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Emotion Icon, or "smiley", a way of adding nuances and expressions to text messages, so that the recipient is aware of the sender's feelings. e.g. :-)=happy/ smiling, :-(=sad, 8-)=smiling and wearing glasses, and so on. Ethernet

A computer (system) operated directly by the user rather than connected at arm's length via a communications link. E.g. a personal computer as opposed to a "remote" computer. LOL

Google's advertising system that shows adverts relevant to the page's written content. ADSL

Shorthand for "As Far As I'm Concerned". AFAICS

Shorthand for "As far As I Know". AIUI

(analog) Of information which is of a continuously variable entity, e.g. an audio microphone signal. Often degraded by "noise" or outside interference. Android

The act of obtaining openly-available computer files from an FTP server, using the File Transfer Protocol when logged in as an "anonymous" user. app

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. System for denoting up to 128 alphanumeric characters and other symbols using a 7 bit number. E.g. 101 0111 is the ASCII code for "W" and 111 0000 is "p". ASK.COM

Any file (graphic, program etc.) which is appended to an E-mail message. Attachments may contain a virus and should be scanned before opening, even if received from a trusted source. AUP