Friday, June 02, 2006

Using the new words of the digital age

Here are some things to keep in mind when using common words related to the internet.

The Easy E's
e-commerce - The dash is necessary to denote that 'e' is an abbreviation for electronic. Only exception will be company names that omit the dash.
e-mail - The dash is necessary to denote that 'e' is an abbreviation for electronic.

What's in a name?
Information Superhighway - Please avoid this term in all documents written after 1995.
Internet - Internet is always capitalized.
web - only capitalized if it starts a sentence or is part of a company name.
web site - It's two words and the 'w' is only capitalized if it starts a sentence.

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