The term has become common Internet slang.

Category: Internet slang

* Be back soon, an Internet slang acronym

Category: Internet slang

* IMO ( in my opinion ), Internet slang expression

Internet slang ( Internet short-hand, Cyber-slang, netspeak or chatspeak ) refers to a variety of everyday languages used by different communities on the Internet.

It is difficult to provide a standardized definition of Internet slang due to the constant changes made to its nature.

However, it can be understood to be a type of slang that Internet users have popularized, and in many cases, have coined.

Acronyms, keyboard symbols and abbreviations are common types of Internet slang.

The exact origins of Internet slang terms originate largely on the Internet, but the selection process remains seemingly irregular or abstract.

Aside from the more frequently found abbreviations, acronyms and emoticons, Internet slang is also based on archaic words or the lesser-known dialectal counterparts of a term in mainstream language.

In places where logographic languages are used such as China, a visual variety of Internet slang is also observable, where a character has a duality in meaning-direct and implied.

The primary motivation behind using a slang unique to the Internet is to ease communication.

However, while Internet slang shortcuts save time for the writer, they take two times as long for the reader to understand, according to a study by the University of Tasmania.

On the other hand, similar to the use of slang in traditional face-to-face speech or written language, slang on the Internet is often a way of indicating group membership.

Internet slang provides a channel which facilitates and constrains our ability to communicate in ways that are fundamentally different from those found in other semiotic situations.

The Internet itself is ideal for new slang to emerge because of the richness of the medium and the availability of information.

Internet slang does not constitute a homogeneous language variety.

However, within the language of Internet slang, there is still an element of prescriptivism, as seen in style guides, for example Wired Style, which are specifically aimed at usage on the Internet.

With the development of fast Internet in the last part of the 20th century along with advances in computer controlled telescope mounts and CCD cameras ' Remote Telescope ' astronomy is now a viable means for amateur astronomers not aligned with major telescope facilities to partake in research and deep sky imaging.

An example of a digital remote telescope operation for public use via the Internet is the The Bareket Observatory.

A relatively recent role for amateur astronomers is searching for overlooked phenomena ( e. g., Kreutz Sungrazers ) in the vast libraries of digital images and other data captured by Earth and space based observatories, much of which is available over the Internet.

**. am, Internet domain for Armenia

Widespread use of electronic communication through mobile phones and the Internet during the 1990s allowed for a marked rise in colloquial abbreviation.

On 10 September 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for " the appalling way he was treated ".

Many anagram servers ( for example, the Internet Anagram Server ) can control the search results, by excluding or including certain words, limiting the number or length of words in each anagram, or limiting the number of results.

Australian English ( AusE, AuE, AusEng, en-AU < ref > is the language code for Australian English, as defined by ISO standards ( see ISO 639-1 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ) and Internet standards ( see IETF language tag ).</ ref >) is a major variety of the English language and is used throughout Australia.

* ra & rm – a RealAudio format designed for streaming audio over the Internet.

Through the Internet, a movement began to develop in opposition to the doctrines of neoliberalism which were widely manifested in the 1990s when the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) proposed liberalisation of cross-border investment and trade restrictions through its Multilateral Agreement on Investment ( MAI ).

The American Registry for Internet Numbers ( ARIN ) is the Regional Internet Registry ( RIR ) for Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States.

This section includes the request templates, specific distribution policies, and guidelines for requesting and managing Internet number resources.

Policy development services facilitate the development of policy for the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources.

Membership is not required to participate in ARIN ’ s policy development process or to apply for Internet number resources.

Adhering to the procedures in the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process, the advisory council forwards consensus-based policy proposals to the BoT for ratification.

The National Science Foundation approved the plan for the creation of the not-for-profit organization to " give the users of IP numbers ( mostly Internet service providers, corporations and other large institutions ) a voice in the policies by which they are managed and allocated within the North American region.

de: American Registry for Internet Numbers

es: American Registry for Internet Numbers

fr: American Registry for Internet Numbers

nl: American Registry for Internet Numbers

* Alan Jay Lerner at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Internet Broadway Database

* A Doll's House at the Internet Movie Database

* The International Telecommunications Union showed Internet penetration ( Internet users per 100 population ) in 2009 at 27 % for Belarus, 42 % for Serbia, 37 % for Romania, 29 % for Russia, and 17 % for Ukraine.

* Early films by, about or starring Charlie Chaplin at the Internet Archive

Criminal sanctions are generally aimed at serious counterfeiting activity, but are now becoming more commonplace as copyright collectives such as the RIAA are increasingly targeting the file sharing home Internet user.

Due to widespread and persistent ignorance of HTTP < tt > charset =</ tt > over the Internet ( at its server side ), WWW Consortium disappointed in HTTP / 1. 1 ’ s strict approach and encourages browser developers to use some fixes in violation of RFC 2616.

The implication of this attack is that all data encrypted using current standards based security systems such as the ubiquitous SSL used to protect e-commerce and Internet banking and SSH used to protect access to sensitive computing systems is at risk.

* Confucian Documents at the Internet Sacred Texts Archive.

* Candide at Internet Archive ( scanned books original editions color illustrated )

Online at the Internet Archive: Vol.

The restrictions can be applied at various levels: a government can attempt to apply them nationwide ( see Internet censorship ), or they can, for example, be applied by an ISP to its clients, by an employer to its personnel, by a school to its students, by a library to its visitors, by a parent to a child's computer, or by an individual user to his or her own computer.

In Cuba, if a computer user at a government controlled Internet cafe types certain words, the word processor or browser is automatically closed, and a " state security " warning is given.

Rosen suggested that the accelerating change brought about by the Internet had overtaken Compaq's management team, saying " As a company engaged in transforming its industry for the Internet era, we must have the organizational flexibility necessary to move at Internet speed.

Cable Internet is offered by a couple of cable companies at lower costs than ADSL but the service is very deficient and unreliable.

* Don Quixote, Volume 1 ( volunteer-read audiobook ) from LibriVox at Internet Archive.

* Doraemon at the Internet Movie Database

Originally written by four graduate students at the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley ( UCB ), the name originates as an acronym from Berkeley Internet Name Domain, reflecting the application's use within UCB.

* The official BIND site at Internet Systems Consortium ( ISC. org )

* Daniel C. Dennett at Internet Movie Database