Re: Capitalization question

Subject: Re: Capitalization question
From: Barbara Roll <broll -at- MICROSOFT -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:20:51 -0700

From the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications:

The term the Internet (capitalized) refers to the worldwide collection of
networks that use the TCP/IP protocols to communicate with each other. The
Internet offers a number of tools, including e-mail, the World Wide Web, and
other communication services.

The term internet (lowercase) refers to any large network made up of a
number of smaller networks. In general, avoid use of the lowercase term or
define it so that it's not confused with the Internet.

An intranet (lowercase) is a communications network based on the same
technology as the World Wide Web that's available only to certain people,
such as the employees of a company.




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