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acronym adjective America Online Arpanet ASCII AT&T audio bandwidth Bill Gates bits broadcast browser byte cable cable modem called CD-ROM CDMA chat chips coined colloquial connection context created cyber cyberpunk cyberspace Dennis Ritchie desktop developed digital age disk domain name e-commerce electronic email addresses engine geek global graphics hackers hardware high tech homepage hypertext hyphen ICANN industry initial caps interactive interface Internet Jargon File key escrow language launched lowercase machine mailing list MCI WorldCom meaning metaphor Microsoft modem netizens Netscape newsgroups noun Online shorthand open source operating system packets Po Bronson prefix Pronounced protocol punctuation refers server Silicon spelling standard Steve synonym technical telecom term Think tion Today trademarked Unix Usenet users verb virtual Wired Style word writing Xerox PARC