Internet

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Definitions

• The world-wide collection of inter-connected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocols and that evolved from the ARPANET of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. ^[1]
• A worldwide computer network containing a broad array of services and information available to any individual with a PC and the paid connection. ^[2]
• The interconnecting global public network made by connecting smaller shared public networks. The most well-known Internet is the Internet, the worldwide network of networks which use the TCP/IP protocol to facilitate information exchange. ^[3]

See also

• Internet
• Intranet
• Extranet

1. ^[1] Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005). ↩
2. ^[2] American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml ↩
3. ^[3] Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, http://www.krollontrack.com/glossaryterms ↩