Internet

Related to Internet: Internet radio, Internet explorer 8, Internet Service Providers, Internet providers, Internet Download Manager

channel surfing

The frequent changing of channels when watching television, especially for an extended period of time. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I hate channel surfing. I can't understand why people don't just pick a program and watch it!

Internets

An intentionally incorrect pluralization of "Internet" used for comedic effect. A: "Where did you hear about this?" B: "Oh, on the Internets, so it's you know it's true!"

on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

A phrase that highlights the anonymous nature of online correspondence. It originally appeared in a cartoon by Peter Steiner. A: "I can't say something that mean, even to a stranger." B: "Oh, sure you can! On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."

scour (something or some place) for (someone or something)

To search thoroughly inside of or all around some place or thing for someone or something. I've been scouring the internet for information about this strange new app my kids are using. We scoured the warehouse for evidence, but we couldn't find anything that would hold up in court.

channel surfing

Switching from one television station (channel) to another frequently, either to search for an interesting program or to keep track of several programs at once. For example, What did you see on TV last night?-Nothing much; I was just channel surfing. The term transfers the surfer's search for good waves to the viewer's search for programs. This practice became widespread with the use of remote-control devices for changing channels while remaining seated some distance from the television set. [1980s] A 1990s version is Internet surfing, a similar process for searching cyberspace.

channel surfing

verb

See channel hopping

See also: channel, surfing

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

channel surfing
channel-surfing
surfing
channel surf
surf
surf the channels
bloody minded
be cast in the same mould
hate (someone or something) like sin
hate like sin

References in periodicals archive

In order to understand the use of Internet-based consumer health information by vulnerable groups, it is helpful to look at current research and data on specific information behaviors and Internet use by two special communities--the elderly and African Americans.

* What do we know about the information behaviors of the two special populations, and what is known about their use of the Internet?

Where am I to go? Use of the Internet for consumer health information by two vulnerable communities

Virtually all of Will's current teachers at Gunn High School in Palo Alto are at least somewhat literate in computers and the Internet. Many are quite savvy.

Trailblazers: bland and boring. That's how most teens rate their district's online efforts. What can you learn from student web sites?

Qurabi also gave me a lengthy list of people jailed by the government for things they put on the Internet, some detained for years simply for writing their thoughts in emails.

After the Damascus spring: Syrians search for freedom online

Wildstrom in an article in the July 17 issue of Business Week, "The War for the Net's Future." In the article, Wildstrom writes, "The Center for Democracy & Technology (www.cdt.org), a think tank on tech issues, argues for an approach that preserves the open nature of today's Internet while creating space for premium networks.

Ask FERF about ... net neutrality

Interviewer: If you don't have access to the Internet, where do you go to do your research?

Student attitudes about classroom internet use

NET GAINS Give a middle school child from a low-income household a home computer with free Internet access and watch that child become a better reader.

Growing up online: young people jump headfirst into the Internet's world

Paul Foster, NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, PO Box 12233, MD A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA, 919-541-2513, e-mail: foster2@niehs.nih.gov, Internet: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/

Calendar

In the October 25 Deseret Morning News, Representative Chris Cannon (R-Utah) noted that the Internet's "potential contributions to economic growth in less developed countries dwarf anything the United Nations could conceivably provide." Yet "there is no other country on the face of the earth whose government would have had the restraint to permit the freedom of thought and action that has produced the present benefits and future promise of the Internet." Rep.

The UN's desire to control the Internet: UN pirates sailed into Tunis this November 16-18, looking to take the helm of Internet supervision from U.S. hands

Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is the current holy grail of communications technology.

The new Internet: the transition to a ubiquitous Internet society

Currently, VoIP networks allow you to make voice phone calls--local, long distance, and international--over the Internet. Groundbreaking VoIP applications are already having a disruptive impact on the telecommunications industry.

5 trends to enhance broadband: advances in high-speed Internet are impacting the way we live

Let me give you an example of the many ways in which the Internet assisted me on a personal music research project.

Random access: all musical knowledge available at all times

"The history of the Internet is a chronicle of innovation by improvisation, from its genesis as a national defense research network, to a medium of academic exchange, to a hacker cyber-subculture, to the commercial engine for the so-called 'New Economy.' Like Heraclitus at the river, we address the Internet aware that courts are ill-suited to fix its flow; instead, we draw our bearings from the legal landscape, and chart a course by the law's words." Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, is attributed with saying that "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." Heraclitus believed that everything is in flux and that an explanation of change is foundational to any theory of nature.

Is it or isn't it? Recent court cases are exploring the definition of advertising on the uncharted terrain of the Internet

Also, as more ordinary people get into high-speed Internet known as broadband and buy ever-cheaper desktop computers, demand increases on the networks that make up the Web.

Heavy traffic: rising internet use in Latin America is bringing in business--at last

During 2003, the internet demonstrated its ability to come down hard when and where it pleased.

