Control + Alt + Delete A Dictionary of Cyberslang

"Not since Dr. Johnson explained the English language to the people of his time has there been a lexicon so witty, deep and indispensable. For any citizen of either the analog or digital space who wishes to live in this century instead of the last, this is required reading." --Stanley Bing, author and columnist for Fortune magazine Bug--A minor glitch in computer software or hardware that often results in major problems for the user or owner. According to legend, the first bug to cause system malfunction was a moth caught in one of the relays of a Mark II computer at Harvard shortly after World War II. Podcast--Audio or video programming automatically downloaded from the Internet onto a portable MP3 player, such as the Apple iPod, for listening or viewing on the go. Thumbing--A method of texting on a portable device, such as a cell phone, by typing with one or both thumbs. Frazzing--Frenzied multitasking, as occurs when the combined output of cell phone, PDA, and laptop overwhelms the processing power of the human brain. Web--The abbreviated name of the World Wide Web, also often shortened to www. In Chinese, the Web is called the wan wei wang, meaning "ten thousand-dimensional net," a rare understatement for a technology prone to phenomenal hype. Along with a new vocabulary comes the mortifying fear of being out of the loop. Control + Alt + Delete is a reference book that will inform and entertain you while decoding the fast-changing language of high-tech culture. From bit to blog to broadband, Control + Alt + Delete covers all the most popular tech terms to keep you in the know and to keep you from sounding like a "newbie." Jonathon Keats pens the Jargon Watch column for Wired magazi≠ has written for the Washington Post, Popular Science, and salon.com; and is the author of two novels. He lives in San Francisco.Keats, Jonathon is the author of 'Control + Alt + Delete A Dictionary of Cyberslang', published 2007 under ISBN 9781599210391 and ISBN 1599210398.