What exactly is the Internet?

Ok students, hat tip to TechieDiva for this gem:

What exactly is the Internet? Webopedia says: "The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the Internet. Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of languages known as protocols."

Most of the time it's confused with the Web, but the Internet is actually the hardware-Web is software. But who better to explain the Internet, than America's Next Top Bubblehead, Jessica Simpson.