Internet 2005: the gorilla gets bigger: even as it grows more useful, the internet is still an unwieldy beast

词组	Internet
释义	Internet Related to Internet: Internet radio, Internet explorer 8, Internet Service Providers, Internet providers, Internet Download Manager channel surfing The frequent changing of channels when watching television, especially for an extended period of time. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I hate channel surfing. I can't understand why people don't just pick a program and watch it! See also: channel, surfing Internets An intentionally incorrect pluralization of "Internet" used for comedic effect. A: "Where did you hear about this?" B: "Oh, on the Internets, so it's you know it's true!" See also: Internet on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog A phrase that highlights the anonymous nature of online correspondence. It originally appeared in a cartoon by Peter Steiner. A: "I can't say something that mean, even to a stranger." B: "Oh, sure you can! On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." See also: dog, know, nobody, on scour (something or some place) for (someone or something) To search thoroughly inside of or all around some place or thing for someone or something. I've been scouring the internet for information about this strange new app my kids are using. We scoured the warehouse for evidence, but we couldn't find anything that would hold up in court. See also: scour Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. channel surfing Switching from one television station (channel) to another frequently, either to search for an interesting program or to keep track of several programs at once. For example, What did you see on TV last night?-Nothing much; I was just channel surfing. The term transfers the surfer's search for good waves to the viewer's search for programs. This practice became widespread with the use of remote-control devices for changing channels while remaining seated some distance from the television set. [1980s] A 1990s version is Internet surfing, a similar process for searching cyberspace. See also: channel, surfing The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. channel surfing verb See channel hopping See also: channel, surfing McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: channel surfing channel-surfing surfing channel surf surf surf the channels bloody minded be cast in the same mould hate (someone or something) like sin hate like sin References in periodicals archive In order to understand the use of Internet-based consumer health information by vulnerable groups, it is helpful to look at current research and data on specific information behaviors and Internet use by two special communities--the elderly and African Americans. * What do we know about the information behaviors of the two special populations, and what is known about their use of the Internet? Where am I to go? Use of the Internet for consumer health information by two vulnerable communities Virtually all of Will's current teachers at Gunn High School in Palo Alto are at least somewhat literate in computers and the Internet. Many are quite savvy. Trailblazers: bland and boring. That's how most teens rate their district's online efforts. What can you learn from student web sites? Qurabi also gave me a lengthy list of people jailed by the government for things they put on the Internet, some detained for years simply for writing their thoughts in emails. After the Damascus spring: Syrians search for freedom online Wildstrom in an article in the July 17 issue of Business Week, "The War for the Net's Future." In the article, Wildstrom writes, "The Center for Democracy & Technology (www.cdt.org), a think tank on tech issues, argues for an approach that preserves the open nature of today's Internet while creating space for premium networks. Ask FERF about ... net neutrality Interviewer: If you don't have access to the Internet, where do you go to do your research? Student attitudes about classroom internet use NET GAINS Give a middle school child from a low-income household a home computer with free Internet access and watch that child become a better reader. Growing up online: young people jump headfirst into the Internet's world Paul Foster, NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, PO Box 12233, MD A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA, 919-541-2513, e-mail: foster2@niehs.nih.gov, Internet: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ Calendar In the October 25 Deseret Morning News, Representative Chris Cannon (R-Utah) noted that the Internet's "potential contributions to economic growth in less developed countries dwarf anything the United Nations could conceivably provide." Yet "there is no other country on the face of the earth whose government would have had the restraint to permit the freedom of thought and action that has produced the present benefits and future promise of the Internet." Rep. The UN's desire to control the Internet: UN pirates sailed into Tunis this November 16-18, looking to take the helm of Internet supervision from U.S. hands Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is the current holy grail of communications technology. The new Internet: the transition to a ubiquitous Internet society Currently, VoIP networks allow you to make voice phone calls--local, long distance, and international--over the Internet. Groundbreaking VoIP applications are already having a disruptive impact on the telecommunications industry. 5 trends to enhance broadband: advances in high-speed Internet are impacting the way we live Let me give you an example of the many ways in which the Internet assisted me on a personal music research project. Random access: all musical knowledge available at all times "The history of the Internet is a chronicle of innovation by improvisation, from its genesis as a national defense research network, to a medium of academic exchange, to a hacker cyber-subculture, to the commercial engine for the so-called 'New Economy.' Like Heraclitus at the river, we address the Internet aware that courts are ill-suited to fix its flow; instead, we draw our bearings from the legal landscape, and chart a course by the law's words." Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, is attributed with saying that "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." Heraclitus believed that everything is in flux and that an explanation of change is foundational to any theory of nature. Is it or isn't it? Recent court cases are exploring the definition of advertising on the uncharted terrain of the Internet Also, as more ordinary people get into high-speed Internet known as broadband and buy ever-cheaper desktop computers, demand increases on the networks that make up the Web. Heavy traffic: rising internet use in Latin America is bringing in business--at last During 2003, the internet demonstrated its ability to come down hard when and where it pleased. Internet 2005: the gorilla gets bigger: even as it grows more useful, the internet is still an unwieldy beast
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