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information highway/superhighway

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1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) the concept of a worldwide network of computers capable of transferring all types of digital information at high speed
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) another name for the Internet Also called information highway

Γνωρίζει κανείς πώς λέμε στα ελληνικά αυτόν τον όρο;

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Καθιερωμένη απόδοση είναι η «λεωφόρος των πληροφοριών», και με βούλα ΕΕ:

1.2. Η έννοια «λεωφόρος των πληροφοριών» σημαίνει, στην ουσία, την εξάπλωση των δικτύων υπολογιστών ως μέσου για την εκτέλεση, έκθεση, διανομή, ανταλλαγή και αποθήκευση έργων και πληροφοριών σε ψηφιακή μορφή. Η μέθοδος αυτή διαβίβασης πληροφοριών, πολιτιστικών έργων και ψυχαγωγικών προγραμμάτων καθίσταται ολοένα και πιο σημαντική, δεδομένου ότι, σε σύγκριση με το παρελθόν, σήμερα όλο και περισσότερες πληροφορίες και πολιτιστικό υλικό είναι δυνατόν να διαβιβάζονται σε ψηφιακή μορφή.

Έχει μερικά ευρήματα και στον ενικό: «η λεωφόρος της πληροφορίας».

Κι ένα σχετικό νήμα: open source "health superhighway".

Καλησπ...μέρα, Γιώργο.

Ευχαριστώ πολύ daeman, της λεωφόρου των μεταφράσεων (και της μουσικής). :)

Μερικά νήματα έχουν τα δικά τους αυτόνομα μπονσάι. Λυπάμαι τον άνθρωπο που θα πρέπει κάποια μέρα να κοιτάξει 11.111 ή 111.111 νήματα, για να γράψει κάποια ανθολογία της Λεξιλογίας ή Θεμιάδα ή Δαεμανιάδα ή κάποια σουμάδα* τέλος πάντων.


* Από τη σούμα.

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Here’s one for the Grammar Police: “internet” and “web” should be lowercase, says AP

If you’re a stickler for the English language or a self appointed member of the Grammar Police* then this next bit of news might just be the most important thing you will read all day.

The latest update [June 2016] includes 250 either new or updated entries. The most notable of which from the world of tech is that AP no longer considers the words “Internet” and “Web” to be proper nouns, meaning that from now on, AP advises that both should be written in lowercase.

In a statement, Tom Kent, AP Standards Editor said: “The argument for lowercasing Internet is that it has become wholly generic, like electricity and the telephone. It never was trademarked and is not based on any proper noun”. “Internet” and “web” join other tech words that have have been updated as they have become a part of everyday language and become more commonly used, such as “website” (previously Web site) and “email” (e-mail).

AP confirmed that the term “Wi-Fi” should still be capitalised, stating that it follows Webster’s New World dictionary which calls it a service mark and therefore capitalises. AP also said that the “Internet of Things” should actually be the “internet of things”.




Capitalize 'Internet'? AP says no – Vint Cerf says yes
The great grammatical argument of our age

While nerds have the pronunciation of "gif" to argue over, the rest of the world continues to battle over whether the word "internet" should be capitalized or not. This week the Associated Press stepped into the breach and announced from here on in, it would use a lowercase "internet" and a lowercase "web."

Inevitably that kicked off just the latest in a long-running series of arguments between self-appointed protectors of our grammar. It's gone so long that it has its own Wikipedia page.

Most notable among the critics this time, however, was Vint Cerf: the so-called "father of the internet," since he co-invented the critical TCP/IP protocols that the Internet relies upon.

Vint is not at all happy with the lowercase approach, arguing that AP has failed "to understand history and technology." His reasoning is that there is a public Internet and a private internet – an internet that does not connect to the outside world but uses the same protocols. He argues: "By lowercasing you create confusion between the two and that's a mistake."

Ignoring the fact that the term "intranet" has grown to describe such networks, Mr Cerf has a point. There is, after all, only one "Internet" – or, at least, only one internet that people constantly refer to.


Network of networks

Except of course there isn't. The Internet is made up of hundreds of thousands of smaller internets that all decide to work together. Except of course when they don't – like when China creates its own version of the Internet within its geographic boundaries.

The big argument boils down to this:
But has it?

Well, until this week, the Associated Press – which has what is probably the most widely followed style guide in the English speaking world – decided that the Internet was in fact a "proper noun." Now it is persuaded otherwise.

