internetting — English Dictionary

Noun

1. gerund of internet The act of entwining or linking things together so as to form a network; interconnecting, networking.

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   Plans must be analyzed continuously at all levels by simulation. We refer to the construct that makes this possible as a complete "internetting of nodes" and as a seamless "operation across networks." A node can be an airplane, a general, an Army private, a tank, or a UCAV. A collaborating network may be operated by the US Army or by an allied command. Internetting provides for the nearly direct connection of one of the nodes to any other node.

2. gerund of internet The act of connecting a computer, an electronic device, etc., into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).

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   Goals are postulated for future DOD [Department of Defense] growth in automated command and control capability and guidelines are generated which will aid future planners in specifying individual system characteristics which lend themselves to internetting, both within the individual systems and particularly within the over-all DOD command and control system.

   Last year we had planned to reduce the number of these radars to 151 by end fiscal year 1967. As you may recall, this reduction was predicated on the internetting of our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency.

   The General Accounting Office (GAO) reported in 1975[…], that the system's management should address the need for improving (1) computer security and (2) the effectiveness and efficiency of internetting between computers in its automatic data processing (ADP) operations.

   Although the internetting of academe makes it more likely for an exchange of information with our colleagues around the globe, scholars who study communication may be challenged to identify colleagues with similar interests.

3. gerund of internet The act of connecting multiple computer networks together; internetworking.

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   Internetting is the creation of a network of networks by interconnection of two or more computer networks.

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   "Internetting can make or break a network," Sytek, Inc.'s Robert R. Shatzer said during a session on local-area network gateways at the Interface '82 conference here last week. […] To illustrate the internetting concept, Shatzer displayed a chart in which small local-area networks were linked to large local networks, which were in turn tied to metropolitan networks, which were finally linked to long-haul networks.

   The user pays about 90 percent of the total costs of internetting—for a workstation or personal computer (PC), software, the local nets, and external connections—most of which would be paid by the user in any case for office, campus, or general communications.

4. gerund of internet The act of using the Internet; specifically, searching for information using the Internet.

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   • Informal
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   "I understand," Stoll said stiffly. "I'll do some hacking, internetting, see what I can find."