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- In message <RFC-822*9302051021.AA05007@helios.tnt.uni-hannover.dbp.de>you write
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- > But I would prefer as a name for the new group:
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- > comp.infosystems.world-wide-web
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- Is in the 14 character limit, so sounds ok. Its just that the software and
- the project has always been WWW. (Similar to WAIS - from its acronym, it
- isnt obvious what it is).
- > Another problem is the pronounciation of www. Has anyone a suggestion?
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- I originally tried 'double-ewe double-ewe double-ewe', but that got to be
- too annoying, so 'double-ewe three' works fine for me. :)
- >
- > Finally I would like to suggest that we come to an agreement
- > on how to name the World Wide Web project in speech and writing.
- > In the past I have seen the following terms:
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- > World Wide Web, World-Wide-Web, WorldWideWeb, world-wide-web,
- > www, WWW, W3, w3,
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- Most of the documentation I've seen from CERN have either 'World Wide
- Web' or 'WWW'.
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- > When I first come to info.cern.ch last year with just a vague idea
- > of what World Wide Web could mean. I was very confused and it takes
- > some time and experimentation until I know what I need to get started.
- > The situation now is b even worse.
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- Its actually pretty similar to the Gopher world, there's Gopher, XGopher,
- Turbo-Gopher, and no doubt other clients that I dont know about. :)
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- Explaining this sort of thing is what FAQ's are for :-)
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- Anthony
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