Defund the DPS!

[andybsg]

I won't, especially since the Internet is a proper noun that is always capitalized, even when functioning as an adjective.

I'm sorry MM, I didn't know that asking for data was considered "derailing". I will review the "Down The Rabbit Whole" thread to refresh myself with how you guys like to handle facts and reality based discussion. I see that so far your methods are doing a bang up job at DPS.

English, internet is not always a proper noun, and your capitalization of internet is incorrect in that usage. I would suggest that you refer to a dictionary in the future, although I see that you tend to pontificate without facts or data. When discussing internets in general, as you were there, the word is not a proper noun. However, in the future if you do wish to refer to the Internet per se, then I would suggest a form similar to this, " There are surface errors in the majority of message board posts on the Internet ." You are more than welcome.

Computing Dictionary
Internet networking
[[Note: capital "I"). The Internet is the largest internet [[with a small "i") in the world. It is a three level hierarchy composed of backbone networks, mid-level networks, and stub networks. These include commercial [[.com or .co), university [[.ac or .edu) and other research networks [[.org, .net) and military [[.mil) networks and span many different physical networks around the world with various protocols, chiefly the Internet Protocol.
Until the advent of the World-Wide Web in 1990, the Internet was almost entirely unknown outside universities and corporate research departments and was accessed mostly via command line interfaces such as telnet and FTP. Since then it has grown to become an almost-ubiquitous aspect of modern information systems, becoming highly commercial and a widely accepted medium for all sort of customer relations such as advertising, brand building, and online sales and services. Its original spirit of cooperation and freedom have, to a great extent, survived this explosive transformation with the result that the vast majority of information available on the Internet is free of charge.
While the web [[primarily in the form of HTML and HTTP) is the best known aspect of the Internet, there are many other protocols in use, supporting applications such as electronic mail, Usenet, chat, remote login, and file transfer.
There were 20,242 unique commercial domains registered with InterNIC in September 1994, 10% more than in August 1994. In 1996 there were over 100 Internet access providers in the US and a few in the UK [[e.g. the BBC Networking Club, Demon, PIPEX).
There are several bodies associated with the running of the Internet, including the Internet Architecture Board, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, the Internet Engineering and Planning Group, Internet Engineering Steering Group, and the Internet Society.
See also NYsernet, EUNet.
The Internet Index - statistics about the Internet.
[[2000-02-21)





internet networking
[[Note: not capitalised) Any set of networks interconnected with routers. The Internet is the biggest example of an internet.
[[1996-09-17)