When a new development in an industry changes everything drastically, call it a revolution. The Internet has certainly caused a revolution in the way people lead their lives.
Stemming from the Latin revolvere "to turn, roll back," revolution originally referred to the circuit of the stars through the sky. Today, it still means circuit when talking about the RPM, or revolutions per minute, in an engine. A revolution is also a drastic change in a field such as the fashion industry or technology, or similarly, a sudden, often violent uprising from the people to change the political system.
Definitions of revolution
noun
a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
"the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
synonyms:gyration, rotationsee more
noun
the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
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a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
"the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
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types:Cultural Revolution, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolutiona radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
green revolutionthe introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
type of:alteration, change, modificationan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another