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| Aggregator | “is a website or Web application where headlines and other content are collected for easy viewing. Aggregators such as Google News compile news articles and posts.” |
| Avatar | “is a two- or three-dimensional icon that represents a computer user or a gamer. An avatar can be a cartoonish graphic |
| blog | “from the term “weblog |
| Flaming | “is the act of saying mean things online |
| Flame wars | “can occur easily online |
| mash-up | “is a remix or blend of multiple songs |
| massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) | “is usually an online virtual world that multiple players navigate and play in together. While in this virtual world |
| P2P Peer-to-Peer | “network allows for sharing of mp3s |
| Phishing | “is the illegal act of sending emails or messages that appear to come from authentic sources |
| Podcast | “is a downloadable video or audio file. Podcasts can be verbal |
| SMS | “is a short message of fewer than 160 characters sent from a cell phone. |
| MMS | “is a text message that contains an attached multimedia file |
| social network site | “is a website such as Facebook.com or MySpace.com that connects communities of people and allows them to share information.” |
| Tag | “is a short label that can be attached like a caption to a blog post |
| Twitter | “is a “social networking and microblogging service.” Twitter users can post tweets |
| virtual world | “is a computer environment in which users are represented onscreen as themselves or as made-up characters |
| Wiki | “is a collaborative website that can be edited by anyone with access to it.” |
