What does a spinning question mark mean?

When I turned my iPad on this morning, I get only a spinning question mark  (small question mark in a blue circle) when i try to go on the internet.  IPad comes on fine....but I can't get on the internet.  Mail is working though.  I reset it, nothing happened.  It is fully charged.  I checked the wifi; it is on.  My iMac is working....no problems getting on internet there.  iPad was working when I went to sleep....I was listening to iTunes.  But this morning, only the question mark when trying to get online.  I am running Lion and iOS5.  This is an iPad 2, one year old.
Thanks for your help.

First Go to the Home screen and double click the Home button. That will reveal the row of recently used apps at the bottom of the screen. Tap and hold on the app in question until it wiggles and displays a minus sign. Tap the minus sign to actually quit the app. Then tap anywhere on the screen above that bottom row to return the screen to normal. Then restart the app and see if it works normally.
If that doesn't help try a reboot of your iPad. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously ignoring the red slider until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the iPad restart. See if that fixes your problem.
These two steps are often very helpful in resolving various issues.

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