ASL: Age/Sex/Location. A common question on the Internet when one user wants to know more about another.

Facebook: A social networking Web site where users create profiles and include references to who their friends are and what school they attend.

Friend: A verb for social networking Web sites where two users link their profiles together to denote a friendship, but does not imply that the users know each other well.

Hacked: When an online account is used and changed by another person, but does not imply that a computer hacker was responsible.

Instant Messenger: A program that allows users to type messages or send files to each other over their computers.

IRL: In Real Life. Internet slang for something not on the Internet.

Keylogger: A hidden program parents can install that records in a log all keystrokes made on a computer.

Login name: A code name combined with a password that allows users to access an Internet account.

MySpace: A social networking Web site where users create profiles and include references to who their friends are.

MMORPG: A Massive Multi Player Online Role Playing Game is a type of video game where hundreds of players interact in a virtual world. Often associated with players who spend an obscene amount of time playing.

Offline: Not on the Internet.

Online: On the Internet.

Pwn: Internet slang pronounced “own” or “pawn,” is to triumph at the expense of someone else.

Screen name: A short nickname certain Internet programs users dub themselves to tell each other apart.

Ventrilo: A computer program that allows users to talk to one another with headsets. Often referred to as “vent.”

Wall: A section of a social networking profile where the users friends can type remarks about the person.

Xbox Live: A network where video game players compete or cooperate with each other. Most users have headsets to talk to one another.