lei skami tanru pe la ma'a

[xod <xod@bway.net>]

On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, 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?


My intention was to start the creation a jvoste of technical words
in the computer field. I can't comment my programming code or write a
Linux manual in Lojban until we have established how to say "internet"! I
think that creating a healthy skami jvoste will be a great help to Lojban.
It will certainly help me!

In lay speech, "skami" could probably get across both "internet" and
"www"! le skami pu cusku fo mi .i xu do tcidu ko'a le skami



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