AP changes to 'website'

[Eric Nielsen]

And here is Comer on the subject:

"Throughout this text, we follow the convention of writing *Internet* with
an uppercase "I" to denote the global network."

Comer, Douglas E.
*Computer Networks and Internets*
Fifth Edition
Prentice Hall, 2009
p. 1, in footnote.

Eric
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:

> The accepted practice among computer professionals:
>
> "In this book, we will spell *internet* in the smaller case to refer to
> any routed network, and we will spell *Internet *in upper case to refer to
> the global Internet."
>
> Panko, Raymond R.
> *Business Data Networks and Telecommunications*
> Seventh Edition
> Prentice Hall, 2009
> p.32
>
> Of course, that's not to say that the AP will follow suit.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Taylor Kate Brown <tkatebrown at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm a Columbia journalism student working on an reported opinion piece on
>> the rationale behind the copyediting styles of Web site and Internet. Then
>> last Friday, the AP shocked me by actually changing their style to
>> "website". From what I understand about the background of both words,
>> there
>> was a stronger case for keeping Web capitalized, but not Internet. What's
>> everyone's thoughts on this change? Why not de-capitalize Internet at the
>> same time? And for whom is AP relevant for? Readers or simply to clear up
>> confusion at large media outlets?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Taylor Kate Brown
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