First Published Use of "Internet"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, susan wrote:

> Can anyone tell me when and in what context and the word Internet was
> first used? Thank you, Susan Gilbert mssmith at boone.net

Surprisingly, _Internet_ does not appear in the OED Addition Series.
Merriam-Webster's earliest citation, according to W10, is dated 1986.


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