When referring to the global internet, the proper noun was originally usually capitalised (Internet), reserving internet with a lowercase i for the common noun, referring to any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking; however, increasingly, the proper noun sense also takes a lowercase i. Compare similar examples in how the proper names for the Sun (the sun), the Moon (the moon), the Universe (the universe), and the World (the world) are variably capitalized in English orthography.
• The internet, the World Wide Web (the Web, the web), and cyberspace are often loosely treated as synonymous, but in careful usage, each of those terms has a more precise meaning, overlapping in a semantic field.

派生語

関連する語

• extranet
• intranet

参照

• Internet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• renitent