internet

Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“the specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications”).alt-of

• Most newspapers are available on the internet now.

Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“global community of individuals communicating via the Internet”).alt-of

• As soon as the trailer was released, the internet went nuts.

Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.uncountable

• Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email.

Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.countable

A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.Internetcountablehumorous

• I have been looking through CupOJoes and kind of want something dark with a silver band between the bit and the bowl [of the pipe]. That's not a must, but 1000 internets go to the first person to find one.
• You win one internet.

The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically incorrect, chiefly to make light of someone's lack of such knowledge, implied to be gained only from active use of social media.Internetcountablehumorous

• "He don't got Internet y'all," one fan wrote. Another declared: "That’s it, I will no longer be listening to any YB music."

To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.Internetinformalintransitive

• Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.

To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.ambitransitivearchaicrare

• A railroad performs in a single day as much work as a ship in a whole year. This is done, too, in the midst of society, internetted among the cities, the farms, the dwellings of the people.
• With 1849 began the organization of the secret societies, which, regulated from Piedmont, internetted the entire southern peninsula.

To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).ambitransitivespecifically

• We are continuing our program of internetting our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency.
• More efficient means of internetting the computers in the system must also be developed.