In a general sense, any two or more linked networks. The Internet currently links over 40,000 networks containing over six million host computers and an estimated 25-40 million users in more than 150 countries. An internal corporate or organizational network that uses Internet technologies to let employees browse and share electronic information. Every machine on the Internet has a unique IP number. If a machine does not have an IP number, it is not really on the Internet.
Most machines also have one or more domain names that are easier for people to remember.
An organization or company that provides dial-up or other access to the Internet, usually for money. A method of image compression widely used for graphics files on the Internet. A common method for digitally encoding video files. A WWW browser and the company which produces it. Netscape Navigator is a Web browser originally based on the Mosaic program.