Computers

Computer and electronic media terms

blog
CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory)
CMS (content management system)
CSS (cascading style sheet)
chat room
database
desktop publishing (DTP)
dot-com
download
email (singular and plural)
e-zine
Facebook
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
friend , unfriend (verbs)
gigabyte
Google
google (verb)
homepage
HTML (hypertext markup language)
iTunes
iTunes U
Internet
IP address (Internet Protocol numerical label identifying a networked device such as computer or printer)
keyboard
laptop (computer)
log-in (adj. and noun); log in (verb), code for logging in. Don’t use signon, sign-in, etc.
megabyte (MB)
mouse (plural: mice or mouses)
microblog
multicast
MySFU
online
podcast
PDF (portable document format)
profile page
RSS (really simple syndication)
RT (retweet)
SFU Connect (email client)
screen-saver
social media
status update
streaming
terabyte (TB)
Twitter (verbs: tweet, retweet)
upload
URL (uniform resource locator, i.e., individual web address)
Username
wall posting
web
webcast
webpage
website
wiki
World Wide Web (the web)

Include the “www” when referencing SFU’s web address. Older browsers will not recognize the address without it.
Before deciding whether or not to include “http://”, “https://” and/or “www.” in web addresses, test the URLs to make sure they work without these prefixes.
If possible, omit the “http://” or “https://” from web addresses that include the www.
Do not underline or italicize email or web addresses.
When a web address comes at the end of a sentence, finish it with a period. If it is online, make sure the period is not part of the hyperlink, i.e, the period is outside of the closing </a> tag.
URLs should be lowercase if they are not case sensitive.

Keep email or web address URL hyperlinks in one piece. Don't insert hyphens to reflect a line break, as the link will not work.
Write the shortest URL address possible that will still work when you type it in a web browser.
Shorten long URLs using a URL shortener such as at.sfu.ca, get.sfu.ca, i.sfu.ca and owl.ly, especially for social media such as Twitter that severely limit characters per message.
Do not use phrases such as "click here" to indicate a hyperlink. The text should make sense without the hyperlinks.
Do not include "http://" in web addresses unless the address does not begin with "www", in which case you may need to include "http://".
Always test your links to make sure they work before including them in a document.