Hi Sam I've found the following (non-techie) description useful: Hargittai and DiMaggio: the internet is not a fixed object, but rather a protean family of technologies and services (2001: 5) through which users can, in theory, gain access to the web, chat rooms, instant messaging, email and so on. Sue -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sam Tilden Sent: Tuesday, 17 October 2006 00:28 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] A definition of the internet I know this is a trivial question! Does anyone have a really good definition of the Internet. The only ones I have speaks only to the technology. Sam --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/477 - Release Date: 16/10/2006 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/477 - Release Date: 16/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/477 - Release Date: 16/10/2006