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</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-<glossentry id="emoticon">
- <glossterm>Emoticon</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Also called "smileys," emoticons are the little sideways faces made
- of colons and parentheses which people use to convey emotion in email.
- Examples: :-) or ;( .
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
<glossentry id="evolution">
<glossterm>Evolution</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -166,17 +155,6 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="haiku">
- <glossterm>Haiku</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A traditional Japanese form of poetry. The poems are three lines
- long, with first and last lines having five syllables, and the
- second line seven syllables.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
<glossentry id="html">
<glossterm>HTML</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -281,15 +259,6 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="nickname">
- <glossterm>Nickname</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An alias for an e-mail address.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
<glossentry id="pop">
<glossterm>POP</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -404,19 +373,6 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="spam">
- <glossterm>Spam</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Useless, unsolicited e-mail. Spam normally comes in forms of
- chain letters and advertisements for unscrupulous or clueless
- companies. Messages that are merely useless are called "opt-in
- newsletters."
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
<glossentry id="tooltip">
<glossterm>Tool-Tip</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -428,17 +384,15 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-
-
-
<glossentry id="virus">
<glossterm>Virus</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- A malicious program which inserts itself into others so that it will be
- executed, allowing it to spread to still more programs and other computers.
- A virus can cause substantial damage by clogging networks or disk drives,
- deleting files, or opening security holes.
+ A program which inserts itself into other files or programs and
+ which, when executed, spreads to more programs and other
+ computers. A virus can cause substantial damage by clogging
+ networks or disk drives, deleting files, or opening security
+ holes.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>