Hacker Speak (Society/Subcultures/Cyberculture/Hacker_Speak)




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Leet   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
Wikipedia encyclopedia article about Leetspeak.



English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator   http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aolertranslator.html
An online form translating English to 3NGLISH.



Transl8it   http://www.transl8it.com/
Translates text messages to and from chat lingo.



Leet Speak Generator   http://www.ryanross.net/leet/
Software for converting English to hackerspeak.



A Parent's Primer to Computer Slang   http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
Microsoft's guide to online slang.



An Explanation of l33t Speak   http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A787917
BBC presents an introduction to the history and vocabulary of l33t speak.



The Message? Your Children Sure Get It   http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/nyregion/25NJ.html
NY Times report on Instant messaging grammar and its cultural impact.



Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers   http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/19/technology/circuits/19MESS.html
NY Times article on teachers' experiences with messaging shorthand.



The Straight Dope: What the Heck is "Leetspeek?"   http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030110.html
Cecil Adams column on leet vernacular.



NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary   http://www.netlingo.com/inframes.cfm
A dictionary and glossary for the language of the Internet acronyms.



Elite   http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/E/elite.html
Entry in The New Hacker's Dictionary explaining the origins of the hacker culture language.



Turkey Manor Design: l33t w33k   http://www.planetquake.com/turkey/l33t.htm
How to speak like a cyber freak and a l33t translator.

Related categories


Computers
Constructed Constructed Languages (ConLangs) are languages which do not belong to a specific nation or ethnic group, but rather are the creation, and thus, sole property of the ConLang enthusiast who conceived

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Events
Memes
Net Legends Intended to catalog the exploits of remarkable online personalities ... movers, shakers, cabals (there is no cabal), nattering nutballs, kooks and crazies. Prolific spammers,
Studies and Academe
Web Fights The "first internet sport." You enroll your site and then visit other sites and sign guest books, write cheers for your team, and talk to your friends to get them to vote for your site.
Weblogs Weblogs focused on, or discussing issues related to, cyberculture.


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