Reply #30: My Iranian Shia friend explained it to me this way

[Coastie for Truth]

1. The "Qur'an" is the exact word of God spoken into the Prophet'e ear.

2. The "Koran" is the vernacular translation for easy human reference.

3. The "PDF" is the copy of the "Qur'an", the Iranian Koran, and the English Koran - that I can print out and show you.

4. The "HTML" is the copy of the English Koran that is linked to the Qur'an, the Iranian Koran, the English Koran, the "Modern Arabic (i.e., Egyptian academic Arabic) Koran" and lots of other things and articles, including Jewish and Christian writings.

He also said that there are web sites that have the vernacular Koran (PDF) "in every language known to man."