Re: Internet vs internet

Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> Sat, 08 July 2000 23:40 UTC

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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 16:30:47 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
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On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 02:56:54PM +0859, Masataka Ohta wrote:
> Vint;
> 
> >  >the capital I meant the public Internet - nothing to do with countries - 
> >  >just that this was the global, publicly accessible Internet. 
> >  > 
> >  >"internet" meant a private network that used IP technology. 
> 
> In many RFCs, "internet" is used as adnoun.

"adnoun"?  Is that like an adverb?

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