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EMOTICONS AND ACRONYMS

                 During  online  communication  at  times,  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
                                                                          (-_-)zzz           Sleeping
                            :’(            Crying
                            :D             Laughing                       (=_=)              Tired

                            :))            Very Happy                     :$                 Embarrassed

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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

                 or 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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