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What exactly is the Internet? First, the word internet (also internetwork) is simply a contraction of the phrase inter-network. However when written with a capital “I” the Internet refers to a worldwide set of interconnected networks (technically, that includes all networks reachable by the Internet Protocol).
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Goswami, S. (2003). The Internet Protocol. In: Internet Protocols. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0385-9_2
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