Re: [microsound] [ot] [politics] Bush coached by WiFi in recentdebate?

[Jonathan Hughes <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> There are in fact many internets, but only one Internet. Any network
> of computers is an internet, and the networking of these into one big
> network was originally dubbed the Internet (capitalized) to make the
> distinction. A few years ago someone coined the term "intranet" to
> refer to those local networks.


I may be wrong, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone these
days who refers to anything other than the Internet (capital I) as an/the
internet (lowercase i). I would think that LAN and WAN would be the terms
of choice.

Personally, I'm hoping for these two things to happen:

1. The president refers to the internet as "The World Wide Interweb"

2. Someone to come up with a better name than "intranet." I love how
everyone (myself included) is forced to pronounce it inTRAnet to make it
clear that they aren't talking about the inTERnet.

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