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CYBER DICTIONARY

Many parents are unaware of their kids' online activities. Do you really know what your kids are doing online?

According to a new survey commissioned by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Cox Communications, only about half of the parents surveyed were monitoring their kids' online activity daily or weekly. The other half of the parents said that they don't have or don't know if they have software on their computer(s) capable of monitoring where their teens go online or with whom they interact. Additional findings include:

*42% of parents don't review the content that their teen(s) are reading and/or writing
in chat rooms or instant messages;

*Parents are not familiar with the most common IM shorthand/lingo, i.e:

*57% of parents don't know LOL (laughing out loud)

*68% don't now BRB (be right back)

*92% were unaware that A/S/L means age/sex/location

*95% of parents weren't familiar with POS (parents over shoulder) and P911 (parent alert);

*28% of parents don't know if their teens are speaking with strangers online;

*30% of parents let their teens use computers in private areas of the home (e.g. bedroom, office).

If you’re not a kid or you are a kid new to web surfing, you probably don’t understand cyberspace lingo. Our cyberspace dictionary gives you a clearer understanding of how to protect children.

Address
A web site's location. Sometimes address is used as shorthand for an individual’s personal email address.

Attachment
A file that arrives with an email. You will know if an email has an attachment with it because it has a little icon of a paperclip appearing with the email. Do not open the attachment by clicking on it. If you know who the sender is right click on it and save it on your desktop and run a virus scan to be sure it is virus free before you open it. If you don't know who it is from them don't open it and delete it.

Block
An instruction given to your computer not to allow certain types of activity and emails on your computer, as well as stopping access to particular web pages or chatrooms.

Browser
The address bar which allows you to use the world wide web. The two best known ones are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Another called Foxfire or Mozilla is becoming popular.

Cable modem
A special device which allows you to access the internet using cable TV.

Compact disc (CD)
Most modern software is now supplied on a CD. CD writers (and re-writers) are very common. This allows you to copy large volumes of material. This can increase the risk of a virus entering your system and also increase the risk of potentially undesirable material coming into your home.

Chat
A means of communicating with people more or less instantaneously by typing messages which then appear on your computer screen, and are transmitted across the internet to be read by everyone else participating in the chat at that time. The conversation continues through the exchange of messages. Chat can either be moderated or unmoderated. In the latter case the conversation will be completely unsupervised and records of it are generally not kept. It is very easy to fake an identity when participating in a chat so be especially wary.

Chatroom
A place where chat happens on the internet.

Chatting
Taking part in a chat.

Click
Pressing on one of the buttons on a mouse to execute a command.

Computer network
A collection or series of computers that are connected to each other and generally can swap information very easily and rapidly.

Conference
Similar to a chat only a conference will probably be arranged for a certain time and on a certain subject. Chatrooms, by contrast, are running all the time and people dip in and out of them.

Cyberspace
Another way of referring to the internet.

Disc
There are several kinds of discs: ordinary floppies, which are plastic squares normally containing up to 1.4 megabytes of data (although newer versions can contain a great deal more). DVDs (digital versatile dics) have enormous storage capacities. Hard discs are generally inside a computer and store your programees and data. These can be huge: their capacity is measured in gigabytes, ie in thousands of megabytes.

E-commerce
Buying and selling over the internet.

Electronic signature
A special, encrypted code that identifies you to the recipient of an email.

Encryption
Software that takes any computer-readable data and converts it into an unreadable code that can only be unscrambled and made readable again by someone with the correct key.

Email
A message sent over the internet. It can be sent only to one person or many. Unsolicited email is known as spam.

Email address
Your personal and unique address on the internet. It is often used as the basic means of identifying an internet user, eg when they subscribe to services or join in chats.

Filter
A means of preventing certain types of material from reaching your computer while allowing others from the same source. You may want to filter out websites that show adult or violent images, but allow sites that show only low levels.

Icon
An image which tells you about a specific function, eg a picture of a printer generally means that if you just click on that picture it will go into the print routine. These icons are alternatives to typing in often long-winded or difficult to remember commands.

Instant messaging (IM)
A form of chat. You can join a service and then whenever you log on to the internet your name will appear in a central register. You can then be contacted by anyone on the register although you will, of course, have to agree to accept their call. With some of the more popular forms of instant messaging you join a club and all members of the club are notified when any other member logs on.

