What Internet component should the following people use?

• “I have a girlfriend abroad and I love hearing her voice. I am a student and I
  don´t have much money.”
• “I want to borrow a certain book from the library, I can´t afford wasting time
  and I want to make sure that the book is available just now.”
• “I want to read people´s opinions about computer-related topics and express
  my views.”
• “I was invited to a meeting in Australia but I can´t take part in it. However
  I´d really like to see what´s going there.”
• “I am an English teacher and I want my students to send me their essays and
  so that I can check it and send it back.”
• “I have moved to a small village. I wish I had chance to talk to my
  former friends.”
• “I have just created a web page and want to transfer data to my reserved
  web space.”

Find words with the following meaning in the text above:

• The line that describes the content of an email
• A series of interrelated messages on a given topic
• A file that has been included as a part of an email message
• The place where your ISP stores your emails
• The part of an email address that identifies the user
• Facial symbols used to indicate emotions and attitudes
• The name given to junk mail
• The company which gives you access to the Internet
• A real time interactive conversation on the Internet
• A number which identifies a computer on the Internet
• The part of the email address that identifies the server
• The part of email address that separates the username from the domain name
• A secret word which must be entered before access is given
• The public discussion areas on the Internet

What language does the following conversation use? Translate it into English.

Will: How r things?

Nick: Good, thanks. u?

Will: Not bad. Need 2 talk ASAP 2 discuss the new website.

Nick: OK. F2F or on the phone?

Will: Meet 4 coffee? I need 2 get out of the house! LOL

Nick: IC! cu at the café at 3.30?

Will: Great. BFN.

Translate the following abbreviations into the language of “ordinary” people.

LOL, IMHO, ASAP, ROFL, AFAIK, PEBKAC, FYI, BRB, BBS, ČKD,
I H8 U, IC, L4, L8R, MYOB, RUOK?, W8, 2L8, F2F, TIA, IOW,

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