Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.
The global system of interconnected computer networks using standard protocols emerges from the complex web of relationships between matter and energy in networks, where meaningful patterns of information are communicated and shared.
External reference — all senses of the word “internet med” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.