the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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What Leaders Need to Do Now Like past technological shifts, from the automation of manufacturing to the rise of the Internet economy, the effects of AI are unlikely to arrive all at once. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026 But — because some people can't just enjoy things — the Internet outrage mob is losing its mind. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The technical ability is really amazing, and their scope, their musical scope, is so broad because the Internet brings music from around the world to their ears in a split second, every single day. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Making the chances of active exploitation more likely, Blink said that 63 percent of the 135,000 OpenClaw instances found exposed to the Internet in a scan earlier this year were running without authentication. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Internet

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“The Internet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Internet. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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