The Netscape Tutorial is a good place to start learning about navigating the Internet. More definitions than you would ever want can be found in the Glossary of Internet Terms . The Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics from the Computer Ethics Institute Netiquitte Dos and don'ts for posting to Newsgroups. Another dos and don'ts is 101 Ways to be Obnoxious on Usenet . Emoticons Put pragmatics into your messages with emoticons, print cues as to your intended communication.
Abbreviations save time, space, and are essential to the nontypist.
A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms .