Surfing on the internet? Watch out !

White hats is a term often used to describe

ethical hackers that stay entirely within the

law.They never access a system or network

illegally,and they work hard to expose holes

in systems with the ultimate goal of fixing

flaws and improving security.

Crackers: The Black hats

Hackers refer to the computer world´s

outlaws as black hats.A cracker breaks

into systems illegality for personal gain,

vandalism,or bragging rights.A cracker

doesn´t need to be knowledgeable or skillful

to create their own software tools,most of

them rely on automated programs that they

download from disruptable Website.They

represent a serious threat !

On the other hand there are other words

and expressions which internet users

should know for surfing websites in

English and for participating in chat

rooms or forums without running

too many risks.

How many of them are you familiar with ?

Would you like to add any other word or

acronym to this list ?

IRL ( Acronym) 'IRL' stands for 'In Real Life'.

For example,when you only know someone

through the internet,you´ve never met that

person in IRL.

to go viral -People love sending links and

videos to their friends eletronically.When

one of these spreads widely through the

internet,it is said to 'have gone viral'.Viral

videos often become Internet memes.

Internet memme (noun )It is a catch phrase,

video clip,parody or song that has become

so popular on the Internet that it´s become

part of pop culture.For example:

Epic (adjective) It describes something

that´s incredible.It can be used by

itself ("The show last night was epic !")

as an intensifier for fail or win,

as in 'epic fail' or 'epic win'.

Win (noun/interjection)A win is the

opposite of a fail.A win occurs when

something's done very cleverly,usually

with humor and irony.If you are chatting

online and someone types 'FTW' it

means 'for the win!'

Lurkers ( noun) People who frequently read

 bulletin boards and blogs but never post

a comment are called lurkers for the

way they 'lurk'(move furtively,sneak) in

the shadows.