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OCR: The Internet : what is it? General definition: A vast global open information The means by which all the metanetwork (a network of world's networks) of computer hosts computers are able to Narrow definition (IP Internet): communicate The number with each other of networks a set of at least 40,000 of the passing 60,000+ registered traffic via the internetworks which are major backbones capable of routing Internet Protocol packets among Includes themselves application level gateways Broad definition: the IP (e.g ., e-mail), store and Internet plus all connected forward networks capable of routing networks, and networks traffic to a destination device using non-IP or process protocols Copyright 0 1994 A IV. Rutkowski and the Intemet Scciety