The glossary of terms embraced by the internet are many. Some of them are self-descriptive: Viral, social-networking, texting. Others are more whimsical and require a little more explanation: Trolling, blogging, emoticon. Here are a few that I think will be useful to be familiar with while reading this blog.
Blogosphere:
a.k.a. blogland -or- blogistan -or- blogspace -or- blogdom
The shared intellectual space inhabited by bloggers (people who blog). It is actually more than the space, it is the community of bloggers itself and their collective voice.
Viral Marketing:
A clever form of marketing in which the user is actually promoting the company that provides a service.
Blog:
a.k.a. blogger -or- blogrolling -or- weblog -or- Web log
A Web site (or section of a Web site) where users can post a chronological, up-to-date e-journal entry of their thoughts.
Troll:
a.k.a. trolling
Online it originally meant the act of posting a message in a newsgroup (and later on a blog) that is obviously exaggerating something on a particular topic, hoping to trick a newbie into posting a follow-up article that points out the mistake. In general, to "troll" means to allure, to fish, to entice or to bait.
The above definitions are courtesy of http://www.netlingo.com/ and there are many more. It's a great reference for anybody unfamiliar with the ever expanding scene of internet distribution.
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