Definition of "internets"

I hear there's rumors on the internets that we're going to have a draft.

2004 October 8, George W. Bush

Indeed, coming on the heels of a party leader who speaks of "the Internets" and "the Google," it's a disturbing trend that GOP leaders seem so disconnected from the technologies that are changing the way most Americans live]

[2007, Garrett M. Graff, The First Campaign, page 281