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Ask HN: how do you write Internet, with capital I or lowercase i?
- ttctciyf 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_%22Internet%22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_%22Internet%2...
- a3n 12y agoI mostly use lowercase, after becoming aware of the debate and shift around 10 to 15 (I think) years ago. I think the internet is still identifiable enough, and separable from the world as a unique thing, that it's not outlandish to capitalize it. Eventually it will recede from uniqueness and capitalization. You would not write the Railroad today.
- ziodave 12y agoAccording to Wiktionary [1]: "Usage in reference to the global network is normally capitalised, reserving internet with a lower-case i for any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking. However, popular usage (e.g. BBC and Timesonline) increasingly spells it with a lower-case i." [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Internet#Usage_notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Internet#Usage_notes
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- hashtag 12y agoLower case