B A 324 Lecture 6: Technical terms
15 Feb 2017
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A useful references for handling terms relating to the internet and electronic information technology is the style guide (http://www. utexas. edu/its/style/) created by the information. The guide differs from the apa protocol in the case of two frequently used terms: Internet (cap i ) log in (verb) log out (verb) multimedia (one word, no hyphen) Net (cap n, no apostrophe) offline (one word, no hyphen) dial-up (adjective) account login (noun) logout (noun) online (one word, no hyphen) The microsoft manual of style for technical publications (3rd ed. ) says to always hyphenate e- mail and to avoid using the term as a verb. Use e-mail to refer generically to an electronic mail program or to refer collectively to e-mail messages. the manual discourages using e- mail as a synonym for message. The manual says to capitalize web as a noun and also as a modifier using two words, such as. Web address, web browser, web site, web page.
