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by Valeria Radzivon 8 years ago

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New Words

As social networks have grown in popularity, new words have emerged to describe various activities and behaviors unique to these platforms. For instance, terms like "tweet-up" refer to meetings organized by Twitter users, while "

New Words

New Words

Computer adjectives

peripheral - any equipment that is connected externally to a computer. For example, printers, scanners and modems are peripherals.
wireless - when the device works without any wire and cable etc.

Computer Noun

browser - the web browser, the navigator on the internet
gamer - someone who likes to play computer games
spam - unwanted, irrelevant or inappropriate e-mail messages, especially commercial advertising.
netiquette - a set of informal rules defining proper behaviour on the Internet
e-business - business done over the internet or any internet-based network.
internet - World Wide Web
hyperlink - hypertext links
freeware - when the software is free
e-mail - electronic mail
decoder - program that decrypts the data
debugger - program or a person engaged in debugging programs
cursor - pointer on the computer
interface - visible to the user, part of the description (function, module) that defines how to use them.

Computer Verb

downsizing - the process of moving an application program from a mainframe to a cheaper system, typically a client-server system.
to google - search (information) on the Internet with the help of "Google"
to download - load file on communication channel
to compute - work on the computer
to interface - connect to the computer.

A few words that have appeared because of use of social networks

tweet-up (noun) - a meeting of Twitter users. twirt (verb) - to flirt with someone via Twitter. twitterjack (verb) - to pretend to be someone you are not and Tweet mischievously on their behalf. twitterjacker (noun) - someone who poses as someone else in order to Tweet mischievously on their behalf. twittiquette - the etiquette of using Twitter.