Internet Experience
Noun
banning or deleting materials considered offensive or a threat to security
After the U.S. accused China of engaging in cyberspace censorship, the Chinese have found a phrase intended as verbal retaliation: information imperialism.
Noun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Plummeting sales of DVD and Blu-ray movies have caused consternation in Hollywood, as more and more consumers favor streaming content online.
Verb
outsource work by asking for help from the general public on the internet
Japanese citizens, concerned over radiation leaked from the Fukushima nuclear power station, have crowdsourced radiation measurements and uploaded them to a website. Experts are worried about spurious readings.
Noun
using the Internet to harass or intimidate someone else
The Philippine National Police urges users of social networking sites to “hide” themselves online and be protected not only from cyber bullying but from criminals as well.
Verb
convert data for use in a computer
Biblical and antiquities scholars will soon have a new resource at their fingertips, as Oxford University's Bodleian Libraries and the Vatican Library launch a plan to digitize millions of pages of rare ancient texts.
Noun
cultural item spread through the internet
The Internet Cat Video Film Festival was, from its inception to its closing credits, an online meme made flesh (and fur).
Adjective
becoming very popular by circulating quickly from person to person
Facebook is campaigning to boost organ donations by prompting people to post their organ donor status, and to direct friends and family to official registries. They hope that the social media technique will go viral.
Adjective
carried out, accessed, or stored by means of a computer, especially over a network
The online store ThinkGeek, the virtual geek one-stop-shop, annually comes out with an April Fool's Day page to test some of their most zany products without the regular marketing mumbo jumbo.