As indicated in the 5th edition of the Publication Manual31, dictionaries are not the best guide to spelling in the electronic world.
This is an extremely fast moving environment and common usage develops quickly, leaving print resources easily bypassed.
The APA Style site will attempt to be more responsive. Below is a list of common terms and their current (as of 2001) preferred spelling.
- database
- DOI
- e-journal
- FTP
- Internet
- LISTSERV* (tm) -- the generic term is electronic mailing list
- online
- SGML
- URL
- Web
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