TheInternet, referring to the specific global system of interconnectedIPnetworks, is aproper nounand written with an initialcapital letter. In the media and common use it is often not capitalized, viz.the internet.Some guides specify that the word should be capitalized when used as a noun, but not capitalized when used as a verb or an adjective.[10]The Internet is also often referred to asthe Net.Historically the wordinternetwas used, uncapitalized, as early as 1883 as a verb and adjective to refer to interconnected motions.[citation needed]The designers of early computer networks usedinternetboth as a noun and as a verb in shorthand form ofinternetworkor internetworking, meaning interconnecting computer networks with gateways.[11][12]The termsInternetandWorld Wide Webare often used interchangeably in everyday speech; it is common to speak of "going on the Internet" when invoking aweb browserto viewweb pages. However, theWorld Wide Weborthe Webis only one of a large number of Internet services. The Web is a collection of interconnected documents (web pages) and otherweb resources, linked byhyperlinksandURLs.[13]As another point of comparison,Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or HTTP, is the language used on the Web for information transfer, yet it is just one of many languages or protocols that can be used for communication on the Internet.[14]In addition to the Web, a multitude of other services are implemented on the Internet.The termInterwebis aportmanteauofInternetandWorld Wide Webtypically used sarcastically to parody a technically unsavvy user.