### Question
How is the term Internet defined?


### Answer
The term **Internet** is defined in *47 U.S.C. § 231* as the following:

> the combination of computer facilities and electromagnetic transmission media, and related equipment and software, comprising the interconnected worldwide network of computer networks that employ the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol or any successor protocol to transmit information

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 231*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 5-WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION > SUBCHAPTER II-COMMON CARRIERS > Part I-Common Carrier Regulation**

