Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Troll
sometimes referred to as flame bait, a message posted to any number of public chat or bulletin board forums that is designed to prompt a large number of re-sponses. Often the message is a complete exaggeration, lie, or insult. One might be said to be .trolling. for a particular type of response.
