### Question
How is the term Internet defined?


### Answer
The term **Internet** is defined in *15 U.S.C. § 6501* as the following:

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

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 6501*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 91-CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION**

