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internet vs Internet

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

Star of David.png Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.09:37, 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

"Internet," without the capitalization, is also a common noun. It is short for "internetwork," which means a network of intranets. What we now call the Internet is an internetwork and used to be called "ARPAnet."

Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX08:31, 31 December 2011

So: "Internet" = the global network system whatever "intranet" = local network "internet" = group of intranets

Flubbertalk to me :D|see my shit08:43, 31 December 2011