# internetted

Pronunciation: US say "IN-tur-net-uhd" /ˈɪntɚˌnɛtəd/; UK say "IN-tuh-net-id" /ˈɪntənɛtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Connected to the Internet, or able to access it.
   - Simple: Joined to the Internet, or able to get online.
   - _She refused to buy a car that wasn't internetted with live traffic updates._
   - _Once the cabin became internetted, remote work there was finally possible._
2. Entwined or linked together to form a network; interconnected.
   - Simple: Linked or woven together to make a network.
   - _The deeply internetted alliances of the period dragged distant nations into the same war._
   - _Coral reefs support an internetted web of species that depend on one another._
3. Connected into a computer network so devices can exchange data.
   - Simple: Joined into a computer network.
   - _The factory's sensors are fully internetted, feeding readings to a central server._
   - _Engineers kept the control systems internetted on an isolated subnet._

## Verb

4. Simple past and past participle of internet. — simple past and past participle of internet
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of internet. Use this form when the linking already happened.
   - _Engineers had internetted the new building before the staff moved in._
   - _The city internetted its traffic signals to a single control center._

## Origin

**Meanings 2, 4** — The adjective is formed from the prefix inter- (meaning 'amid, among; between') added to netted ('forming a network'). The verb is derived from 'internet' plus the suffix -ed, which forms past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs.
**Meanings 1, 3** — Formed from 'internet' plus the suffix -ed, which forms adjectives as well as past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs.

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