the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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As the most readily available data on the Internet is utilized by LLMs (large language models) with diminishing returns from larger models, training growth could moderate somewhat. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Established under the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which was designed to protect First Amendment rights online in the early days of the Internet, the law shielded tech companies from liability as they were considered merely third-party conduits of content, not content producers themselves. Mark Guarino, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2025 All of the Internet games disappeared with later versions of Windows, but Spider Solitaire remained. Ariana Torrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025 Thanks to the Internet, and streaming service focus on stars to mark out one film from another, stars are still hugely important, and their comments reverberated around the globe. Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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