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The Internet is the global telecommunication environment consisting of numerous smaller networks and gateways connecting millions of computers around the world. World-Wide Web is a part of Internet that consists of interlinked hypertext documents comprising global information system.

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blocking

Sports; Boxing

A boxer will use his hands, arms or shoulders to stop an opponent's punch from hitting his head or body.

bob and weave

Sports; Boxing

This has nothing to do with knitting. A boxer will move from side to side and backward and forward in order to avoid being hit and to keep his opponent off-balance.

boots

Sports; Boxing

Boxers wear lace up boots when in the boxing ring. They provide ankle support and also help prevent slipping in the ring.

bout

Sports; Boxing

A bout is a match between two boxers. A bout is made up of rounds and rounds last a certain amount of time depending on whether or not the boxers are amateurs or professionals. ...

break

Sports; Boxing

This is a referee's order for the boxers to break from a clinch. Each boxer is then required to take a step backward before continuing to box.

button

Sports; Boxing

This is a term for a point on the chin that if hit just right will usually knock a boxer down and might knock him out.

canvas

Sports; Boxing

The floor of the ring. A fight announcer might say "and he has hit the canvas" meaning the fighter has been knocked down.

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