Internet: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Internet

  • the global network of computers accessed with the aid of a modem. The Internet includes Web sites, e-mail, newsgroups, and other forums. It is a public network, although many of the computers connected to it are also part of intranets. It uses the Internet Protocol (IP) as a communication standard.

Wiktionary Definition for: Internet

  • #The specific internet consisting of the global network of computers.
  • #the Internet#English Internet

Additional Resources

Free Internet Advertising - Unwritten Rules of Internet Forums
Free Internet advertising is sought after by most Internet marketers and one readily available source of free Internet advertising is the Internet forum. Basically, Internet forums are message boards where members can exchange information, obtain advice or just chat. For Internet marketing novices, this article briefly explain how free Internet...
Tags: Concept Marketing Group Inc., Internet marketing, message board, Internet, advertisement
White papers
Competition in Telecommunications and the Internet Services: A Dynamic Perspective
The focus of this paper is on those elements of the Internet periphery and Internet service provision which is strongly based on telecommunications, in particular Internet access and Internet backbone. Access to the Internet requires a connection between the Internet user and the interface to the Internet service provider ISP....
Tags: Internet service, Internet-backbone, narrowband, telecommunications, powerline, Internet, fiber-optics, broadband Internet, cable television, Internet access, radio, broadband, network
White papers 2001-10-01
Internet Banking: Developments and Prospects
This report addresses significant gaps in knowledge about the Internet banking landscape. Among institutions offering Internet banking, large banks are more likely than small ones to offer a broad range of services on the Internet. Internet banking tended to rely less on interest-yielding activities and deposits than non-Internet banks do,...
Tags: Internet banking, bank, Internet, banking, knowledge, performance
White papers 2002-04-01
Marketing Strategies for the Internet
The news services, each giving their Internet addresses during and at the end of the broadcast, have given the Internet worldwide exposure and acceptance. This article explains the secrets to successful Internet marketing. E-mail is the 'life-blood' of the Internet as it is the manner in which everyone communicates.Read on...
Tags: Marketing research, Internet marketing, marketing strategy, Internet, marketing, e-mail
White papers 1997-01-01
E- Banking
This paper addresses significant gaps in existing knowledge about the Internet banking landscape. Among institutions offering Internet banking, large banks are more likely than small banks to offer a broad range of services on the Internet. Excepted from the superior performance of Internet banks versus non-Internet banks are de novo...
Tags: Internet banking, bank, Internet, banking, knowledge, performance
White papers 2000-09-01
Internet Marketing: An Overview
Years of Internet marketing research have yielded a set of important findings. The purpose of this paper is to review these findings and assess what has been done and what has not been done in the area. In doing so, the authors review existing findings ranging from the types of...
Tags: Marketing research, Internet marketing, Internet, marketing, advertisement
White papers 2002-11-01
Five Myths of Internet Marketing for Independent Professionals - Part 1: Professional Services Need Different Internet Marketing
There's more marketing hype published on the Internet in one day than P.T. Barnum generated in his lifetime. Like a worm swallowing its tail, the Internet marketing beast feeds mostly on itself. The vast majority of what appears on the Internet about marketing is designed to help market products and...
Tags: Marketing research, Internet marketing, Internet, professional services, marketing, health care
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Internet Marketing 2
This case study says that Internet Products introduced iPrism, the worlds first Internet server appliance dedicated to Internet access monitoring and control. iPrism enables corporations, schools and other organizations to make the Internet a safer and more productive environment for end users, while protecting the organization from the legal liabilities...
Tags: monitoring, Internet Server, Internet marketing, Internet usage, Internet, Internet access, brand, environment
Case studies 2003-01-01
Does Internet Gambling Strengthen the U.S. Economy? Don't Bet on It
Commercial gambling in the United States is a mammoth industry. Perhaps the most frightening aspect of Internet gambling is the rampaging growth of the young industry. The Internet gambling explosion poses serious concerns to society. This note asserts that Internet gambling must be curbed to lessen its negative impact on...
Tags: Indiana University, Internet, industry
White papers 2001-10-31
The Internet and Mail
