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08:47, 31 December 2011Nx (Talk | contribs)Changed subject from "internet vs Internet" to "internet vs Internet" 
08:45, 31 December 2011Stabby the Misanthrope (Talk | contribs)Changed subject from "internet vs Internet" to "pedant vs Pedant" 
08:43, 31 December 2011An American Nihilist (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to internet vs Internet)
08:31, 31 December 2011ListenerX (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to internet vs Internet)
08:25, 31 December 2011An American Nihilist (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to internet vs Internet)
08:16, 31 December 2011ListenerX (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to internet vs Internet)
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09:35, 26 December 2011Nx (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to internet vs Internet)
09:33, 26 December 2011Stabby the Misanthrope (Talk | contribs)New reply created (Reply to internet vs Internet)
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09:18, 26 December 2011Nx (Talk | contribs)New thread created 

The Internet is the largest global internet.

-- Nx / talk09:18, 26 December 2011

To non-techies, "internet" already means the global internet. "Capitalize Internet if it's the global internet" is irrelevant pedantism of the highest order. Every business tech article I've read refers to a company's mini-internet as an "intranet," and home networking enthusiasts just call their mini-internet the "network" (e.g. "What's the password to your network?"). (And if you want to go into what non-techies call it: to millions of people, the "internet" is a disc and a plastic box given to them by their ISP. And when something goes wrong, the first thing they say is "the internet is down." I doubt they remember to capitalize it when appropriate.)

Star of David.png Radioactive Misanthrope09:33, 26 December 2011

But the Internet is a proper noun.

-- Nx / talk09:35, 26 December 2011

To most everyone, "internet" is a thing, not a title.

Star of David.png Radioactive Misanthrope09:37, 26 December 2011

In this sense, "Internet" is a proper noun, used to refer to one thing rather than a general class of things, and proper nouns are generally capitalized.

Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX08:16, 31 December 2011

I've always understood it to be that Internet = global network, and intranet = local network.

Fluckedtalk to me :D|see my shit08:25, 31 December 2011
 
 
 
 
 
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