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How is your Netiquette? Are you a cyberpunk who engages in daily flame wars? Do you know the differences between an internet, intranet, and extranet? When you're in a chat room do you LOL, ROFLMAO or are your POS or PIR? Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?
These are a few Internet terms people in cyberspace use on a daily basis. It is almost like another language people use on the computer. It's a kind of English shorthand understood by Internet pros.
First let's start with chat room lingo. When chatters start up a conversation with each other, they need to know something about the person to whom they are talking. Because they can't see each other, (unless they have a webcam) they need a description of the other person. Therefore, they ask "A/S/L" which stand for "age, sex, location." A reply would be something like "30/M/IL" which stands for 30 year old, male, Illinois. A variation on this is A/S/L/P which means age, sex, location, picture or photo.
POS and PIR mentioned earlier are for teens in a chat room. They stand for "Parents over Shoulder" and "Parents in Room." That means the child has to be careful about what is said because an adult is monitoring the chat.
LOL is to be laughing out loud. BRB and BTW is for be right back and by the way. Then there is TTYL, LMAO, and ROFLMAO. These stand for talk to you later , laughing my ass off and rolling on floor laughing my ass off. Netiquette is proper etiquette on the 'net, or Internet.
Then there are several different types of invaders that could wreak havoc on a user's computer: spam, spyware, adware, Trojan horses, viruses, and worms. Spam is unwanted email messages in your inbox. This is usually the result of giving your email address to different sites while you are browsing the web. Spyware and adware, also known as malware, are hidden inside free downloaded software. Trojan horses, computer viruses, and worms are downloaded when e-mail attachments are opened.
The internet has two different meanings. A lower case "i" internet means a connection of two or more networks connected together. An uppercase "i" Internet is the global World Wide Web network people commonly surf on a daily basis.
The intranet, on the other hand, is an internal network inside a company that is out of reach from the outside. The intranet uses the same software that an internet uses but it is for internal use only. Conversely, an extranet is accessible to outside users provided they have access privileges. The general public is not allowed on a company's extranet. However, business vendors and company associates are allowed access through the use of a Virtual Private Network.
A flame is an angry or hostile reaction by using e-mail or posting a comment. The flame message is done in response to a stupid question or improper netiquette. The resulting escalation of a flame is a flame war in which the two sides trade off insults.
A cyber punk is a science fiction based computer term. Some opinions say the 1980s television series Max Headroom is an accurate example of cyber punk. The label "cyberpunk" referrs to computers in the not-too-distant future consisting of different cultures; mixing humans, and machines with a punk attitude. Cyber space is basically the environment in which the Internet takes place inside. To be in cyberspace is to be in the internet world interacting with other internet users.
The internet has a lot of terms and jargon to learn. It takes time and practice to become accustomed to all of them. However, chat room terms are not mandatory to use. The terms are computer shorthand and regular words are always acceptable. The other terms are geared towards the more advanced computer users.
Enzer, Matisse. "Glossary of Internet Terms." Copyright 2006. Matisse Enzer. October 11, 2006.
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Learn the Net. "Glossary." Matrixwebs.com. Copyright 2006. Michael Lerner Productions. October 11, 2006. http://www.learnthenet.com/english/glossary/glossa ry.htm
Netlingo. "Dictionary." Copyright 2006. Netlingo. October 11, 2006. http://www.netlingo.com/index.cfm
Montecino, Virginia. "Introduction to Internet Terminology." George Mason University. February 2004. Copyright 2004. Virginia Montecino. October 11, 2006. http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm
These are a few Internet terms people in cyberspace use on a daily basis. It is almost like another language people use on the computer. It's a kind of English shorthand understood by Internet pros.
First let's start with chat room lingo. When chatters start up a conversation with each other, they need to know something about the person to whom they are talking. Because they can't see each other, (unless they have a webcam) they need a description of the other person. Therefore, they ask "A/S/L" which stand for "age, sex, location." A reply would be something like "30/M/IL" which stands for 30 year old, male, Illinois. A variation on this is A/S/L/P which means age, sex, location, picture or photo.
POS and PIR mentioned earlier are for teens in a chat room. They stand for "Parents over Shoulder" and "Parents in Room." That means the child has to be careful about what is said because an adult is monitoring the chat.
LOL is to be laughing out loud. BRB and BTW is for be right back and by the way. Then there is TTYL, LMAO, and ROFLMAO. These stand for talk to you later , laughing my ass off and rolling on floor laughing my ass off. Netiquette is proper etiquette on the 'net, or Internet.
Then there are several different types of invaders that could wreak havoc on a user's computer: spam, spyware, adware, Trojan horses, viruses, and worms. Spam is unwanted email messages in your inbox. This is usually the result of giving your email address to different sites while you are browsing the web. Spyware and adware, also known as malware, are hidden inside free downloaded software. Trojan horses, computer viruses, and worms are downloaded when e-mail attachments are opened.
The internet has two different meanings. A lower case "i" internet means a connection of two or more networks connected together. An uppercase "i" Internet is the global World Wide Web network people commonly surf on a daily basis.
The intranet, on the other hand, is an internal network inside a company that is out of reach from the outside. The intranet uses the same software that an internet uses but it is for internal use only. Conversely, an extranet is accessible to outside users provided they have access privileges. The general public is not allowed on a company's extranet. However, business vendors and company associates are allowed access through the use of a Virtual Private Network.
A flame is an angry or hostile reaction by using e-mail or posting a comment. The flame message is done in response to a stupid question or improper netiquette. The resulting escalation of a flame is a flame war in which the two sides trade off insults.
A cyber punk is a science fiction based computer term. Some opinions say the 1980s television series Max Headroom is an accurate example of cyber punk. The label "cyberpunk" referrs to computers in the not-too-distant future consisting of different cultures; mixing humans, and machines with a punk attitude. Cyber space is basically the environment in which the Internet takes place inside. To be in cyberspace is to be in the internet world interacting with other internet users.
The internet has a lot of terms and jargon to learn. It takes time and practice to become accustomed to all of them. However, chat room terms are not mandatory to use. The terms are computer shorthand and regular words are always acceptable. The other terms are geared towards the more advanced computer users.
Enzer, Matisse. "Glossary of Internet Terms." Copyright 2006. Matisse Enzer. October 11, 2006.
http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Learn the Net. "Glossary." Matrixwebs.com. Copyright 2006. Michael Lerner Productions. October 11, 2006. http://www.learnthenet.com/english/glossary/glossa ry.htm
Netlingo. "Dictionary." Copyright 2006. Netlingo. October 11, 2006. http://www.netlingo.com/index.cfm
Montecino, Virginia. "Introduction to Internet Terminology." George Mason University. February 2004. Copyright 2004. Virginia Montecino. October 11, 2006. http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm
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