Internet

Summary

Internet is an IP network^[1]. Internet draws 31,093 Wikipedia views per month (ip_network category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Internet is credited with the discovery of Vint Cerf^[3].
• Internet is credited with the discovery of Bob Kahn^[4].
• Internet's instance of is recorded as IP network^[5].
• Internet's instance of is recorded as computer network^[6].
• Internet's instance of is recorded as invention^[7].
• internetworking is named after Internet^[8].
• Internet is a type of telecommunications network^[9].
• Internet's Commons category is recorded as Internet^[10].
• October 29, 1969 marks the founding of Internet^[11].
• Internet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internet^[12].
• Internet's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Internet^[13].
• Internet's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia^[14].
• Internet's described by source is recorded as Q47470796^[15].
• Internet's described by source is recorded as RFC 3271: The Internet is for Everyone^[16].
• Internet's replaces is recorded as Bildschirmtext^[17].
• Internet's topic has template is recorded as Template:Internet^[18].
• Internet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://superuser.com/tags/internet^[19].
• Internet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://serverfault.com/tags/internet^[20].
• Internet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/tags/internet^[21].
• Internet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/internet^[22].
• Internet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://security.stackexchange.com/tags/internet^[23].
• Internet's used by is recorded as internaut^[24].
• Internet's different from is recorded as World Wide Web^[25].
• Internet's history of topic is recorded as history of the Internet^[26].
• Internet's uses is recorded as Internet Protocol^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include IP network^[5], computer network^[6], and invention^[7]. Internet is a type of telecommunications network^[9].

Origins

internetworking is named after Internet^[8]. October 29, 1969 marks the founding of Internet^[11].

Use and Application

Internet's used by is recorded as internaut^[24].

Influence

Things named for Internet include netto-uyoku^[28], a social movement^[29], in Japan^[30]; Internet aesthetic^[31], a metaclass^[32]; Net Nanny^[33], an Internet filter^[34]; and internaut^[35], an occupation^[36].

Why It Matters

Internet draws 31,093 Wikipedia views per month (ip_network category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] Internet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Internet is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Internet include netto-uyoku^[28], a social movement^[29], in Japan^[30]; Internet aesthetic^[31], a metaclass^[32]; Net Nanny^[33], an Internet filter^[34]; and internaut^[35], an occupation^[36].