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Email and Etiquette
Graves Email/IM and Digital Etiquette Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a text communication system over the Internet (not in real-time) | |
| Domain | usually the last two parts of an email or web address that tells where, what kind and the name of an organization it belongs to |
| Server | a computer used to manage access to a network or its resources |
| Client | a computing device used to access networks or their resources |
| Inbox | the virtual location of email you have gotten |
| Recipient | the person receiving something |
| SMTP | a server of this kind functions like a post office. |
| POP3 | this kind of server functions like a mail carrier to deliver email |
| IM | a text-based communication that goes through the phone network directly between two devices--often in real-time |
| Etiquette | rules for behavior |
| Courtesy | politeness |
| Conduct | behavior (good or bad) |
| Anonymous | hiding one's true identity |
| Obvious | VERY clear |
| Tone | the attitude shown in communications |
| Troll | someone that tries to stir up fights online by being rude |
| Flame war | an online fight between multiple groups of people being rude to each other by sending FLAMES |
| DNS | a server that functions like a phone book for the Internet |
| IP address | a set of numbers assigned to a website's homepage--works like a home address |