internetted

English

WOTD – 17 May 2023

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntənɛtɪd/, /ˌɪntəˈnɛtɪd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚˌnɛtəd/, /ˌɪntɚˈnɛtəd/, [-ɾɚ-], [-ɾəd]
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net‧ted

Etymology 1

PIE word
*h₁én

The adjective is derived from inter- (prefix meaning ‘amid, among; between’) +‎ netted (“forming a network”, adjective).

The verb is derived from internet +‎ -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

Adjective

internetted (comparative more internetted, superlative most internetted)

1. Entwined or linked together so as to form a network; interconnected, networked.

   Synonym: interwoven

   • 1849, W[illiam] F[rancis] Lynch, “From Jerusalem to Jaffa”, in Narrative of the United States’ Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, […], London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 450:

     Her hair, flowing beneath her head-dress of cerulean silk, ornamented with crimson and surmounted by a gold-embroidered crown, was internetted with minute spiculæ of gold about the size of a spangle, and fell like the fabulous tiara of a mermaid upon her shoulders.

   • 1850, [Elizabeth] Stone, chapter XIII, in Mr. Dalton’s Legatee, a Very Nice Woman. […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, pages 176–177:

     She displayed a flaring netted purse of green and orange and scarlet interwoven, or rather, we should say, internetted with gilt and steel beds, with gilt rings, and gilt and steel tassels.

   • 1852 January 1, E. W. Ellsworth, “Ariadne”, in The International Monthly Magazine of Literature, Science, and Art, volume V, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Stringer & Townsend, […], →OCLC, stanza III, page 47, column 1:

     Yonder I'll rest awhile, for now I see, / Through meshes of the internetted leaves, / A little plot, girt with a living wall; […]

   • 1857, Edward L[ivingston] Youmans, “Structure and Optical Powers of the Eye”, in The Hand-book of Household Science. […], New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton & Co., […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Light), paragraph 235, page 128:

     There is a second coat, lining the interior of the sclerotic, which consists of minute vessels, arteries and veins, closely internetted, and is called the choroid.

   • 1864, Elihu Burritt, chapter VIII, in A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s, with Notes by the Way. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, […], →OCLC, page 146:

     [I]t may be truly and gratefully said, these roots, internetted with the very life-fibres of human sustenance, have been brought to their present perfection and value.

   • 1883 March 15, A[lexander] S[tewart] Herschel, “The Matter of Space [letter]”, in Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, volume XXVII, number 698, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 458:

     [A] little outline of the mathematical form […] will aid readers of Mr. [Charles] Morris's paper, […] in thereby discussing and estimating very easily and fairly the positive truth, in general, or in a few points, of the paper's considerations, the just degree of reliability at all events, which the marvellous maze of internetted motions possesses, […]

   • 1996 March–April, Huba Wass de Czege, Jacob Biever, “Optimizing Future Battle Command Technologies”, in Lee J. Hockman, editor, Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army, volume LXXVIII, number 2, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.: United States Army Command and General Staff College, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 2:

     Strengthened by technology and working as internetted "teams of teams," the potential exists for staffs to greatly streamline and accelerate sound and creative planning, decision making and control.

   • 1996 June, Robert J. Bunker, “Street Gangs—Future Paramilitary Groups?”, in The Police Chief, volume 58, number 6, Alexandria, Va.: International Association of Chiefs of Police, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 30–35; republished in Robert J. Bunker, John P. Sullivan, Studies in Gangs and Cartels, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014, →ISBN, section I (Source Documents), page 32:

     In the Army's Force XXI Operations, a new form of battle command based on a nonhierarchial—or "Internetted"—structure is envisioned. Internetted structures refer to those entities that rely upon a structure resembling neural networks, with individual nodes connected to one another in "web-like" patterns. […] Because of the robust properties of this design, it was foreseen during the Cold War that such an Internetted U.S. communications structure would have a better chance of surviving a potential nuclear exchange than the more traditional existing structure.

   • 1999, David Ronfeldt, John Arquilla, Graham E. Fuller, Melissa Fuller, “The Advent of Netwar: Analytic Background”, in The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, →ISBN, page 9:

     [T]he term netwar refers to an emerging mode of conflict (and crime) at societal levels, involving measures short of traditional war, in which the protagonists use network forms of organization and related doctrines, strategies, and technologies attuned to the information age. These protagonists are likely to consist of dispersed small groups who communicate, coordinate, and conduct their campaigns in an internetted manner, without a precise central command.

