The internet is used by billions of people.
Define the term internet.
Mark scheme
Award one mark for any of the following up to a maximum of two marks:
- A (global) collection/group of interconnected networks/a network of networks (1)
- Allows devices/computers to communicate/share data (1)
- A wide area network (WAN)/the largest WAN (1)
Do not accept the World Wide Web/a search engine
Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks2/2
A global collection of interconnected networks that allows devices to communicate.
Why: Collection of interconnected networks (1) and allows communication (1).
Some marks1/2
A network of networks.
Why: First point only (1); no point about allowing communication.
No marks0/2
The World Wide Web, used to access websites.
Why: Confuses the internet with the World Wide Web, which is not accepted (0).