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Re: Intranet or intranet?
From: John Morrison <john.morrison101 () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:10:57 +0100
Jeff, The noun internet means a network of networks. It is a group of connected networks - an internetwork. The I in IP standards for internet. The capitalisation of Internet is used for THE Internet. It is a proper noun in this case. (See - http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/internet Which says "Internet - (Note: capital "I"). The Internet is the largest internet (with a small "i") in the world) Following this rule the services provided internally would be an intranet. However, if one colleague was emailing another and was talking about the company intranet they would correctly refer to it as the Intranet. You could think of it like the word as being the name of the network. On 2 August 2010 14:56, Behm, Jeff <jbehm () burnsmcd com> wrote:
While somewhat off topic (ok, a lot of topic), seems folks on this list might be in a good position to answer, and since there’s never been a shortage of opinions here…I thought I might inquire. Should one, when writing about a company’s internal web server (not the Internet, and not an extranet), spell the name “intranet” with a capital “I” or not? I.E. “Intranet” or “intranet?” Votes? Thoughts? Jeff _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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