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Term | Definition |
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collaboration | the act of working with someone to create or produce something |
colloquialism | informal speech (such as "fixing to do something" or "dude") |
communication | exchange of thoughts and information by verbal and nonverbal messages |
emoticon | a group of keyboard characters or symbols used to express and emotion in electronic messages |
feedback | evaluation returned by the receiver to the sender of the message |
hacker | a person who illegally gains access to information in a computer |
interactivity | two-way communication |
nonverbal | information expressed without words through posture gestures and expressions |
communication | |
receiver | the person who must process and make sense of the message when engaged in communication |
respondent | one who answers or replies to a survey |
sender | the person extending the message when engaged in communication |
social media | Websites and services that allow people to communicate by making information public, such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln, and others. |
spam | Unwanted e-mail; usually sent in mass mailing |
stereotype | The idea that a certain group of people (often based on gender or race) will always have particular things in common or behave in a certain way (such as "women cant't drive well") |
tactful | Ability to do or say the kindest or most appropriate thing |
technology | application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
tweet | a text message posted via the twitter.com website |
urban legend | a widely circulated story based on hearsay |
virus | a program that can "infect"other programs |
worm | computer virus that copies itself over and over again: worms can send copies of themselves to recipients in an infected user's email address book |