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title: "What is the Internet?"  
description: "What is the Internet?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-04-29  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97024/what-is-the-internet  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "internet", "networking"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the Internet?

What is the Internet?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- The [**Internet**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50457/why-does-my-iphone-x-unable-to-connect-to-wi-fi-no-internet-access-and-how-to-fix-it) is a worldwide network that connects computers. People can share information and converse via the Internet from any location with an Internet connection.
- It is the world's largest computer communication network. Millions of smaller home, academic, business, and government networks make up the Internet, which together convey a wide range of information. The 'net' is the abbreviation for the internet.
- It is a vast network that connects billions of computers and other electronic devices all around the world. You can get nearly any information, communicate with anyone in the globe, and do a lot more with the Internet.
- All of this is possible by connecting a computer to the Internet, generally known as going online. When someone says a computer is online, they are simply referring to the fact that it is linked to the Internet.

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