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Subject:Re: Web vs. web? From:"Huber, Mike" <mrhuber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:41:35 -0600
Well, I don't know about within our profession, but in the outside world
I've seen a consensus:
The "W" is capitalized, in bold italic text at a significantly larger
point size than the rest of the text, in a different font. The "W" is
repeated three times, and the word "WWWeb" is paired with a word in
which a random vowel (purists like it to be an "a") is replaced by the
"@" symbol.
Within our profession, a little dignity (not a lot, it's unhealthy and
can cause weight gain in the head and on the shoulder) might be in
order. I would suggest that if it's THE Web, it's capitalized, if it's a
generic web it isn't. Same with "internet".
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mike -dot- huber -at- software -dot- rockwell -dot- com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Susan Kocher [SMTP:sukoch -at- CATHER -dot- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM]
>
>Has a consensus been reached in our profession regarding the way to
>use "web" or "Web" to refer to the World Wide Web, to webs in general?
>Or how about internet/Internet?
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