   • 2004, “Phase I Report: Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle”, in Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation and Methods of Combining Test Information for the Stryker Family of Vehicles and Related Army Systems: Phase II Report, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 118:

     The IBCT [infantry brigade combat team] will offset the lethality and survivability limitations of its platforms through the holistic integration of all other force capabilities, particularly the internetted actions of the combined arms company teams.

Related terms

• interlinked

Translations

entwined or linked together so as to form a network — see interconnected,‎ networked

Verb

internetted

1. simple past and past participle of internet

Etymology 2

From internet +‎ -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

Adjective

internetted (not comparable)

1. (networking) Connected into a computer network.
   • 1979 December 14, “How Responsive, Reliable, and Survivable are the WWMCCS Standard Computer Systems?”, in The World Wide Military Command and Control System—Major Changes Needed in Its Automated Data Processing Management and Direction: By the Comptroller General: Report to the Congress of the United States (LC D-80-22), Washington, D.C.: United States General Accounting Office, →OCLC, page 23:

     The time required to move large blocks of characters into and out of space in main memory seriously limits the computer's processing capabilities and its responsiveness, particularly during a time of high volume use, such as a crisis. Additional memory and secondary storage are required to handle these large blocks of characters. However, the movement of so many unnecessary characters complicates the use of these computers in an internetted multisite environment.

   • 1981 September 29, Stephen J[oseph] Lukasik (witness), “Statement of Stephen J. Lukasik, Chief Scientist, Office of Science and Technology, Federal Communications Commission”, in Emergency Management Information and Technology: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session […] (no. 55), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published [1982], →OCLC, page 119:

     An example of an information network is the Defense Department's ARPANET—where a user at a computer terminal in one part of the country has access to many internetted computers throughout the country […]

   • 1996 April–June, Robert J. Bunker, “Internetted Structures and C² Nodes”, in Susan M. Miranda, editor, Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin (PB 34-96-2), volume 2, number 2, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:

     The physical basis of such internetted structures can be found with the creation of the Advanced Research Project Agencies Network (ARPANET) in 1969. An experiment conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the ARPANET experiment sought to explore technologies for the networking of remote research sites.

   • 1996 June 25, Robert H. Anderson (witness), “Verbal Testimony: Risks to the U.S. Infrastructure from Cyberspace”, in Security in Cyberspace: Hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session […] (S. Hrg. 104-701), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 365:

     By cyberspace, I refer to the global collection of internetted computers and communication systems. […] The key word in the definition is "internetted," the characteristic that makes it possible to access some systems from others perhaps half a world away.

2. (specifically, Internet) Connected to, or able to access, the Internet.
   • 2001 March 21, Paul Vallas (witness), “Statement of Paul Vallas, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools”, in President’s Tax Relief Proposals: Tax Proposals Affecting Individuals: Hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session […] (serial no. 107-6), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 113:

     And by September of next year, all of my high schools will be fully wired and fully "Internetted" in virtually every single classroom.

   • 2004, Crispin Thurlow, Laura Lengel, Alice Tomic, “Online Ethics and International Inequities”, in Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet, London, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, strand 2 (Critique: Central Issues), page 87:

     [A]s one of the wealthiest, most heavily ‘internetted’ countries in the world, the United States too has tremendous inequalities.

   • 2015, Sheri R. Parris, Kathy Headley, “Introduction”, in Sheri R. Parris, Kathy Headley, editors, Comprehension Instruction: Research-based Best Practices, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 1:

     [T]he necessity to develop advanced digital literacies so we could surf among the ever-increasing waves of information that were entering our "internetted" lives.

Translations

connected into a computer network

• Finnish: yhdistetty verkkoon
• Macedonian: по́врзан на мре́жа (póvrzan na mréža)

connected to, or able to access, the Internet

• Finnish: internetiin yhdistetty
• Macedonian: по́врзан на и́нтернет (póvrzan na ínternet)

Verb

internetted

1. simple past and past participle of internet

Further reading

• Internet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• network science on Wikipedia.Wikipedia