Internet Glossary

Internet Shorthand  Smileys ( Emoticons)  Chat Room Terms  Error Messages

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Emoticons ( AKA Smileys )

 ::-)  Smile

 ;-)  Wink

 :-@ Angry

 :-(   Sad

 :-D  Big Smile

 :-O Shock or Surprise

 :-$  Blush

 :-/  Puzzled

 :-P  Bleah or Tongue in cheek

 :'-(  Cry

 :-|  Non Committal, Saying Nothing , or speechless

 (-_-) Secret Smile

 B-)  Cool

 :-*  Kiss

 :-S   Oh dear or I 'm not sure

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 Chat room Terms

 Bot - Computer generated chatter

Cyber / talking dirty - Chat relating to sex

 Flooding - Typing the same line more than 3  or more times in row

 IRC - Internet relay chat  also called mIRC  ( Internet version of a CB radio )

 Lag - Messages and emoticons are slow to show up on screen

 Scrolling - A word typed one letter at a time down the screen

 Spam - Typing a Webpage address ( URL ) in to the chat  or  Advertising  Email that you never requested.

 URL -  Webpage address or name.

 WAP - Wireless Application Protocol ( Mobile phones use this to access the internet )

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 Internet shorthand

A/S/L  - Age, Sex and Location

ADN - Any Day Now

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AFK - Away From Keyboard

AKA - Also Known As

AMBW - All My Best Wishes

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

AYSOS - Are You Stupid Or Something

B4 - Before

BBL - Be Back Later

BCNU - Be Seeing You

BFN - Bye For Now

BRB - Be Right Back

BTSOOM - Beats The S*** Out Of Me

BTW - By The Way

CUL8R - See You Later

FWIW - For What It's Worth

FYA - For Your Attention

GG - Good Game

GL - Good Luck

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

GR8 - Great

GTG - Got To Go

IC - I See

IDKY - I Don't Know You

IDST - I Didn't Say That

IDTS - I Don't Think So

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMO - In My Opinion

IOH - I'm Outta here

IOW  - In Other Words

IRL - In Real Life

IYSS - If You Say So

IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean

KIT - Keep In touch

L8R - Later

LMAO - Laugh My Ass Off

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

MorF - Male or Female

NFW - No F**king Way

NP - No Problem

OIC - Oh I See

OOC - Out Of Character

PBT - Pay Back Time

PLS - Please

POV - Point Of View

ROFL - Roll On Floor Laughing

SorG - Straight or Gay

TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now

Thx / Tx - Thanks

UnPC - Unpolitically Correct

WB - Welcome Back

WDYS - What Did You Say

WTF - What the F**k

WTG - Way To Go

WYRN - What's Your Real Name

WYS - Whatever You Say

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

YDKM - You Don't Know Me

YTTT- You Telling The Truth

YW - You're Welcome

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Error Messages

My site won't load and all I get are some stupid message :-@

400 - Incorrect URL  or access problem   - Check site name is Spelt right

401 - Password Protected   - You can not enter

403 - No access to unauthorized user   - You can not enter

404 - Host cannot find the URL requested  - Check site name is Spelt right   Server may be unavailable or not exist try again later

500 - Server does not exist. Usually this is caused when a network is down somewhere.

550 - Email address not recognized check for spelling mistakes, or case sensitive characters

 

Bad File Request - Browser is not able to access the page. Try using Netscape, Internet Explorer or other browser

Failed DNS Lookup - URL could not be translated to a web page ( System has made a mistake )  check spelling and try again

Host Unavailable - Host is offline - try again later

Unable to locate host - as above or connection has failed  - try again later

Unable to locate server - Check site name is Spelt right or no longer exists - check spelling and try again

Host Unknown - Connection has been lost or Check site name is Spelt right   Check spelling and attempt to reload

NNTP - News group does not exist - Check site name is Spelt right and try again

Too Many Users - Lots of people looking at the same site -This is to prevent slow data transfer . Try again later.

Helper application not found - Unable to download file format not found  - try to open file by another method

File contains no data - There are no webpages on the site you are looking for  - Check site name is Spelt right and try again

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