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Virginia Shea’s article “Netiquette” is fun to read because it uses lively vocabulary words, both those used in general conversation and terms and slang used in computer circles.
Task One (All Teams)
Match the following general vocabulary words with their definitions.
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_____ conventions
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a. the * character on keyboards
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_____ premise
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b. cleverness; mischievousness
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_____ excerpted
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c. customary rules, practices, usages
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_____ dilemmas
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d. inference or deduction
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_____ camaraderie
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e. legal protection of intellectual property
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_____ interposition
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f. loyalty and warm, friendly feeling
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_____ excruciatingly
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g. disagreeable choices
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_____ incriminating
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h. carefully, painstakingly
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_____ diligently
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i. one’s customary frame of mind
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| _____ disposition
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j. selected; quoted
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_____ copyright
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k. substitutions of less offensive words
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_____ corollary
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l. the placing of something between
another thing
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_____ proofreading
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m. accusing; charging with a crime
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_____ propagates
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n. repetitions
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_____ iterations
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o. reproduces; spreads
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_____ euphemisms
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p. assertion that serves as the basis of an
argument
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_____ archness
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q. continuance; preservation
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_____ perpetuation
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r. correcting errors in a text
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| _____ superfluous
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s. excessive; unnecessary
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| _____ asterisk
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t. intensely; extremely
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Task Two (Red and White Teams)
Use the Internet to find an online dictionary or glossary of computer terms and slang like the one at
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
Use it to look up definitions of the following terms. Copy the words and definitions into a Word file called computer glossary. Share your glossary with a member of the Blue Team.
ASCII
back up
bandwidth
discussion group
domain
download
cyberspace
email
fiber optic
flame wars/flaming
lurk
Macintosh
MUDs (multi-user dungeons)
netiquette
newbies
newsgroup
online
post
mainframe
shareware
system administrators (sysadmins)
UNIX
USENET
Extra Credit (All Teams)
The article also makes reference to bits of 20th century American culture. For extra credit, answer the following questions:
- On page 2 of the article Shea says, “…explore strange new worlds, and boldly go where you’ve never gone before. But remember the Prime Directive…” What famous TV series is she quoting?
- One page 3, Shea mentions Ollie North and the White House e-mail. Who is Oliver North and how did he become famous?
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