innernet

Noun

innernet (plural innernets)

1. The mechanism of spiritual or intuitive insight or connectedness.
   • Visions, messages, themes, stories, multiple layers – all are facets of the One. A central pattern prevails. In the grand scheme, we're all connected on the Innernet.2002, Dawn Baumann Brunke, Animal Voices: Telepathic Communication in the Web of Life, →ISBN
   • [C]yber worship here deals with the provision of a virtual wired Web to the basic needs of the human self, that is, the trio: body (physical), mind and soul (metaphysical). In this sense, innernet implies the real-time connectivity with an external world.2006, Mohamed Taher, Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, page 305
2. Wearable or implanted computer technology that forms a direct connection to one or more bodily functions.
   • The Internet and intranets will be joined by the “innernet,” according to Negroponte.1997 December 10, Gillian Shaw, “Technology wave to continue, futurist says”, in The Vancouver Sun
   • This is a vision of the computer as scold, nannying us through the networked connections in our lives. According to Nishi, these connections will soon be moving from the Internet…to what he calls the innernet.“1998 April 1, Thomas A. Bass, “Dress Code”, in Wired
3. A localized or personal computer network such as an intranet or customized channel.
   • The innernet is where most real Web programming will take place because there is a market for it, and it will pay better. You can standardize on one platform and Web browser on an innernet and write programs that work with your choices.1997, Kevin Marlowe, Jeff Rowe, Microsoft Office 97 Internet Developer's Guide, page 31
   • According to Jim, an ambitious purpose and a growing sense of humanity will become as significant as innernet (inbound internet that enables things to find you instead of you seeking things out), personalisation and automation.2015 June 9, “Connecting the future of marketing with the present”, in Marketing Magazine Australia