Brant Langer Gurganus wrote:
> dwx wrote:
>
>>> or WWW (incorrect acronym) vs. W3 (correct acronym) for World Wide
>>> Web which isn't world-wide web or worldwide web. Ask Tim Bernes-Lee
>>
>> acronym is "word fromed from the initial letters of a group of words"
>> WWW is an acronym. W3 is some fancy word that few understands.
>
> See http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#Spelling for more
> information here from the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Tim Berners-Lee writes:
Often, WWW is written and read as W3, which is quicker to say. In particular,
the World Wide Web consortium is W3C, never WWWC.
Note that he both uses WWW and W3, and he doesn't mention which one is the
"correct" acronym. But to avoid confusion, I will say that we don't use either.
We need definitions for the Web and the Internet. Want to volunteer?
*Internet, the* /proper,def/
/Needs definition./ See also "*World Wide Web, the*/
*Net, the* /dontuse/
Don't use; spell it as *the Internet*. Don't abbreviate it as the Net.
*W3* /dontuse/
Don't use; either refer to it as "the Web" or "World Wide Web."
*web* /dontuse/
When referring to any form of electronic network of information, unless
it is World Wide Web, use the generic term "network" or a specific term
such as "intranet."
*Web, the* /proper/
It's "the Web," not "Web." See also "*Internet, the*"
*World Wide Web, the* /proper,def/
/Needs defintiion/ Abbreviate it as "the Web" but not as "WWW" or "W3."
See also "*Internet, the*."
*WWW* /dontuse/
Don't use; either refer to it as "the Web" or "World Wide Web."
