WEB ADDRESS BOOK & NETIQUETTE GUIDE
2009 EDITION

By Stanley Bomes

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INTERNET CONNECTIONS
  (11/25/2009)

SKYPE

Skype (pronounced /'ska?p/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and, in some countries, to free-of-charge numbers, are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.

Skype was written by Estonia-based developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, who had also originally developed Kazaa.[1] The Skype Group, founded by Swedish-born entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and the Dane Janus Friis, has its headquarters in Luxembourg, with offices in London, Tallinn, Tartu, Stockholm, Prague,[2] and San Jose, California.

One of the initial names for the project was "Sky peer-to-peer", which was then abbreviated to "Skyper". However, some of the domain names associated with "Skyper" were already taken. Dropping the final "r" left the current title "Skype", for which domain names were available.[3]

SkypeIn allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by regular phone subscribers to a local Skype phone number; local numbers are available for Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[10][11] A Skype user can have local numbers in any of these countries, with calls to the number charged at the same rate as calls to fixed lines in the country. Some jurisdictions, including France and Germany, forbid the registration of their telephone numbers to anyone without a physical presence or residency in the country.

The word "Skypecasting" is a portmanteau of "Skype" and "broadcasting". Its original usage referred to recording Skype voice over IP voice calls and teleconferences. The recordings would be used as podcasts, which allow audio or video content to be syndicated over the Internet. Skype launched a "Skypecasts Beta" service in 2006 where it remained in beta until its end in September 2008. Skypecasts hosted public conference calls, up to 100 people at a time. Unlike ordinary Skype p2p conference calls, Skypecasts support moderation features suitable for panel discussions, lectures, and town hall forums. Skype operated a directory of public Skypecasts. On August 26, 2008, Skype announced that Skypecasts would be discontinued beginning September 1, 2008.[14] Skypecasts were shut down without any concrete explanation on 1 September 2008 at 12:00 UTC.

Skype does not provide the ability to call emergency numbers such as 911 in the United States and Canada, 000 in Australia, 112 in Europe, or 999 in the UK.[15] The FCC has ruled that, for the purposes of section 255 of the Telecommunications Act, Skype is not an "interconnected VoIP provider".[16] As a result, the U.S. National Emergency Number Association recommends that all VoIP users have an analog line available as a backup.[17]



THE TEXT LANGUAGE

One reason for the surge in texting abbreviations—more than 2,000 and counting, according to NetLingo—is the boom in social-media sites like Twitter, where messages are limited to 140 characters. Text messages, too, are limited in length, so users have developed an alphabet soup of shorthand abbreviations to save time, and their thumbs

Say What?
A sampling of some popular shorthand texting terms.

UG2BK . . . . .You got to be kidding   GBTW. . . . . . . . Get back to work   NMP . . . .Not my problem
PIR . . .Parent in room     GFTD. . .Gone for the day     FYEO. . . . . . . . . For your eyes only
BI5 . . . Back in five minutes    DEGT . . Don’t even go thereBIL . . . . . Boss is listening
PAW. . . . Parents are watching   99 . . .Parents are no longer watching     PCM . . . . Please call me
IMS. . . . . I am sorry    TOY. . . . . Thinking of you    KUTGW. . Keep up the good work  
CID . . . Consider it done     FWIW. . . For what it’s worth      HAND . . . Have a nice day   
IAT . . . . . I am tired     NRN . . . . No response necessary     4COL. . . For crying out loud
WRUD. . . What are you doing      LMIRL. . . Let’s meet in real life^5      H5 . . . High five


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2 A Worm is a self-replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself. Worms
use parts of an operating system that are automatic and usually invisible to the user. It is common for worms to be noticed only after their uncontrolled replication consumes system resources, slowing or halting other tasks.
1 Viruses are self-executing, self-replicating programs. They alter the way a computer operates without the knowledge
or permission of the user. When activated,, viruses may damage files, cause erratic system behavior, or display annoying
messages. The ability to self-replicate differentiates viruses from Trojan horses and other virus-like programs.
The History Of The Internet
3 A Trojan Horse uses unprotected ports to open lines of communication with your computer, and can ultimately give
hackers control over your machine. Active Trojan Horses are also called Remote Access Trojans.

4
Malware short for malicious software is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent.