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[[Image:Internet map 1024.jpg|thumb|300px|Visualization of the various routes through a portion of the Internet.]]
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The '''Internet''' is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected [[computer network]]s that transmit [[data (computing)|data]] by [[packet switching]] using the standard [[Internet Protocol]] (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various [[information]] and services, such as [[e-mail|electronic mail]], [[online chat]], [[computer file|file]] transfer, and the interlinked web pages and other resources of the [[World Wide Web]] (WWW).
 
The '''Internet''' is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected [[computer network]]s that transmit [[data (computing)|data]] by [[packet switching]] using the standard [[Internet Protocol]] (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various [[information]] and services, such as [[e-mail|electronic mail]], [[online chat]], [[computer file|file]] transfer, and the interlinked web pages and other resources of the [[World Wide Web]] (WWW).