[Air-l] Re: we need a new word?
joan carol urquhart
jcu at execulink.com
Sat Mar 19 11:30:22 PST 2005
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on-line communication media...ocm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bram Dov Abramson"
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:10 PM
Subject: [Air-l] Re: we need a new word?
12:20, 19.3.2005):
>And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" --
>but then verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the
>traditional email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc."
>(add your favoriteincluding Usenet and BBS).
>
>What to call it?
I usually use:
- "Internet applications", for those things that specifically require
the Internet. (Most of the ones you listed.)
- "media applications", as the more general class of things that may but
don't always need the Internet -- even if they increasingly do. (Like
mobile media applications.)
cheers
Bram
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