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Meaning of anternet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈæntəˌnɛt/

Definitions

The means by which ants communicate with each other, analogous to the TCP/IP algorithm that the internet uses to control the flow of data.

no-plural

Examples

“Long before researchers invented the Internet, ants invented something kind of like an anternet, and the two networks work pretty much the same way.”
“2013, Stanford course explores social networking in the 18th century – and in nature, Stanford News She and Balaji Prabhakar, a professor of electrical engineering and of computer science, last year published a paper showing that the ants' "anternet" algorithm follows the same rules as the protocols that regulate data traffic congestion on the Internet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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