Data Doctors Radio Program
Cyberspace Lingo...Get Versed!
If you are not quite sure as to what 'HRU:)' or 'afk' stand for, then you definitely need to stay tuned this week. Internet slang has become its own language, with young people leading the evolution. Whether you chat, text message, send email, or use instant messaging, the use of emoticons, acronyms and abbreviations are nonstop.
Learn how this new cyberspace generation has created methods in which people can express feelings or tones with text for easy understanding.
Listen in as Ken, Brandon & Michal decode the hieroglyphic text that this generation has so eloquently created.
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Original Air Date: Jun 7, 2003
This Week's Links
- A Guide to Internet Lingo and Emoticons!
- Check out these chat room abbreviations.
- Email emoticons and etiquette on the Web.
- Emoticons from A-Z at TechDictionary.com.
- Internet Email Abbreviations for your survival!
- Spice up your digital communication!
- Text messaging tricks from TechTV.
- The Dark Side of Instant Messaging!