Internet

"Internet" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.

Descriptor ID	D020407
MeSH Number(s)	L01.224.230.110.500
Concept/Terms	Internet Internet World Wide Web Web, World Wide Wide Web, World Cyberspace Cyberspace Cyber Space

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Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Computing Methodologies [L01.224]
Computer Systems [L01.224.230]
Computer Communication Networks [L01.224.230.110]
Internet [L01.224.230.110.500]

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Bar chart showing 390 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	2	0	2
1999	2	1	3
2000	6	4	10
2001	3	5	8
2002	4	4	8
2003	5	10	15
2004	4	9	13
2005	6	3	9
2006	3	6	9
2007	7	10	17
2008	6	6	12
2009	8	7	15
2010	13	6	19
2011	11	14	25
2012	10	11	21
2013	14	15	29
2014	13	12	25
2015	8	11	19
2016	5	14	19
2017	16	8	24
2018	7	5	12
2019	4	10	14
2020	11	9	20
2021	1	18	19
2022	1	3	4
2023	1	4	5
2024	5	6	11
2025	1	2	3

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Miller M, DiCiurcio WT, Meade M, Buchan L, Gleimer J, Woods B, Kepler C. Appropriateness and Consistency of an Online Artificial Intelligence System's Response to Common Questions Regarding Cervical Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 12 01; 38(10):498-505.

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Blum M, Andreeva A, Florentino LC, Chuguransky SR, Grego T, Hobbs E, Pinto BL, Orr A, Paysan-Lafosse T, Ponamareva I, Salazar GA, Bordin N, Bork P, Bridge A, Colwell L, Gough J, Haft DH, Letunic I, Llinares-L?pez F, Marchler-Bauer A, Meng-Papaxanthos L, Mi H, Natale DA, Orengo CA, Pandurangan AP, Piovesan D, Rivoire C, Sigrist CJA, Thanki N, Thibaud-Nissen F, Thomas PD, Tosatto SCE, Wu CH, Bateman A. InterPro: the protein sequence classification resource in 2025. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jan 06; 53(D1):D444-D456.

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Mi Y, Wiginton JM, Murray SM, Lucas I, Valentine-Graves M, Dean LT, Willie TC, Willis K, Sanchez T, Baral S, Rao A. Association between homelessness and PrEP uptake among men who have sex with men: Results from the American Men's Internet Survey, 2017-2021. Soc Sci Med. 2025 02; 366:117674.

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Garg N, Campbell DJ, Yang A, McCann A, Moroco AE, Estephan LE, Palmer WJ, Krein H, Heffelfinger R. Chatbots as Patient Education Resources for Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery: Evaluation of ChatGPT and Google Bard Responses. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2024 Nov-Dec; 26(6):665-673.

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Shen OY, Pratap JS, Li X, Chen NC, Bhashyam AR. Reply to the Letter to the Editor: How Does ChatGPT Use Source Information Compared With Google? A Text Network Analysis of Online Health Information. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2024 08 01; 482(8):1512-1513.

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Kalavar M, Lovett EA, Nicholas MP, Ross-Hirsch A, Nirwan RS, Sridhar J, Patel S, Flynn HW, Albini TA, Kuriyan AE. Update on "Cell Therapy" Clinics Offering Treatments of Ocular Conditions Using Direct-To-Consumer Marketing Websites in the U.S. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Nov; 267:135-141.

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Pohl NB, Derector E, Rivlin M, Bachoura A, Tosti R, Kachooei AR, Beredjiklian PK, Fletcher DJ. A quality and readability comparison of artificial intelligence and popular health website education materials for common hand surgery procedures. Hand Surg Rehabil. 2024 06; 43(3):101723.

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Michalec B, Price Y, Karamehmedovic N, Thompson J. The next frontier: utilizing eLearning as an innovative approach to advance and sustain interprofessionalism. J Interprof Care. 2024 Jul-Aug; 38(4):772-781.

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Mansour HA, Xu D, Cohen MN, Deaner JD, Hsu J, Yonekawa Y, Orlin A, Sivalingam MD, Sridhar J, Kuriyan AE. Google Search Trends to Assess Public Interest and Concern About Pegcetacoplan for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2024 08; 55(8):452-460.

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Nissen SE, Hutchinson HG, Wolski K, Watson K, Martin SS, Michos ED, Weintraub WS, Morris M, Cho L, Laffin L, Jacoby D, Ballantyne CM, Ekelund J, Birve F, Menon V, Strzelecki M, Ridker PM. A Technology-Assisted Web Application for Consumer Access to a Nonprescription Statin Medication. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 05 28; 83(21):2080-2088.

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