Computer Acronyms

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Computer Acronyms

• Mrs. Embley
• Computer Technology

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What is an acronym?

• Definition
• acronym (akr?-nim)
• A word formed from the initial letters of a name.

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What is an acronym?

• What are some examples of acronyms?
• How do you use acronyms, in your life, everyday?

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Idkmy bff Jill?
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Computer Acronyms

• Computer language and slang uses a lot acronyms
  to shorten many long and complicated words.
• This simplifies many computer conversations, but
  can leave listeners lost if they lack the schema
  (background) knowledge for computer talk.
  (blasted computer nerds!)

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How much do you know?

• Lets take a simple quiz to test your computer
  knowledge.
• Relax, if you have watched TV in the last five
  years, played on your computer, or own a cell
  phone, you are bound to know at least 10 of the
  questions ? !
• Open up a bank email, type in the answers from
  1-22 and email them to me by the end of
  classGood Luck!

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Hint Not all of these are literal acronyms, but
still stand for shortened words

• 1. MS 2. PPT
• 3. CPU 4. CTE
• 5. ISP 6. CD-ROM
• 7. RAM 8. PIX
• 9. I/O 10. TXT
• 11. AOL 12. MSN
• 13. LOL 14. BBFN
• 15. BTW 16. WWW
• 17. BFF 18. LAN
• 19. WAN 20. DVD
• 21. CD-RW 22. URL

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Citations

• (2007, April 19). Cingular Commercial - 'bff
  Jill' . Retrieved July 1, 2007, from UTube
  Broadcast yourself web sitehttp//www.youtube.com
  /watch?v4nIUcRJX9-o