In March, the Associated Press announced its major changes in word styles, including IT words. This is a “big deal” for IT words that have remained unchanged for decades in a field where technology changes frequently and fast. (Some words, like “e-mail”, have remained unchanged for 20+ years.)
New IT word styles include:
- cellphone (formerly “cell phone” as two words)
- email (formerly “e-mail” with a hyphen)
- smartphone (formerly “smart phone” as two words)
- website (formerly “web site” as two words)
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