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Subject:The World Wide Web vs. webs. From:Gary Comins <gcomins -at- WORLD -dot- STD -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:22:49 -0400
How about these distinctions?
- National Public Radio vs. the radio.
- British Broadcasting Company vs. broadcasting.
- American Telephone and Telegraph vs. the telephone.
- The World Wide Web vs. other types of webs.
Remember, the _Internet_ was one distinct system developed by government
agencies and educational institutions for a specific purpose. It evolved
from the _ARPANET_ (all caps acronym) which was dismantled several years
ago.
Other networks in general may be connected by LAN or WAN technology,
but can one call them an _internet_?
