| A | B |
|---|
| Black Thursday | November 3, 1988, the day of the Internet worm |
| Internet worm | program that infected hot comuters by finding security holes on November 3, 1988 |
| VRML | Language used to simulate 3-D objects lights, and textures |
| OWLs | Online writing labs established on many university Web sites to help people improve their writing |
| BINET | one of the earliest mail systems serving educational users--because it's time network |
| Fido/Net | 1980s e-mail protocol that was most used for its bulletin board capabilities |
| bulletin board system (BBS) | a computer system used as an information source and message system for a particular interest group |
| Gopher | Document cataloguing system on the Net popular during the 80s |
| pull media | Internet content delivery system in which users access content one site at a time by clicking a link or entering a URL |
| push media | Internet content delivery system in which the user specifies the information to be delivered and the system automatically downloads the info |
| BTW | by the way |
| IMHO | in my humble opinion |
| LOL | laughing out loud |
| ROTFL | folling on the floor laughing |
