### Question
How is the term Internet defined?


### Answer
The term **Internet** is defined in *21 CFR § 1300.04* as the following:

> collectively the myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and operating software, which comprise the interconnected worldwide network of networks that employ the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocol to such protocol, to communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.

#### Citation:
  - *21 CFR § 1300.04*
  - Heading: **PART 1300—DEFINITIONS**

