[Debtags-devel] Good short descriptions: the protocols

[Benjamin Mesing]

Hello,

> Watch out - they aren't synonyms.
Thanks - I wasn't exactly sure about this.

> Strictly speaking, the Internet
> is considerably older and more inclusive than (Sir TBL's) "World
> Wide Web"!  Usenet news groups, for instance, have never been part
> of the WWW, but they're certainly part of the Net.
The question is (because speaking about protocol::http): is http used
outside the internet. I don't know.
One could argue it definetely is (because its used in intranets without
a connection to the internet)...

> If a non-technical term is needed, what's wrong with "web"?
Sounds OK too, though I think the term internet is somewhat more
expressive.

Best regards 

Ben