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.

Computerized systems that enable people to exchange information on a particular topic.