| October 1996 | http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1996/oct/mengaa.html |
Feeling Between the Lines, by Joyce Menges
Appendix A - Glossary of Terms
| Asynchronous |
In this context, asynchronous describes communication between
individuals or groups of individuals
using email, bulletin boards, web pages or other static textual
internet exchanges.
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| Character |
The login name used by individuals to identify themselves on the MOO.
On IRC the equivalent would be
a persons nickname.
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| Emote |
As a verb, emoting refers to using messages that represent action not
conversation - 'Joyce smiles,'
for example. The term is also used as a noun referring to these
actions.
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| Emoticon |
A series of ascii text characters used in sychronous communications to
express emotion. " :-) " for
example is the traditional symbol for a cyber-smile. (Tip your head
slightly to the left to see the face.)
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| Extraverbal Communication |
While the definition is still a work in progress, I found myself
needing a new term to name the thing I am
trying to describe in this study. Extraverbal communication refers to
non-dialog devices employed in
human communication in sychronous computer-mediated environments to
reflect thoughts, feelings,
and reactions.
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| Internet Relay Chat (IRC) |
IRC (original programming code written by Jarkko Oikarinen) is a
multi-user, multi-channel chatting
network. It allows people all over the internet to talk to one
another in real-time.
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| MOO |
MOOs (Multi-user Object Oriented virtual environments) are text-based,
virtual reality sites that allow
people to connect to the same place at the same time and permit
synchronous communication.
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| Synchronous |
In this context, synchronous describes communication between
individuals or groups of individuals that
occurs in real-time (as in face-to-face conversation).
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