Technological Terms

Technological Terms

Here are the correct spelling and capitalization rules for some common technological terms:

• BlackBerry, BlackBerrys

• download

• eBay Inc. (use EBay Inc. when the word begins a sentence)

• e-book

• e-book reader

• e-reader

• email

• cellphone

• Facebook

• Google, Googling, Googled

• hashtag

• IM (IMed, IMing; for first reference, use instant messenger)

• internet

• iPad, iPhone, iPod (use IPad, IPhone, or IPod when the word begins a sentence)

• LinkedIn

• social media

• smartphone

• Twitter, tweet, tweeted, retweet

• World Wide Web, website, Web page

• webmaster

• YouTube