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>I would capitalize Web and World Wide Web since they are proper
>nouns (it refers to a very unique and specific web)
I disagree and here's why: The web isn't any more unique or specific than
general broadcast radio. Sure, that kind of radio differs from say
electromagnetic signals from space but that doesn't make it a proper noun.
The web and radio are very much the same--enough so that they're both
common nouns, not proper. Context makes it entirely obvious as to what one's
referring to. If for example you talk about getting information on the
radio, it could only mean broadcast radio, not the aforementioned from-space
radio (and neither radio is capitalized). If you talk about information,
people, and "the web" it could only mean the internet kind of web, not
filaments from spiders.
