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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The global information and communications network that includes the Internet and other networks and switching systems such as telephone networks, cable television networks, and satellite communication networks.
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- noun dated, computing The
Internet and all othercomputer networks in the 1990s
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- noun an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
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