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Internet

"Internet" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Internet" by people in this website by year, and whether "Internet" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 266 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2013
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