Re: lei skami tanru pe la xod

[William Tanksley <wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net>]

On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 07:06:39AM -0700, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> From: "Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>
> la tomis mi spuda di´e

> > > Is it really necessary to distinguish between
> > > WWW and Internet?

> >Yes, most definitely, it is necessary.  The WWW is at best a subset
> >of the Internet.  The Internet is the network/system that the WWW
> >runs on.  You have the Internet without the web, as was the case only 4 
> >years ago, for FTP, BBN, irc, email, telnet, usesnet news,
> >uucp, etc.  The current lay-misconception that the two are the same
> >is fostered by the high visibility of the Web.

> I understand there is a technical difference. What I´m
> questioning is how much this distinction is worth making.
> We certainly need one word for the commonly used concept.
> Do we need two separate words outside of technical
> discussions? Why is this necessary?

The WWW is a collection of HTML documents served over HTTP, often using
TCP/IP.  The Internet is a huge, decentralized network using TCP/IP.

There are hundreds of other services available over the Internet, and the
Internet isn't needed to use the web (although it's currently the best
way, and most sites are only reachable by going through the Internet).

Note that online games and chat are almost always completely unrelated to
the web.  Also this email group.

If you refer to the Internet as the Web, we'll probably understand, since
context matters and the Internet can do things the web can't do
efficiently, if at all.  But if you want to be certain we understand, you
have to use the right words.

> co´o mi´e xorxes

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-William "Billy" Tanksley