2006-07-01 16:42:33 · 5 answers · asked by MC 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
With a capital I it means the Internet - the one and only Internet that everyone is hooked up to. The Internet is the interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol. Since there is only one Internet, it is a proper noun and should have a capital I... but that might be changing.
Television, Radio and other terms used to start with a capital letter, but as they became popular changed from being proper nouns (which are capitalized) to regular nouns (which are not capitalized unless they start a sentence, are part of a title, etc). As radio, tv, etc became more common, they became regular nouns. The Internet is a bit different, since there is only one. But, even though there really is only one, it is common, so people are arguing to drop the capitalization of the I.
MS Word will automatically capitalize the I for you. So, if you use Bill Gates as your dictionary, the I should always be capitalized.
I hope that helped.
I assume that in 10 years we can revisit my answer and chuckle at it.
2006-07-08 15:08:47 · answer #1 · answered by ★ Estelle ★ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no distinction interior the words as you asked it. in case you're thinking what the version is between the internet and an Intranet, the internet is the international-extensive-internet, public and attainable to all and sundry. An Intranet is a private and commonly shelter website commonly used interior of one agency or communities of agencies below a similar corporation. The transmission technologies is a similar for the two. A community is a team of computers appropriate together, and commonly all archives are available in to each laptop on the community, with maximum archives published on a particular rigidity placed interior the main nicely-known server. A community of networks, then, could be countless networks linked together. wish that's the respond on your question.
2016-11-01 01:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by mcthay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet with a capitol I starts sentences, internet with a lower-case i doesn't. No difference in meaning. The word intranet has a different meaning than internet.
2006-07-01 16:46:21 · answer #3 · answered by John Luke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letter 'i'.
2006-07-01 16:45:38 · answer #4 · answered by woonie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-01 16:46:44 · answer #5 · answered by Rob C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