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The Internet standards community has historically differentiated between the Internet and an internet (or internetwork), the first being treated as a proper noun with a capital letter, and the latter as a common noun with lower-case first letter.
"Internet Capitalization Conventions." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interne...on_conventions
capitalize Internet as a noun, but not as adjective (ex: "internet resources")
"MIT Libraries House Style." Staff Web: MIT Libraries. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. http://libstaff.mit.edu/publications/housestyle.html
IBM's TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview (ISBN 0-7384-2165-0)
The words internetwork and internet is [sic] simply a contraction of the phrase interconnected network. However, when written with a capital "I," the Internet refers to the worldwide set of interconnected networks. Hence, the Internet is an internet, but the reverse does not apply. The Internet is sometimes called the connected Internet.
See also
The Columbia Guide to Online Style: Second Edition; Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor (ISBN: 978-0-231-13210-7)
5.1.4. The Principle of Standardization
Like citation style, then, document style must follow the principle of standardization, which requires that users all follow the same code so they can understand each other. If authors and readers are to use document style to support effective knowledge building, they must employ and understand the standards on which the codified style is based. Spelling and punctuation standards for the English language were strikingly nascent until the nineteenth and twentieth century.
"Internet Capitalization Conventions." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interne...on_conventions
capitalize Internet as a noun, but not as adjective (ex: "internet resources")
"MIT Libraries House Style." Staff Web: MIT Libraries. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. http://libstaff.mit.edu/publications/housestyle.html
IBM's TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview (ISBN 0-7384-2165-0)
The words internetwork and internet is [sic] simply a contraction of the phrase interconnected network. However, when written with a capital "I," the Internet refers to the worldwide set of interconnected networks. Hence, the Internet is an internet, but the reverse does not apply. The Internet is sometimes called the connected Internet.
See also
The Columbia Guide to Online Style: Second Edition; Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor (ISBN: 978-0-231-13210-7)
5.1.4. The Principle of Standardization
Like citation style, then, document style must follow the principle of standardization, which requires that users all follow the same code so they can understand each other. If authors and readers are to use document style to support effective knowledge building, they must employ and understand the standards on which the codified style is based. Spelling and punctuation standards for the English language were strikingly nascent until the nineteenth and twentieth century.
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