Electronic Media Terminology
CD-ROM
chat room
compact disk (CD)
cyberspace
database
download
disk
Disk is preferred over disc when referring to computer-related devices.
e-mail
Use a lowercase e, with a hyphen. The word means electronic mail, so the hyphen is necessary.
home page
hyperlink
Internet
Always capitalize.
login/ logon/ logoff
Written as one word.
online
URL
Always all caps.
World Wide Web
Always capitalized.
Web
Web is always capitalized when used alone (e.g., Check us out on the Web!).
webmaster
website