We are trying to figure out whether the proper name is "World Wide Web"
(with spaces) or "World-Wide Web" (with a hyphen). But my page shows it
one way and theirs shows it another way! The documents linked to this
page are also inconsistent in the usage. Some show it with a hyphen,
some without. And in one place it says "WorldWideWeb," with no spaces or
hyphens. As technical communicators who want to be accurate in our
documentation, we wanted to come to the source to find out how the term
should be used. Most magazines we have seen say "World Wide Web," but we
wanted to double-check, as we sometimes see it hyphenated.
We would appreciate knowing how to space or punctuate "World Wide Web,"
and we are also interested in knowing why the same URL looks different on
our different computers. Thanks!
-- Alison Dellenbaugh Technical Writer, National Instruments alison.dellenbaugh@natinst.com