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Emoticons
During e-mail 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 convey your mood to others as well as save typing time.
Some commonly used emoticons are:
Emoticon Used For
You can also use built-in emoticons for different
:) Happy facial expressions. Some of the emoticons are:
:( Sad
=O Surprised
:O Shouting
:’( Crying
:D Laughing
:)) Very Happy
:@ Angry
:I No Expression
|-) Sleepy
(-_-)zzz Sleeping
(=_=) Tired
:$ Embarrassed
Info Byte
The first two emoticons used by their introducer, Scott Fahlman were :-) depicting a smiling
face and :-( depicting a sad face.
Acronyms
An 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 work like shorthand for Internet users as it saves typing time.
Some of the common acronyms used in Internet communication are:
Acronym Meaning
LOL Laughing Out Loud
CU See You
CUL8R See You Later
BTW By The Way
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
K OK
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