This is an area online focused on a specific topic where users can read and add comments. You can find discussion groups for almost any topic! E-MAIL This stands for electronic mail, it is a way of sending messages electronically from one computer user to another. You need to have a modem, a telephone line connected to your computer, and an e-mail address (recognisable because of the @ symbol, such as
[email protected] EMOTICONS These are symbols that people sometimes use in e-mails and chat rooms to show what mood a person is in. For example :-) means 'I am happy' so therefore :-( means 'I am sad'. There are hundreds of these symbols used online and the more you use the Internet, the more you will see.