Internet
A global network of connected computers.

Internet café
Public places where computers are connected to the internet. Many places will let you use the machines without having to buy any food or drink. Rarely do these places have filtering or blocking software in place and the levels of supervision and support available can vary enormously.

Internet service provider (ISP)
A commercial company that provides internet access. They charge a monthly fee ... you just pay for the phone calls. Some of the larger ISPs include substantial resources and areas specially designed for children. Check out what is on offer.

Log on
To enter your password and gain access to a computer or a network.

Log off
To sign off from a computer or a network.

Minimize
Most programs allow you to minimize them, usually by clicking once on an icon in the top right-hand side of the screen. This allows you to have several different programmes running at once but it also allows you to rapidly hide something that might be on your screen that you don’t want prying eyes to see. It’s a way kids can switch between homework and games!

Moderated chatroom
A chatroom where, usually, an adult is present to make sure the conversations taking place there do not break the company’s policies about online behavior. Some companies do not have a moderator in their chatrooms. They use software which looks for particular words. If the words appear a moderator is notified and goes to take a look. If someone in the chatroom is found to be breaking the rules usually they will first be warned and then, if they persist, they can be thrown out and barred. However someone who is barred can just create a new email address. This gives them a new internet identity and they can get back in.

Moderator
A person who polices and supervises a chatroom, or a newsgroup. Ask your internet service provider if they use moderators and, if they do, how they recruit and train, and what checks moderators go through before being taken on .

Modem
A device for connecting a computer to the telephone system so it can access the internet or other computers.

Mouse
A handheld device used for pointing and clicking as a means of issuing commands to a computer.

Net smart
Being aware of the potential pitfalls of the internet and how to avoid them, or deal with them. It’s a modern equivalent of being streetwise.

Network
A collection or series of computers that are connected to each other and generally can swap information very easily and rapidly.

Newsgroups
Like an electronic bulletin board where people with common interests can keep in touch and up to date. You post to the newsgroup using email and you can often include attachments. Much of the illegal material on the net circulates through newsgroups.

Online
If you are online you are live on the internet.

Parental control software
Programs that allow parents or other responsible adults to control various aspects of how a particular computer or network might interact with the internet. Some internet service providers offer free parental control software to members.

Password
A code that gives you access to a computer or a network, or to some functions within a program. If anyone else discovers the password they can pretend to be you or they can override any security settings you might have put in place. Most parental control software uses passwords. If your child reaches a site which you have blocked it will not be visible to the child but you could, by entering the password, allow it to be seen. Obviously therefore, if your child learns the password, they can get through to the site you want to block.

PIN
Personal information number: the same as a password only usually in number form only.

Posting
A posting is a message of some kind, usually in the form of an email sent to a newsgroup or a chatroom.

Search engine
If you do not already know the address of a website you can use a search engine to find it for you. You can type the subject matter you're looking for, eg ‘England.' Some search engines will give you more than you want, as they can bring back thousands of replies, including some which are very far from what you are likely to be looking for. There are specialist search engines specifically for children, eg Yahooligans and other kids sites which tend only to search among child friendly sites.

Site
A specific location on the internet, generally a website.

Software
Otherwise known as a program, which allows your computer to perform certain tasks. Microsoft’s Word, for example, is a piece of software which does word-processing.

Spam
Unsolicited and unwanted email. A high proportion of spam is pornographic and much of the rest is linked to financial scams of some kind.

Stranger danger
The risk that an unknown person, either an adult or a child, might do some harm to your children, generally through deceiving them or through some other kind of manipulation. In some of the more extreme cases on the internet, children have been persuaded to indulge in illegal sexual acts which they have photographed and sent to the strangers who asked them to do it in the first place. There have been cases where children have gone to meet people they have met on the internet, only to discover they were not who they claimed to be and were often a lot older. Some children have been raped following such encounters.

Subscribe
When you subscribe to something on the internet it is often free. You give your email address to a site, eg your favorite record club or shopping site, and they send you information about themselves or their activities, events and so on. This can be a valuable service but check to make sure that whoever you are giving your email address to will not then pass it on to third parties, as they will bombard you with offers for commercial goods and services you will never need or want.

Surf
When you are moving around between and within web sites you are surfing.

