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Fixed 32956 -- Lowercased spelling of "web" and "web framework" where appropriate.

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@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ FAQ: General
Why does this project exist?
============================
Django grew from a very practical need: World Online, a newspaper Web
operation, is responsible for building intensive Web applications on journalism
Django grew from a very practical need: World Online, a newspaper web
operation, is responsible for building intensive web applications on journalism
deadlines. In the fast-paced newsroom, World Online often has only a matter of
hours to take a complicated Web application from concept to public launch.
hours to take a complicated web application from concept to public launch.
At the same time, the World Online Web developers have consistently been
perfectionists when it comes to following best practices of Web development.
At the same time, the World Online web developers have consistently been
perfectionists when it comes to following best practices of web development.
In fall 2003, the World Online developers (Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison)
ditched PHP and began using Python to develop its websites. As they built
intensive, richly interactive sites such as Lawrence.com, they began to extract
a generic Web development framework that let them build Web applications more
a generic web development framework that let them build web applications more
and more quickly. They tweaked this framework constantly, adding improvements
over two years.
@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Yes. Compared to development time, hardware is cheap, and so Django is
designed to take advantage of as much hardware as you can throw at it.
Django uses a "shared-nothing" architecture, which means you can add hardware
at any level -- database servers, caching servers or Web/application servers.
at any level -- database servers, caching servers or web/application servers.
The framework cleanly separates components such as its database layer and
application layer. And it ships with a simple-yet-powerful
@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ application layer. And it ships with a simple-yet-powerful
Who's behind this?
==================
Django was originally developed at World Online, the Web department of a
Django was originally developed at World Online, the web department of a
newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Django's now run by an international
`team of volunteers <https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/teams/>`_.
@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ us.
<Framework X> does <feature Y> -- why doesn't Django?
=====================================================
We're well aware that there are other awesome Web frameworks out there, and
We're well aware that there are other awesome web frameworks out there, and
we're not averse to borrowing ideas where appropriate. However, Django was
developed precisely because we were unhappy with the status quo, so please be
aware that "because <Framework X> does it" is not going to be sufficient reason
@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Why did you write all of Django from scratch, instead of using other Python libr
======================================================================================
When Django was originally written, Adrian and Simon spent quite a bit of time
exploring the various Python Web frameworks available.
exploring the various Python web frameworks available.
In our opinion, none of them were completely up to snuff.
@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Is Django a content-management-system (CMS)?
============================================
No, Django is not a CMS, or any sort of "turnkey product" in and of itself.
It's a Web framework; it's a programming tool that lets you build websites.
It's a web framework; it's a programming tool that lets you build websites.
For example, it doesn't make much sense to compare Django to something like
Drupal_, because Django is something you use to *create* things like Drupal.
@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ How can I download the Django documentation to read it offline?
The Django docs are available in the ``docs`` directory of each Django tarball
release. These docs are in reST (reStructuredText) format, and each text file
corresponds to a Web page on the official Django site.
corresponds to a web page on the official Django site.
Because the documentation is :source:`stored in revision control <docs>`, you
can browse documentation changes just like you can browse code changes.

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ required for some use cases, but you'll receive an error about them as they're
needed.
For a development environment -- if you just want to experiment with Django --
you don't need to have a separate Web server installed or database server.
you don't need to have a separate web server installed or database server.
Django comes with its own :djadmin:`lightweight development server<runserver>`.
For a production environment, Django follows the WSGI spec, :pep:`3333`, which

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@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Using a :class:`~django.db.models.FileField` or an
the full path to a directory where you'd like Django to store uploaded
files. (For performance, these files are not stored in the database.)
Define :setting:`MEDIA_URL` as the base public URL of that directory.
Make sure that this directory is writable by the Web server's user
Make sure that this directory is writable by the web server's user
account.
#. Add the :class:`~django.db.models.FileField` or