I met a friend of mine in an Internet Cafe just this morning. While I was drafting on an article about handling an internet then connecting it to the Internet. He asked me what is the difference between the word "Internet" (with the capital "I") and "internet" (with the small "i"). Most people thinks it meant the same, but technically, there's a difference between the two words.
Internet refers to the whole network which was started by ARPNet. Or rather the main or the whole internet. On the other hand, internet refers to a network either composed of multiple networks following the same TCP/IP protocol. Most basic is example of an internet is an intranet.
It might not look that much significant. However, misuse of this words could be technically misleading.
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