Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Smiley
an emoticon. A smiley is a grouping of common keyboard characters put together to show how the sender or poster is feeling. The most common smiley is, : - ). see emoticons, assicons, also see page 228. smoke test a slang term referring to the first time a computer is started. The pun is, .Will smoke come out?.
