netiquette en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnɛt.ɪˌkɛt/
- /ˈnɛt.ɪ.kɪt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Blend of Net + etiquette.
Meanings
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(Internet, countable, uncountable) Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.
Top-posting and spamming are considered poor netiquette on a newsgroup.
I would like to propose a netiquette rule, but I don't know where to post it.
1990 November 5, Dave Jones, “netiquette suggestion”, in news.misc (Usenet), message-ID <14434@goofy.megatest.UUCP>:Manners count. On Usenet, the term is netiquette, and in the soap-opera group that Ms. Baym studied, it resembles professional courtesy.
[1992 December 1, William Grimes, “Computer as a Cultural Tool: Chatter Mounts on Every Topic”, in The New York Times, page C13:I have bad netiquette. Every week this column ends with information on how to write to me. And, every six to 12 weeks, I get around to checking my e-mail.
2010 May 5, June Casagrande, “A Word, Please”, in Burbank Leader:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netiquette | alternative | lexicographic | |
| netiquettes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
chatiquette · reddiquette · Usenetiquette · wikiquette
Relateds
Translations (16)
ko 네티켓 (appropriate conduct online) · de Netiquette (appropriate conduct online) · ru нетике́т (appropriate conduct online) · bg нетикет (appropriate conduct online) · nl netetiquette (appropriate conduct online) · pl netykieta (appropriate conduct online) · hu netikett (appropriate conduct online) · sv netikett (appropriate conduct online) · pt netiqueta (appropriate conduct online) · sv nätvett (appropriate conduct online) · nl nettiquette (appropriate conduct online) · es netiqueta (appropriate conduct online) · fr nétiquette (appropriate conduct online) · th มารยาทเครือข่าย (appropriate conduct online) · mr नेटिकेट (appropriate conduct online) · fi netiketti (appropriate conduct online)