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                       EMOTICONS AND ACRONYMS


                 During  online communication, the people  may not be face to face with  each other. So, facial

                 expressions cannot be conveyed to others. To overcome this problem, the concept of emoticons was

                 developed. Emoticons represent your facial expressions. The term emoticon is an abbreviation for
                 emotion icon. They help in telling your mood to others as well as save typing time. Some commonly
                 used emoticons are:

                                Emoticon          Used For               Emoticon         Used For
                                    :)            Happy                    :@            Angry
                                    :(            Sad                      :I            No Expression
                                    =O            Surprised                |-)           Sleepy
                                    :O            Shouting
                                    :’(           Crying                   (-_-)zzz      Sleeping
                                    :D            Laughing                 (=_=)         Tired
                                    :))           Very Happy               :$            Embarassed

                 You can also use built-in emoticons for different facial expressions. Some of the emoticons are:













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                     The first two emoticons used by their introducer, Scott Fahlman were :-) depicting a smiling

                     face and :-( depicting a sad face.



                 Acronyms
                 Acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name. It may be in the form of an
                 abbreviation like HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or more than one letter from some words
                 like COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language). The use of acronyms became popular with the
                 concept of Short Message Service (SMS). Acronyms works like shorthand for Internet users as it saves
                 typing time. Some of the common acronyms used in Internet communication are:

                       Acronym                   Meaning                   Acronym               Meaning
                         LOL            Laughing Out Loud                    F9               Fine
                         CU             See You                              Pls              Please
                         CUL8R          See You Later                        Gr8              Great
                         BTW            By The Way                           Abt              About
                         FAQ            Frequently asked Questions           ASAP             As Soon As Possible
                         K              OK                                   4ever            Forever


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