A world wide and open network of computers. Each computer within the network is directly or indirectly connected with each of the other computers. A pair of computers in the net will only communicate when one of them sends a direct request towards the other computer. Each network member therefore has a unique address. As your computer is an active member of the network right now it has such an address as well (which is: 38.107.191.89) with which it sends or recieves data.
The Internet is used for several different services. Most well-known is the "world wide web" ("www") which allows to visit webpages. But there are other services like those for emails, file transfers or VOIP. In practice most persons use the term "Internet" when exactly meaning the "www".
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"They came to see and to be seen as well"
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