Internet

global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols
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The Internet was established on October 29, 1969 .

Internet

Summary

Internet is an IP network[1]. Internet draws 10,260 Wikipedia views per month (ip_network category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Internet is credited with the discovery of Vint Cerf[3].
  • Internet is credited with the discovery of Bob Kahn[4].
  • Internet's image is recorded as Internet users per 100 and GDP per capita.jpg[5].
  • Internet's instance of is recorded as IP network[6].
  • Internet's instance of is recorded as computer network[7].
  • Internet's instance of is recorded as invention[8].
  • internetworking is named after Internet[9].
  • Internet's GND ID is recorded as 4308416-3[10].
  • Internet's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92002816[11].
  • Internet's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12337059x[12].
  • Internet's subclass of is recorded as telecommunications network[13].
  • Internet's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00841024[14].
  • Internet's Commons category is recorded as Internet[15].
  • Internet's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D020407[16].
  • Internet's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 2307[17].
  • +1969-10-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Internet[18].
  • Internet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03rlt[19].
  • Internet's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.224.230.110.500[20].
  • Internet's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117022[21].
  • Internet's HDS ID is recorded as 048816[22].
  • Internet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internet[23].
  • Internet's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000813918[24].
  • Internet's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX535672[25].
  • Internet's spoken text audio is recorded as Hy-Համացանց (Internet).ogg[26].
  • Internet's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300265429[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Vint Cerf[3], a computer scientist[28], b. 1943[29], of United States[30], awarded the Turing Award[31], specialised in computer science[32] and Bob Kahn[4], a computer scientist[33], b. 1938[34], of United States[35], awarded the Turing Award[36], specialised in computer science[37]. Things named for Internet include netto-uyoku[38], a social movement[39], in Japan[40]; Internet aesthetic[41], a metaclass[42]; Net Nanny[43], an Internet filter[44]; and internaut[45], an occupation[46].

Why It Matters

Internet draws 10,260 Wikipedia views per month (ip_network category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Internet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Internet is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Internet include netto-uyoku[38], a social movement[39], in Japan[40]; Internet aesthetic[41], a metaclass[42]; Net Nanny[43], an Internet filter[44]; and internaut[45], an occupation[46].

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  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . datos.bne.es. Retrieved . bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  13. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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