Internet
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For the more general networking concept, see computer network, computer networking, and internetworking.
For other uses, see Internet (disambiguation).
Visualization of the various routes through a portion of the Internet.
Internet Portal
The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit 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 electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked web pages and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW).