Info from:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/blogchatinstantmessaging/f/email_vs_im.htm
Question 1) What is Email?
Answer: "Email" is short for "electronic mail" (yes, email is an official English word that requires no hyphen). Email is like an old fashioned letter but in electronic format sent from one computer to another. There is no going to the metal mailbox down the road, no envelopes to address and stamps to lick, yet email very much resembles the classic post office mail process.
Most importantly: the email recipient does not have to be at their computer for an email to successfully send. Recipients retrieve their email on their own time. Because of this lag between sending and receiving, email is called non-real time or asynchronous time messaging.
Question 2) What is Instant Messaging ("IM")
Answer: Unlike email, Instant Messaging is a real-time messaging format. IM is really a specialized form of 'chat' between people who know each other. Both IM users must be online at the same time for IM to fully work. IM is not as popular as email, but it is popular amongst teenagers and people in office places that allow instant messaging.
Question 3) What is Chat?
Answer: A chat is a real time online conversation between many computer users. All participants must be in front of their computer at the same time. The chat takes place in a "chat room", a virtual online room also called a channel. Users type their messages, and their messages appear on the monitor as text entries that scroll many screens deep. Anywhere from 2 to 200 people can be in a chat room. They can freely send, receive and reply to messages from many chat users simultaneously. It is like instant messaging, but with more than two people, fast typing, fast scrolling screens, and most of the people are strangers to each other. Chat used to be very popular in the late 1990's, but has fallen out of vogue lately. Fewer and fewer people use chat; instead, instant messaging and discussion forums are far more popular in 2006.
Question 4) What is a Discussion Forum?
Answer: discussion forums are really a slow-motion form of chat. Forums are designed to build online communities of people with similar interests. Also known as a "discussion group", "board" or "newsgroup", a forum is an asynchronous service where you can trade non-instant messages with other members. The other members reply on their own schedule, and do not need to be present while you are sending. Every forum is also dedicated to some specific community or subject, such as travel, gardening, motorcycles, vintage cars, cooking, social issues, music artists, and more. Forums are very popular, and are renowned for being quite addictive because they put you in touch with many similar-minded people. Question 5) What is an Email List?Answer: an email "mailing list" is a list of subscribers to a group that broadcasts information on specific topics. It is primarily used to distribute current news, newsletters, product update notifications, and other information. Many days, even weeks, will commonly go by between broadcasts. Examples of mailing lists would be: when a store releases new products or has new sales, when a music artists is going to tour in your city, or when a chronic pain research group has medical news to release.
Conclusion:All of these synchronous and asynchronous messaging techniques have their pros and cons.
Email is the most popular, followed by forums and IM, then by email lists, then by chat. They each offer a different flavor of online communications. It is best that you try them all and decide for yourself which messaging technique works for you.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Teen Lingo-have you used any?
Chat, E-Mail, Web and chat room slang and acronyms
Info from http://teen.freejavachat.com
AAK
Alive And Kicking
AAR
At Any Rate
AAS
Alive And Smiling
ADN
Any Day Now
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFK
Away From the Keyboard
AFN
that's All For Now
AOTA
All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl
Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV
Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.
b4
Before
BAK
Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL
Be Back Later
BBS
Be Back Soon
BCNU
I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f
Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG
Big Evil Grin
BFN
Bye For Now
BMA
Bite My A** (became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show)
boot
To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.
BR
Best Regards
BRB
Be Right Back
BRH
Be Right Here
BSEG
Big S**t Eatin Grin
BTA
But Then Again....
BTW
By The Way
btw
BeTWeen you and me ...
chat room
A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.
CRS
Can't Remember S**t
CU
See You - also posted as cya
CUS
Can't Understand S**t (stuff)
CNP
Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)
CP
Chat Post
CUL8R
See You Later
CUOL
See You On Line
CYA
See Ya
dd, ds, dh
Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband. Usually exchanged in family chats.
DDSOS
Different Day, Same Old S**t
DEGT
Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU
Do I Know You?
DIS
Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl
Downloading, or Download it.
EG
Evil Grin
EM
E-Mail
EMA
E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT
End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ
easy (one of the really old ones)
F2F
Face To Face
FAQ
Frequently Asked Question
FISH
First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)
FITB
Fill In The Blanks
flame
to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL
Falling Off Chair - Laughing
forum
What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FUBAR
"Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYI
For Your Information
GA
Go Ahead
GAL
Get A Life
gest
Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.
g/f
Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN
Gone For Now
GGOH
Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA
Great Minds Think Alike
GR
Gotta Run
GR&D
Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR
Got To Run
GTRM
Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H&K
Hugs and Kisses
hack
person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD
Have A Good Day
HAGO
Have A Good One
Halsoft
Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.
HB
Hurry Back
Hosts
Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH
Hope That Helps
huggles
Hugs
IAC
In Any Case
IB
I'm Back
IC
I See
IDN
I Don't kNow
IDK
I Don't Know
IDTS
I Don't Think So
IANAL
I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)
IC
I See
ICQ
I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY
I Love You
IM
Instant Message
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO
In My Opinion
IOH
I'm Out of Here
IOW
In Other Words
IRL
In Real Life
IYO
In Your Opinion
JAS
Just A Second
JIC
Just In Case
JK
Just Kidding
JMO
Just My Opinion
JW
Just Wondering
k, K, or kk
O. K.
KIT
Keep In Touch
L8R
Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
LTNS
Long Time No See
LTS
Laughing To ones Self
LY
I Love Ya.
LYL
Love You Lots
Message Board.
A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
MUG
Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.
NE1
Anyone
newbie
refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW
No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NIMBY
Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM
Never Mind
NP, np
No Problem
NRN
1. No Response Necessary2. Not Right Now
NT
No Thanks
OBTW
Oh, By The Way.
OIC
Oh, I See
OF
Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK
Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL
the Old Lady
OM
the Old Man
OMG
Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT
Off Topic
oth or OTH
Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot. Very exciting.
otr or OTR
Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.
OTE
Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)
OTOH
On The Other Hand ...
OTOMH
Off the Top of My Head ...
OTW
On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"
P911
My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PANS
Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA
People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
peeps
People. example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room.
peep this
Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.
PLZ
Please
PMJI
Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)
poof
when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
POS
Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS
Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL
People
QT
Cutie
RFC
Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)
rl or RL
Real Life (as opposed to being online)
r m or RM
Ready Made: pre-existing
ROFL
Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF
Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN
Real Soon Now
r/t
Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM
Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU
aRe yoU?
SH
Same Here
SMS
Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN
Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU
Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO
Significant Other
SOL
Shit Out Of Luck
SOS
Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA
State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST
Same Place, Same Time
SSDD
Same S**t, Different Day
STR8
Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)
STW
Search The Web
SY
Sincerely Yours
SYL
See You Later
TAFN
That's All For Now
TC
Take Care
TFH
Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF
Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX
Thanks!
TIA
Thanks In Advance
TM
Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI
Too Much Info. (information)
TNT
'Til Next Time
TPS
That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB
The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF
Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TS
Tough S**t
TSFY
Tough S**t For You
TTFN
Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT
These Things Take Time
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TY
Thank You
TYT
Take Your Time
TYVM
Thank You Very Much
VPPH
Virtual Places Page Host
US
You Suck
usa or USA
Until Sides Ache: Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache. I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for "Until Sides Hurt". rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.
UV
Unpleasant Visual
UW
yoU're Welcome
UY
Up Yours
vp or VP
Virtual Places: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.
WB
Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC
WelCome
WEG
Wicked Evil Grin
WEU
What's Eating You?
WFM
Works For Me
WIIFM
What's In It For Me?
WTG
Way To Go
WTF
What The F**K
WT?
What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP?
Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD
What Would Jesus Do?
YAA
Yet Another Acronym
YBS
You'll Be Sorry
YL
Young Lady
YM
Young Man
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary
YR
Yea, Right. (sarcastic)
*ys*
You Stinker
YVW
You're Very Welcome
YW
You're Welcome
Info from http://teen.freejavachat.com
AAK
Alive And Kicking
AAR
At Any Rate
AAS
Alive And Smiling
ADN
Any Day Now
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFK
Away From the Keyboard
AFN
that's All For Now
AOTA
All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl
Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV
Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.
b4
Before
BAK
Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL
Be Back Later
BBS
Be Back Soon
BCNU
I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f
Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG
Big Evil Grin
BFN
Bye For Now
BMA
Bite My A** (became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show)
boot
To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.
BR
Best Regards
BRB
Be Right Back
BRH
Be Right Here
BSEG
Big S**t Eatin Grin
BTA
But Then Again....
BTW
By The Way
btw
BeTWeen you and me ...
chat room
A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.
CRS
Can't Remember S**t
CU
See You - also posted as cya
CUS
Can't Understand S**t (stuff)
CNP
Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)
CP
Chat Post
CUL8R
See You Later
CUOL
See You On Line
CYA
See Ya
dd, ds, dh
Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband. Usually exchanged in family chats.
DDSOS
Different Day, Same Old S**t
DEGT
Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU
Do I Know You?
DIS
Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl
Downloading, or Download it.
EG
Evil Grin
EM
EMA
E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT
End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ
easy (one of the really old ones)
F2F
Face To Face
FAQ
Frequently Asked Question
FISH
First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)
FITB
Fill In The Blanks
flame
to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL
Falling Off Chair - Laughing
forum
What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FUBAR
"Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYI
For Your Information
GA
Go Ahead
GAL
Get A Life
gest
Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.
g/f
Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN
Gone For Now
GGOH
Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA
Great Minds Think Alike
GR
Gotta Run
GR&D
Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR
Got To Run
GTRM
Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H&K
Hugs and Kisses
hack
person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD
Have A Good Day
HAGO
Have A Good One
Halsoft
Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.
HB
Hurry Back
Hosts
Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH
Hope That Helps
huggles
Hugs
IAC
In Any Case
IB
I'm Back
IC
I See
IDN
I Don't kNow
IDK
I Don't Know
IDTS
I Don't Think So
IANAL
I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)
IC
I See
ICQ
I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY
I Love You
IM
Instant Message
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO
In My Opinion
IOH
I'm Out of Here
IOW
In Other Words
IRL
In Real Life
IYO
In Your Opinion
JAS
Just A Second
JIC
Just In Case
JK
Just Kidding
JMO
Just My Opinion
JW
Just Wondering
k, K, or kk
O. K.
KIT
Keep In Touch
L8R
Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
LTNS
Long Time No See
LTS
Laughing To ones Self
LY
I Love Ya.
LYL
Love You Lots
Message Board.
A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
MUG
Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.
NE1
Anyone
newbie
refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW
No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NIMBY
Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM
Never Mind
NP, np
No Problem
NRN
1. No Response Necessary2. Not Right Now
NT
No Thanks
OBTW
Oh, By The Way.
OIC
Oh, I See
OF
Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK
Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL
the Old Lady
OM
the Old Man
OMG
Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT
Off Topic
oth or OTH
Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot. Very exciting.
otr or OTR
Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.
OTE
Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)
OTOH
On The Other Hand ...
OTOMH
Off the Top of My Head ...
OTW
On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"
P911
My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PANS
Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA
People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
peeps
People. example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room.
peep this
Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.
PLZ
Please
PMJI
Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)
poof
when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
POS
Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS
Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL
People
QT
Cutie
RFC
Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)
rl or RL
Real Life (as opposed to being online)
r m or RM
Ready Made: pre-existing
ROFL
Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF
Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN
Real Soon Now
r/t
Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM
Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU
aRe yoU?
SH
Same Here
SMS
Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN
Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU
Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO
Significant Other
SOL
Shit Out Of Luck
SOS
Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA
State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST
Same Place, Same Time
SSDD
Same S**t, Different Day
STR8
Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)
STW
Search The Web
SY
Sincerely Yours
SYL
See You Later
TAFN
That's All For Now
TC
Take Care
TFH
Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF
Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX
Thanks!
TIA
Thanks In Advance
TM
Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI
Too Much Info. (information)
TNT
'Til Next Time
TPS
That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB
The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF
Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TS
Tough S**t
TSFY
Tough S**t For You
TTFN
Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT
These Things Take Time
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TY
Thank You
TYT
Take Your Time
TYVM
Thank You Very Much
VPPH
Virtual Places Page Host
US
You Suck
usa or USA
Until Sides Ache: Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache. I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for "Until Sides Hurt". rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.
UV
Unpleasant Visual
UW
yoU're Welcome
UY
Up Yours
vp or VP
Virtual Places: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.
WB
Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC
WelCome
WEG
Wicked Evil Grin
WEU
What's Eating You?
WFM
Works For Me
WIIFM
What's In It For Me?
WTG
Way To Go
WTF
What The F**K
WT?
What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP?
Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD
What Would Jesus Do?
YAA
Yet Another Acronym
YBS
You'll Be Sorry
YL
Young Lady
YM
Young Man
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary
YR
Yea, Right. (sarcastic)
*ys*
You Stinker
YVW
You're Very Welcome
YW
You're Welcome
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Welcome to STI Science/Tech Camp!
Hope you are having a great time. Take a few minutes to comment about your experience at camp today. Please use your first name only. Write several sentences telling us of your favorite activity and your least favorite? What would you like to spend more time on? Post your comment and read what your classmates have posted!Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Using Movie Maker
You have all had a chance to use movie maker. Tell us about your movie, what it was about, did you use any transitions? Check around the room, did you see one that caught your eye? Tell us about it.
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