Internet Terminology Manual

**Internet Terminology Manual** is a book published by L33tsp33k Publishings in 2002 that details the internet terminology that is used in The Nameless Mod.

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Chapter 2: Discussion Boards
**Account, n.**
An account is a membership to the forums, which allows you certain privileges over unregistered guests. In some forums, it is not possible to participate without making an account first. Accounts are usually free, but access to some parts of the forums may require further privileges than those granted by a normal account.
[Scribbled in the margin] If you kill somebody in Forum City, you'll destroy their account. This means they have to start all over, which is sort of like being reincarnated. Most members (and especially the distinguished ones) would rather not have to start all over with a new account.
**Administrator, n.**
Often referred to as an admin. An individual with absolute authority over a given forum. Has the power to ban people from the boards, edit their accounts, manipulate posts in all possible ways and appoint moderators with similar, if somewhat less, authority. Often, the admin of a board also has FTP access to the server on which the boards are located.
**Avatar, n.**
*An avatar is the physical representation of a member of a board. The longer a member stays in the forums, the more impressive and powerful his avatar will become. A true veteran of a board is sometimes easily spotted on his awe-inspiring avatar, but often a veteran member will choose a slightly more discreet appearance to hide his true power.*"

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[Scribbled in the margin] And in Forum City, this means to banish someone from the city, sending them into a prison dimension (sort of an empty white void) where they must endure complete boredom until there is such a time when they may once again be permitted back into the city.
**Flame, v. flame, flaming, flames**
Slang for verbal attacks on another member of the board. If flaming is returned and more people join in, so-called "Flame wars" can break out, in which groups of people are fighting verbally and often with rather abusive language. On some boards, flaming is entirely forbidden. Others allow it. Some boards have a particular forum for members to flame each other, but these are often unsuccessful due to the very spontaneous and emotional nature of flame wars.
**Forum, n.**
A part of a discussion board in which users can interact by posting messages, which are organized into "threads" with different topics. Depending on the system on which the board is based, images, polls and text of different sizes and colour may also be included in the messages.
**Moderator, n.**
*Often referred to as a mod. An individual who has been appointed by the admin of a discussion board to hold certain authority over one or more of the board's forums. The authority of the moderators depends on the system on which the boards are based, and is in some cases determined by the admin. Most often, the moderators have the power to ban members of the board, and edit, close, move or delete topics from his or her forum.*"

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**Spam, v. spam, spamming, spams**
*Spamming is the act of posting the same message many times in rapid succession, or always posting very short messages often containing as little as one word. The purpose of spamming can be to increase one's post count to earn respect, or simply to get your point across. Repeated spamming is a bannable offense on many boards.*"