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A typographical error, or typo, is a mistake made during the typing process. The term includes errors due to mechanical failure or slips of the hand or finger, but excludes errors of ignorance. Generally, errors of several characters may be accepted as typos, but gross misspellings and misuse of punctuations are not accepted. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
Fat-finger is a term, generally used as a verb, in computer lingo which implies the unintentional inclusion of a keystroke. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 174 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A typo in a newspaper heading. ...
In the United Kingdom an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) is a civil order made against a person, as a result of persistent anti-social behaviour. ...
A headline is text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article below it. ...
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However, it is common to find the word typo used as a euphemism to describe instances of poor spelling, punctuation or grammar, such as subconsciously typing a homophone. Typographical errors typically manifest in the form of an additional or missing character, or the switching of two characters. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Marking typos When documenting typos, people will often include the phrase 'sic' to indicate that an error was in the original quoted source and there was not a transcription error. The use of an asterisk, or several asterisks, before or after a word in instant messaging programs is commonly used to show that the word it followed (or preceded) was a correction of a previous typographical error. For example: This article refers to the typographical symbol. ...
A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface Instant messaging or IM is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ...
Person A: That movie I watched today was so aweome!
Person A: Awesome***
Person B: Yeah, it was!
 "lick the browse button," a typo for "click the browse button." Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Unintentional errors The most common form of typos are unintentional. Some are very minor, like those found on forums and social websites, while others can cause uproars because they are found in some type of mass media, such as misprints in the Bible. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Throughout history, printers errors and peculiar translations have appeared in Bibles published throughout the world. ...
Common unintentional errors in typing or keyboarding include...
- Misspelling - "britney spears" —> "brittany spears"
- Transposition - "britney spears" —> "britneys pears"
- Omission - "britney spears" —> "britny spears"
- Double Strike - "britney spears" —> "brittney spears"
- Wrong Key - "britney spears" —> "brotney spears"[1]
- One hand in the wrong place - "britney spears" -> "btiynry dprstd"
Intentional errors The emergence of Usenet and the World Wide Web as popular forms of mass communication brought many people who are not skilled typists but have a lot to say. Typos and misspellings are therefore common and some have found certain notoriety as in-jokes among Internet groups and subcultures. This use is intentional, so by definition they should no longer be accepted as legitimate typos. Some popular examples follow. Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ...
WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (or the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. ...
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An in joke is a joke whose humour is clear only to those people who are in a group that has some prior knowledge (not known by the whole population) that makes the joke humorous. ...
“taht si teh bset thign evar!!!!1111oneoneone” Users who are careless about their fast, emotional postings to Web forums have sometimes brought on ridicule with similar "errors" by others in follow-up or stereotypical postings. The ridicule is not usually directed solely at the original poster's typing ability, but also their impatience and carelessness to contribute a meaningful posting. This has included: A typical Internet forum discussion, with common elements such as emoticons. ...
- The misspelling of the as teh, combined with bad grammar and similar misspellings
- The excited act of typing a consistent series of exclamation marks, with the failure to properly hold down the Shift key (resulting in a string of characters like "!!!11"). This typo is the result of releasing the Shift key while the 1 key (Shift+1 produces "!" on a QWERTY keyboard) is still pressed down. Such ridicule is usually exaggerated by the replacement of "1" characters with literal "one"'s in a similar string; e.g.: "OMG that is sooo interesting!!!1!one!"
- Use of SMS language and Internet slang
Despite syntactical similarities, this form of intentional mistyping is not directly related to leetspeak. The intentional replacement of choice characters in leetspeak usually has the intention of obfuscation rather than ridicule. This form of mis-typing is most directly related to the fictional character (pseudo) B1FF from the early days of Usenet. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
an exclamation mark An exclamation mark, exclamation point or bang, !, is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feeling. ...
The shift key on a modern Windows keyboard The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. ...
The QWERTY keyboard layout used by Windows in the US QWERTY (pronounced ) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English-language computer and typewriter keyboards. ...
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An example of a Leet web browser (Text instead of GUI) in Leet language on a Leet language version of Google Leet (often also leetspeak, leetspeek, or l33t) from the phonetic form of the word elite, is a cipher, or novel form of English spelling. ...
Obfuscation refers to the concept of concealing the meaning of communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret. ...
B1FF or BIFF was the most famous pseudonym and the prototypical newbie on Usenet. ...
“pwned” A well-known term in the Internet gaming sub-culture is pwned. A popular theory of its etymology is that the proximity of the O and P keys on a QWERTY keyboard caused the accidental typing — and subsequent publishing — of pwned instead of owned (a declaration of domination over an opponent) in a popular multi-player video game. “Computer Games†redirects here. ...
The slang term Pwn (see pronunciation note below), used primarily in the Internet gaming culture, means to soundly defeat an opponent. ...
“Studnet” A common internet typo for student. Netizens who use the word, whether intentionally or not, may receive humorous replies referencing a fictitious network of studs, of which a "Studnet ID" is highly regarded.[citation needed] The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stÅdÄ“rÄ•, meaning to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ...
A Netizen (a portmanteau of Internet and citizen) [also known as a cybercitizen] is a person actively involved in online communities. ...
“The Grauniad” For a case outside the sphere of the Internet, the British newspaper The Guardian is sometimes referred to as The Grauniad for its alleged frequent typesetting errors in the era before computer typesetting, from a joke claiming that the paper misspelled its own name thusly in the masthead.[citation needed] The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...
Typos in online auctions Since the emergence and popularization of online auction sites, misspelled auction searches have quickly become a gold mine for deal hunters. The concept on which these searches are based is that if an individual posts an auction and misspells its description and/or title, regular searches will not find this auction. However, a search which includes misspelled alterations of the original search term in such a way as to create misspellings, transpositions, omissions, double strike and wrong key errors would find most misspelled auctions. The resulting effect is that there are far fewer bids than there would be under normal circumstances allowing for the searcher to obtain the item for less.
References 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...
May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ...
See also Look up erratum, corrigendum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Throughout history, printers errors and peculiar translations have appeared in Bibles published throughout the world. ...
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Jeff K. is one of several fictitious update writers for the popular humor website Something Awful. ...
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A Deliberate misspelling is a word that is purposely spelled incorrectly. ...
A typo fairy graphic, an example of a typographical personification. ...
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An example of a Leet web browser (Text instead of GUI) in Leet language on a Leet language version of Google Leet (often also leetspeak, leetspeek, or l33t) from the phonetic form of the word elite, is a cipher, or novel form of English spelling. ...
Fat-finger is a term, generally used as a verb, in computer lingo which implies the unintentional inclusion of a keystroke. ...
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