An analysis of Internet jargon
Approximately 30 million people world-wide use the Internet and online
services daily. The Net
is growing exponentially in all areas, and a rapidly increasing number
of people are finding
themselves working and playing on the Internet. The people on the Net
are not all rocket scientists
and computer programmers; they're graphic designers, teachers, students,
artists, musicians,
feminists, Rush Limbaugh-fans, and your next door neighbors. What these
diverse groups of people
have in common is their language. The Net community exists and thrives
because of effective written
communication, as on the net all you have available to express yourself
are typewritten words. If you
cannot express yourself well in written language, you either learn more
effective ways of
communicating, or get lost in the shuffle.
"Netspeak" is evolving on a national and international level. The
technological vocabulary once used
only by computer programmers......
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