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Ben Goodger wrote: > > You do not own an internet. Internet (small i) is used to refer to any internetworked network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetworking It isn't in wide usage. The description "internet protocols" is commonly used to describe the family of protocols that connect networks, of which Internet Protocol is but one example. > You own a LAN or WAN I'd say WAN and internet were roughly synonymous. Although WAN is sometimes used only to refer to the interconnects. I think intranet and extranet came along later tended to displace internet, because in practice most internets fell into one of those categories.
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