Meanwhile, the also popular Chicago Manual of Style is sticking with uppercase because they believe the internet remains one big entity.

Another key decider of spelling tastes is sitting on the fence. The Oxford English Dictionary is taking a broader perspective on the issue. It is currently using an uppercase "Internet" because, naturally, that was where we started, when it was a new thing. But it is definitely looking at a potential lowercasing in future, and in fact has run the numbers to see if that cultural shift is happening.

The short answer is yes in the United Kingdom, but no in the United States. Over 60 per cent of Internet usage in the US is still uppercase; whereas it is the "internet" – lowercase – three-quarters of the time in the UK, largely thanks to big style trend-setters the Economist and the BBC going lowercase.

Deal with it

The reality is that the shift to lowercase is inevitable.

Just as the AP created a furore when it dropped the hyphen in "e-mail" back in 2011 ("But it stands for electronic mail!" wailed traditionalists), the fact is that when something becomes so generic it simply does not make sense to include exceptional syntax.
Anything that is not lowercase in a sentence is specifically there to highlight the fact it is in some way different. It causes the reader to pause, albeit very lightly, and account for the fact that the word is somehow special and standalone and should not be confused with a generic word.

That's why a sentence about how a "trump card has united the different states" is very different from "Trump card played in the United States." Likewise hyphens – they should only exist if there is a need to provide greater clarity: and who, to be honest, is confused by the word "email"? Less is more.

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, agrees. He has been saying for years that the web should be lowercase. AP is just now catching up.


Examples

The truth is that each time in this story we have written the word Internet, it has caused you as the reader to note it. Whereas when we simply refer to the internet, it is picked up in the flow of the sentence.

And the internet is now such a constant part of our everyday lives (just reflect on the number of times you have said the word "internet" today), it no longer makes sense to keep giving it special status.

By the way, the same is true of brand names. And no, we're not talking about Biro (which always sends a lawyer's letter if you lowercase it). We're not even talking about xerox (which is the reason you get those letters). What about bikini? Or escalator? Or zipper? Or granola? Or trampoline? All of them were brand names.

How about acronyms? Well, you say, you can lowercase everything but the first letter if you can pronounce the word. True, but what about laser and scuba? Should it be LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) or Laser? SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) or Scuba? Or does laser and scuba just make more sense now that their novelty has worn off?

And while we're here, what about diesel fuel (developed by Rudolf Diesel), or a leotard (thanks Jules Leotard), even a mausoleum (courtesy of Mausolus).

The Reg position

As to what The Register's official position on the word Internet is? Well it is both hopeless and instructive. We do not have a position. But we use lowercase "internet" usually. Why? One of our editors explains thus:

And that, my friends, is why lowercase wins out. If it's not worth the extra step, it's not worth the extra step.


After Newspeak, Newrite is upon us, changing the Internet of Things to internet of things. Suchathing!

* Oh, and if I was "a stickler for the English language or a self appointed member of the Grammar Police," I'd add a hyphen between self and appointed, not to mention the comma after the conditional, before then. Because I'm a staunch member of the ABR, the Association for Better Readability.

Το πρώτο πράγμα που θα διόρθωνα στον απρόσεχτο staff writer που συνέταξε το πρώτο κομμάτι είναι το «self appointed». Αν κάνει τον κόπο να διαβάσει τον οδηγό, γράφει στο self-:

self- Always hyphenate: self-assured self-government self-defense.

Ελπίζω να μην είναι στις αλλαγές αυτό, γιατί θα κόψω τις φλέβες μου.

Αν και ακόμα γράφω Internet, έχω συμβιβαστεί εδώ και καιρό με την ιδέα ότι σε λίγα χρόνια σχεδόν κανείς δεν θα το γράφει έτσι, και θα προσαρμοστώ κι εγώ με τη σειρά μου. Με το e-mail δυσκολεύομαι πολύ περισσότερο: κάθε φορά που κάνω να βγάλω το ενωτικό, λιποψυχώ, παγώνουν τα δάχτυλα στο πληκτρολόγιο. Είναι που είναι αμερικανιά (οι Βρετανοί αποκαλούν την αλληλογραφία post, όχι mail), με το γράμμα κολλημένο μπροστά μοιάζει τελείως αφύσικο.