U

United States, U.S.
May be used as a noun or an adjective. May be abbreviated when it is part of the name of an organization: U.S. Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior. Avoid abbreviating on first reference when referring to the nation itself, although U.S. is acceptable as a second reference and in tables and headlines.

University Core Curriculum
See Core Curriculum, Samford University.

University
Capitalize University when it takes the place of our full name.

For more information about University programs and services, call us.

Unix

V

Veterans Affairs, Department of
Formerly Veterans Administration. No apostrophe needed.

Veterans Services, Office of
Formerly Office of Veterans Affairs.

vice president
Do not use the hyphen in compounds with vice.

Visa
Use Visa, not VISA, when writing of the credit card.

W

Web master
An exception to Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

Web site
Web sites are part of the World Wide Web. The term is a proper noun and should be capitalized, even when shortened from World Wide Web to Web.

Web site addresses
See E-mail and WWW addresses.

word processing (n.), word-processing (adj.), word processor (n.)

workforce

workstation

World Wide Web, WWW

worldwide

WVSU-FM
University-based radio station. Frequency is 91.1

Y

years
Years are the only numbers that may begin sentences, although it is best to avoid such constructions.

Place A.D. before the number and B.C. after.

See centuries/decades.