Internet

From The Maze Where Realities Converge - the psychedelic encyclopedia of reality from The Ultimate Comment

What it is

Currently the best way to think about the internet is to imagine computers having sex

The Internet is the common name for a large internet (lower-case i) comprising of most of the more frequently used computers on Earth and in its orbits. The network is used for the free transfer of information between countries, especially e-mail and the World Wide Web. It uses a system called packet-switching and a common protocol called IP (Internet Protocol).

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Certain aspects of the Internet can be used as metaphors for the internet, such as The Bus That Went To Infinity (in the sense of being a Vast Interconnectedness), and the idea of distributed consciousness as it is perhaps best manifest on the World Wide Web.

Additionally, the Ultimate Comment itself has an domain and a website, which you are now reading.

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Computers

Information

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Speculation on the purpose of the Internet