Since 1993 the Internet has evolved explosively from what had once been a technical curiosity to a major influence on business and many aspects of people's personal lives. Its rapid rate of penetration, it has been argued, will cause the elimination of paper, mail and print media. It has thus...
Tags: Pitney Bowes Inc., substitution, print media, Internet
White papers 2005-07-19
The Role Of The Internet In Marketing
this paper will focus on the World Wide Web side of the Internet phenomenon. In order to answer all of the aforementioned questions, we will initially describe the expansion of the Internet. The paper will cover the consequent opportunities and implications for marketing and explain how Internet Marketing can be...
Tags: Marketing research, Internet marketing, marketing, Internet, WWW
White papers 1999-01-01
eCommerce & Internet Merchant Accounts
As the Internet continues to rapidly grow, many businesses are seeking solutions that will allow them to harness the power and opportunities the Internet has to offer. Internet to help reach and educate our customers, we can appreciate the desire to do so effectively and inexpensively. Internet services include access...
Tags: shopping cart, Internet, Internet service, credit card, e-business
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Life Insurance and the Internet: A Glimpse Across the Borders - An Update
Developments in the Internet are so fast that it is said that an Internet year only lasts three months. Munich Re published a report in 1997 about how life insurers in different parts of the world are using the Internet to communicate with existing and potential customers. This update explores...
Tags: Insurance, Munich American Reassurance Co., life insurance, Internet
White papers 1999-01-22
Internet Banking: Market Developments and Regulatory Issues
This paper describes the current state of Internet banking and discusses its implications for the banking industry and regulatory policy. Nevertheless, large banks appear to have an advantage over small banks in the range of services they offer over the Internet. This result may of course change as the use...
Tags: Banking, Internet banking, bank, Internet strategy, Internet
White papers 2001-05-01
New Product Development in the Internet Era: An Exploratory Study
The emergence of the Internet has impacted in many ways on how we conduct business. One of these business areas is new product development NPD. There is little empirical research so far into how businesses use the Internet to improve their NPD. This paper aims to explore the use of...
Tags: Product marketing, SMB/SME, New Product Development, small and medium enterprise, Internet
White papers 2000-05-08
The Era of Internet Advertising in the Market
The Internet is an interactive and versatile platform and offers rich consumer usage data. Internet users consider internet advertising to be the most relevant ad format. The internet evolved as a medium for marketing and advertising since 1994. From then, it has evolved into so many phases with its own...
Tags: Internet advertising, advertisement, Internet, marketing, industry
White papers 2006-01-30
Internet Advertising Formats and Effectiveness
In order to better understand the effectiveness of internet advertising, this paper helps to examine unique characteristics of the internet advertising formats and develop new criteria by which the effectiveness of internet advertising can be assessed. It describes the review criteria of effectiveness of advertising in general and develops a...
Tags: Internet advertising, Internet, advertisement
White papers 2004-10-01
The Case for Ending the Ban on Direct Shipments of Wine Over the Internet
The Internet is particularly valuable for the small-scale seller, and ideal for a start-up business with limited capital. Such sellers often target the niche buyer, and the Internet is an ideal medium for the information such buyers seek. The advantages of the Internet for buyer and seller would seem an...
Tags: wine, Internet, industry
White papers 2002-08-01
Sell Your Products Utilising The Power Of Internet Advertising
The ideal online Internet advertising site makes the visitor feel comfortable. Internet advertising companies have introduced new technologies that have allowed website owners to show targeted advertisements by simply placing a snippet of code on their website. Internet advertising gives firms much more control. Internet advertising this one is very...
Tags: Internet advertising, advertisement, Internet, small business, Web site
White papers 2008-01-01
Internet Media Planning: An Optimization Model
Of the various media vehicles available for advertising, the Internet is the latest and the most rapidly growing, emerging as the ideal medium to promote products and services in the global market. This article proposes an Internet media planning model whose main objective is to help advertisers determine the return...
Tags: Internet advertising, advertisement, Internet, performance
White papers 2004-12-13
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