15 U.S.C. § 6555: Definitions

Summary

Defines two terms used in this chapter. Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. Internet means the hardware and software that make up the global network of connected computers and communication systems, using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) or earlier or later similar protocols to send information by wire or radio.

Title 15, §6555

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In this chapter:

(1)Commission

The term “Commission” means the Federal Trade Commission.

(2)Internet

The term “Internet” means collectively the myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and operating software, which comprise the interconnected world-wide network of networks that employ the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or any predecessor successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 110–385, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4102, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 6551 of this title and Tables.

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