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  2. Internet - Wikipedia

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    The Internet (or internet) [ a] is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) [ b] to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of ...

  3. Social media - Wikipedia

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    The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.It offered early forms of social media features with innovations such as Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowdsourced online newspaper, and blog ...

  4. Internet relationship - Wikipedia

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    An internet relationship is a relationship between people who have met online, and in many cases know each other only via the Internet. [ 1] Online relationships are similar in many ways to pen pal relationships. This relationship can be romantic, platonic, or even based on business affairs. An internet relationship (or online relationship) is ...

  5. Computer-mediated communication - Wikipedia

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    Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices. [1] While the term has traditionally referred to those communications that occur via computer-mediated formats (e.g., instant messaging, email, chat rooms, online forums, social network services), it has also been applied to other forms of text-based ...

  6. Self-disclosure - Wikipedia

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    Self-disclosure is a process of communication by which one person reveals information about themselves to another. The information can be descriptive or evaluative, and can include thoughts, feelings, aspirations, goals, failures, successes, fears, and dreams, as well as one's likes, dislikes, and favorites. [1]

  7. Online identity - Wikipedia

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    Online identity. Internet identity ( IID ), also online identity, online personality, online persona or internet persona, is a social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites. It may also be an actively constructed presentation of oneself. Although some people choose to use their real names online, some ...

  8. Arguments for and against drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Hemp has a large list of potential industrial uses including textiles, paper, rope, fuel, construction materials, and biocomposites (for use in cars for example). Hemp has some drawbacks, however, one being that the long fibers in hemp are only a part of the outer bast, and this has contributed to hemp having only modest commercial success in ...

  9. Feeling - Wikipedia

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    According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience "; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations, thoughts, or images evoking them". [ 1] The term feeling is closely related to, but not the same as, emotion. Feeling may for instance refer to the conscious ...