Future Internet World - Your Opinions

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Originally Posted by Toby

I think you mean intranet not internet. Other than being properly capitalized because it is a name there is no difference between internet and Internet.

"intranet" is the 'Americanisation' of "internet". I would assume this was to prevent confusion with "Internet". However the word "internet" was around before the Internet was created. The capital I was put onto the word "internet" as a name after it ceased to be a 'military only' network.

Then many years later a confused American coined the term "intranet" so he would not get Internet and internet muddled up.

Actually the last sentence is a guess, but the rest is accurate. Intranet is a new word, created long after internet and Internet were first used.

Although what you do if you want to start a sentence with "internet" is beyond me!