Surf smart
Being aware of the potential pitfalls of the internet and how to avoid them, or deal
with them. It’s a modern equivalent of being streetwise.

URL
An abbreviation for uniform resource locator, another way of saying address.

Usenet
This means the same as newsgroup.

Virus
A malicious piece of software which can do great damage to your computer or the programs on it. They often come as attachments to emails or on discs which might have been swapped, in a playground for instance. It is very important to use anti-virus software to prevent them getting into your system and to prevent you from passing them on to anyone else.

Web
The web, or the world wide web.

Web browser
The address bar on the Internet that allows you to use the world wide web. The two best known ones are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

Web cam
A camera made specially to work with a computer. It can transmit still or video pictures, with or without sound, across the internet.

Key points for interpreting leetspeak

•	Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards letter E, and "7" resembling the letter T. Others include "8" replacing the letter B, "9" used as a G, "0" (zero) in lieu of O, and so on.
•	Non-alphabet characters can be used to replace the letters they resemble. For example, "5" or even "$" can replace the letter S. Applying this style, the word "leetspeek" can be written as "133t5p33k" or even "!337$p34k," with "4" replacing the letter A.
•	Letters can be substituted for other letters that may sound alike. Using "Z" for a final letter S, and "X" for words ending in the letters C or K is common. For example, leetspeekers might refer to their computer "5x1llz" (skills).
•	Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed. Some leetspeekers will capitalize every letter except for vowels (LiKe THiS) and otherwise reject conventional English style and grammar, or drop vowels from words (such as converting very to "vry").
•	Mistakes are often left uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (typos) such as "teh" instead of the are left uncorrected or sometimes adopted to replace the correct spelling.
•	Non-alphanumeric characters may be combined to form letters. For example, using slashes to create "/\/\" can substitute for the letter M, and two pipes combined with a hyphen to form "|-|" is often used in place of the letter H. Thus, the word ham could be written as "|-|4/\/\."
•	The suffix "0rz" is often appended to words for emphasis or to make them plural. For example, "h4xx0rz," "sk1llz0rz," and "pwnz0rz," are plural or emphasized versions (or both) of hacks, skills, and owns.

It's important to remember that the leetspeek community encourages new forms
and awards individual creativity, resulting in a dynamic written language that
eludes consistency. However, there are a few standard terms. The following is
a sample of key words that haven't changed fundamentally (although variations
occur) since the invention of leetspeek. The first series is of particular concern,
as their use could be an indicator that your teenager is involved in hacking or
the theft of intellectual property, particularly licensed software.

Leet words of concern or indicating possible illegal activity:

•	"warez" or "w4r3z": Illegally copied software available for download.
•	"h4x": Read as "hacks," or what a malicious computer hacker does.
•	"pr0n": An anagram of "porn," possibly indicating the use of pornography.
•	"sploitz" (short for exploits): Vulnerabilities in computer software used by hackers.
•	"pwn": A typo-deliberate version of own, a slang term often used to express superiority over others that can be used maliciously, depending on the situation. This could also be spelled "0\/\/n3d" or "pwn3d," among other variations. Online video game bullies use this term.

Other common leet words:

•	"kewl": A common derivation of "cool."
•	"m4d sk1llz" or "mad skills": Refers to one's own talent. "m4d" itself is often used for emphasis.
•	"n00b," "noob," "newbie," or "newb": Combinations synonymous with new user. Some leetspeekers view "n00b" as an insult and "newbie" as an affectionate term for new users.
•	"w00t" or the smiley character \o/: An acronym that usually means "We Own the Other Team," used to celebrate victory in a video game.
•	"roxx0rs" Used in place of "rocks," typically to describe something impressive.
•	"d00d": Replaces the greeting or addressing someone as a "dude."
•	"joo" and "u": Used instead of "you." This is also commonly written as "j00" or "_|00."
•	"ph": often replaces "f," as in "phear" for "fear" (as in "ph34r my l33t skillz") and vice versa, such as spelling "phonetic" as "f0|\|371(."

