Internet vs Web Distinction
Commenters repeatedly highlight and debate the common confusion between 'the Internet' and 'the Web', emphasizing that the Internet is far broader than just the web and includes many other protocols and services.
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You meant internet as we know it.
There's no such thing as the Internet, just some else's network.
Looks like an internet (not The Internet) to me.
You're basically describing the internet.
What constitutes the real internet - the rest of it ?
I think they're referring to the Internet.
I think you've just described the internet as a whole :)
Web is only small part of internet
Potentially a problem that internet = web, at zeroth approximation.
I get really tired of people thinking web === internet.