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Unit 5 Part I A. October 1969 first email message March 1972 addresses February 1976 Head of state Fall 1976 Jimmy Carter September 1983 Higher education accounts December 1998 B. as I see it opinion if I抦 wrong as a matter of fact believe it or not Information own business standard for now be seein?you Tape script: One feature of the information superhighway is that the traffic travels fast, and techies use their own special shorthand to keep messages zooming along. Today we抣l help you decode tech talk by answering some not so frequently asked questions about abbreviations on the Internet. What does it mean when a message includes the letters AISI or IMHO? AISI stands for 揳s I see it?and IMHO is shorthand for 搃n my humble opinion.? Some modest folks will also add FWIW before sharing their opinion, which stands for ?for what it抯 worth.?Others express their disapproval with the letters CMIIW. That is, 揷orrect me if I抦 wrong.? The list of commonly abbreviated phrases on the Net is nearly endless. As a matter of fact, AAMOF stands for 揳s a matter of fact,?and 揵elieve it or not?gets posted as BION. Are there any pre-Information-Age abbreviations still making the rounds in this high-tech era? You bet. The old standbys FYI, MYOB and SOP which stands for 揻or your information,?搈ind your own business,?and 搒tandard operating procedure?are still frequently used today even in email. Since time is getting short, has the Net given us truly short and clear ways to say good-bye? Try TAFN (that抯 all for now), and BCNU (be seein?you). C Tim Berners-Lee in the 1980s in the 1990 on to the Internet 10/100,00 e-commerce people with imagination and new ideas Tape script: Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software program that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. /Who? In the 1980s scientists were already communicating using a primitive version of email. / When? In 1990