Chat, E-Mail, Web, and chat room slang and acronyms

AAK	Alive And Kicking
AAR	At Any Rate
AAS	Alive And Smiling
ADN	Any Day Now
AFAIK	As Far As I Know
AFK	A way From the Keyboard
AFN	that's All For Now
AOTA	All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl	Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV	Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.
b4	Before
BAK	Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL	Be Back Later
BBS	Be Back Soon
BCNU	I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f	Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG	Big Evil Grin
BFN	Bye For Now
BMA	Bite My A**
boot	To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.
BR	Best Regards
BRB	Be Right Back
BRH	Be Right Here
BSEG	Big S**t Eatin Grin
BTA	But Then Again....
BTW	By The Way
btw	BeTWeen you and me ...
chat room	A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.
CRS	Can't Remember S**t
CU	See You - also posted as cya
CUS	Can't Understand S**t (stuff)
CNP	Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)
CP	Chat Post
CUL8R	See You Later
CUOL	See You On Line
CYA	See Ya
dd, ds, dh	Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband.  Usually exchanged in family chats.
DDSOS	Different Day, Same Old S**t
DEGT	Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU	Do I Know You?
DIS	Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl	Downloading, or Download it.
EG	E vil Grin
EM	E-Mail
EMA	E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT	End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ	easy (one of the really old ones)
F2F	Face To Face
FAQ	F requently Asked Question
FISH	First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)
FITB	Fill In The Blanks
flame	to insult someone.  Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL	Falling Off Chair - Laughing
forum	What todays message boards are called.  Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FTS	F*** This S***
fu	f*** you (If you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be on line)
FUBAR	"Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD	Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW	For What It's Worth
FYI	For Your Information
GA	Go Ahead
GAL	Get A Life
gest	Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.
g/f	Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN	Gone For Now
GGOH	Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA	G reat Minds Think Alike
GR	Gotta Run
GR&D	Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR	G ot To Run
GTRM	Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H&K	Hugs and Kisses
hack	person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD	Have A Good Day
HAGO	Have A Good One
Halsoft	Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.
HB	Hurry Back
Hosts	Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH	Hope That Helps
huggles	Hugs
IAC	In Any Case
IB	I'm Back
IC	I See
IDN	I Don't kNow
IDK	I Don't Know
IDTS	I Don't Think So
IANAL	I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)
IC	I See
ICQ	I Seek You.  A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY	I Love You
IM	I nstant Message
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO	I n My Opinion
IOH	I'm Out of Here
IOW	In Other Words
IRL	I n Real Life
IYO	In Your Opinion
JAS	Just A Second
JIC	Just In Case
JK	J ust Kidding
JMO	Just My Opinion
JW	Just Wondering
k, K, or kk	O. K.
KIT	Keep In Touch
L8R	Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')
LMAO	L aughing My Ass Off
LFFAO	Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off
LOL	L aughing Out Loud
LTNS	Long Time No See
LTS	Laughing To ones Self
LY	I Love Ya.
LYL	Love You Lots
Message Board	A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view.  Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
MUG	Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.
NE1	Anyone
newbie	refers to a person who is new to an area or technology.  Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW	No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NIMBY	Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM	Never Mind
NP, np	N o Problem
NRN	1. No Response Necessary 2. Not Right Now
NT	No Thanks
OBTW	Oh, By The Way.
OIC	Oh, I See
OF	Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK	Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL	the Old Lady
OM	the Old Man
OMG	Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT	Off Topic
oth or OTH	Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot.  Very exciting.
otr or OTR	Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.
OTE	Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)
OTOH	On The Other Hand ...
OTOMH	Off the Top of My Head ...
OTW	On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"
P911	My parents are in the room.  P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PANS	Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA	People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK	Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
peeps	People. example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room.
peep this	Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.
PITA	Pain In The Ass
PLZ	Please
PMJI	Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)
poof	when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.
POTS	Plain Old Telephone Service
POS	Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS	Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL	People
QT	Cutie
RFC	Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)
rl or RL	Real Life (as opposed to being online)
r m or RM	Ready Made: pre-existing
ROFL	Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF	R olling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO	Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO	Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN	Real Soon Now
r/t	Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM	Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU	aRe yoU?
SEG	Shit Eating Grin
SH	Same Here
SMS	Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN	Screen Name.  The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program.  ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU	Situation Normal , All "Fouled" Up
SO	Significant Other
SOL	Shit Out Of Luck
SOS	Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA	State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST	Same Place, Same Time
SSDD	Same S**t, Different Day
STR8	Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)
STW	Search The Web
SY	Sincerely Yours
SYL	See You Later
TAFN	That's All For Now
TC	T ake Care
TFH	Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF	Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX	Thanks!
TIA	Thanks In Advance
TM	Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI	Too Much Info. (information)
TNT	'T il Next Time
TPS	That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB	T he Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF	Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TS	Tough S**t
TSFY	Tough S**t For You
TTFN	Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT	These Things Take Time
TTYL	Talk To You Later
TY	T hank Y ou
TYT	Take Your Time
TYVM	Thank You Very Much
VPPH	Virtual Places Page Host
US	You Suck
usa or USA	Until Sides Ache:  Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache.  I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for "Until Sides Hurt".  rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.
UV	Unpleasant Visual
UW	yoU're Welcome
UY	Up Yours
vp or VP	V irtual P laces: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.
WB	W elcome B ack (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC	WelCome
WEG	Wicked Evil Grin
WEU	What's Eating You?
WFM	Works For Me
WIIFM	What's In It For Me?
WTG	Way To Go
WTF	W hat The F**K
WT?	What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP?	Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD	What Would Jesus Do?
YAA	Yet Another Acronym
YBS	You'll Be Sorry
YL	Young Lady
YM	Young Man
YMMV	Your Mileage May Vary
YR	Yea, Right.  (sarcastic)
*ys*	You Stinker
YVW	You're Very Welcome
YW	Y ou're W elcome

