Net-neutrality
noun
1.
the concept that broadband Internet service providers should provide nondiscriminatory access to Internet content, platforms, etc., and should not manipulate the transfer of data regardless of its source or destination:
how net neutrality can preserve freedom of speech.
noun
the principle that basic Internet protocols should be non-discriminatory, esp. that content providers should get equal treatment from internet operators
Examples
The CDT has a formula for network neutrality that calls for basic rules requiring network operators to preserve nondiscrimination and openness, but only on those portions of broadband networks dedicated to the public Internet.
Word Origin
2005
Read Also:
- Netnews
/net’n[y]ooz/ 1. The software that makes Usenet run. 2. The content of Usenet. “I read netnews right after my mail most mornings.” [Jargon File] (1994-12-14)
- Netophah
distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem (Neh. 7:26; 1 Chr. 2:54). Two of David’s guards were Netophathites (1 Chr. 27:13, 15). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or Um Toba, to the north-east of Bethlehem.
- Net.personality
Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn’t meet the other requirements of net.godhood. [Jargon File]
- Netpipes
networking A package by Robert Forsman to manipulate BSD Unix TCP/IP stream sockets. The netpipes package makes TCP/IP streams usable in shell scripts. It can also simplify client-server code by allowing the programmer to skip all the tedious programming related to sockets and concentrate on writing a filter/service. (http://cis.ufl.edu/~thoth/netpipes/). (1996-10-03)
- Net.police
/net-p*-lees’/ (Or “net police”, “net.cops”) Those Usenet readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and flame any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of netiquette. Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. See also net.-, code police. [Jargon File]