Etiquette Glossary

Browse 4 etiquette terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

4 Etiquette Terms

Camera Off
Describing a remote meeting participant whose video camera is disabled. In work culture, camera-off norms vary widely and can reflect comfort, fatigue,...
Netiquette
The informal rules of polite behavior for online communication, especially in earlier internet culture.
RTFM
Read The F***ing Manual — the universal, exasperated reply to a question that is clearly answered in the documentation. An enduring artifact of hacker...
TL;DR
Too Long; Didn't Read — used to preface a brief summary of a longer text, or as a dismissive response indicating that the preceding content was excessively...

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