Emoticons: (symbols used to display feeling)  

Note: For these little things called "emoticons"  Often the idea is to turn your head sideways, and it makes a picture on a lot of the smiley faces.  ;-) for example where the ; (semi-colon) are the eyes, the - is the nose, and the ) is the mouth. Also, you see some people use the hyphen (-) to show the nose, while others will show the same expression without the nose.  Example:  ;-)   and   ;)   signify the same thing.

*s*, *S*, <s>, = smile	*g*, <g> = grin	xoxo = hugs and kisses	huggggggsssss = hugs
*w*, <w> = wink	*g*, = giggles	*k*, *K* = kiss	;-)~~~~~~~~ = giving someone the raspberries.
(((((person))))) = giving them a virtual hug.	\~/ = glass with a drink. (usually booze)	^5 = high five	?^ = What's Up?
\_/? = a cup of tea	[_]>  + Cup of coffee	@@@ = Cookies	@--/-- = a rose
:-) .. smile	;-) ... wink	<:-| ... curious	:~) ... cute
:-( ... sad	8-) ... wears glasses	:-} ... embarrassed	:-/ ... perplexed, confused
:,-( ..or ;`-( .... to cry	:-< ... pouting	>:-( ... angry	0:-) ... angel
:-| ... bored or no opinion	:-> ... grin/mischievous	| -) ... dreaming	:-O ... shouting, or shocked
:-o ... talking, or surprised	>:-|| ... mad / angry	:-D ... big grin or laugh	=:-O ... scared
:-x ... keeping mouth shut	:o) ... smiles (w/nose)	:-))))))) ... lots of smiles	;-P ... sticking tongue out :P  ... sticking tongue out
# 8 - ) ... nerd, or or person with glasses and crew cut.	&-( ... crying	!:-) .. I have an idea	;-{ ) ... person with a mustache
;-)~ ... sexy tongue - or drunk	;~) ... being cute	c["] ... coffee mug	[_]> ... another cup or mug
:-> ... grin/mischievous	<:-| ... curious	|-| ... sound asleep	:-x .. I'm keeping my mouth shut

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Another few side notes:

0 can be O or vice versa, (the letter and the number are often interchangeable) 1 = won or one, (1dr = wonder) 2 = too, to, or two,  3 = the letter E, (so 's33 U'  means See you) 4 = for, four, or a prefix of suffix of 'fore.  (b4 = before, 4warned = forewarned), 8 is usually either a pair of eyes, glasses, or ate, although it gets used a lot for making pictures, 9 is a good thing (he was dressed to the 9s means he was all dressed up), B = be, C = see, (IC means I see) G = gee, K = OK, (so k, or kk means I'm OK) M = am, N = in, O = oh, R = Are, U = You, g = grin, s = smile,

Click On The Links Below For Additional Information:

Child/Parent Internet
Safety Agreement

Cyber Bullying

Internet Safety Alert

Internet Safety

Sexting

Smart Internet Facts

Smart Internet Rules

Social Networking Sites ... Educating Kids

Software To Keep Kids Safe Online

 

 

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