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Ourworldisfullofsignsandsymbols.Mostofthetimewedon’treallyneedtothinkaboutthem.Goodexamplesofthese“invisible”symbolsaretheonesusedfor“Play”“FastForward”and“Rewind”.WefindthemoneverythingfromoldtapeplayerstoDVDplayersremotecontrolsandcomputerkeyboards.Theyaresofamiliarthatwedon’treallyneedtopayattentiontothemanymore.Wecertainlyneverthinkaboutwhofirstdesignedthemorwhen.
Amorerecentbutincreasinglyfamiliarkindofsymbolisthe“emoticon”sometimescalledthe“smiley”.Youmightnotbefamiliarwiththenamesbutyou’vecertainlyseenthemmanytimes.Hereforexampleistheemoticonforhappy::-)Thisistheoneforsad::-(“Emoticon”isacombinationoftwowords“emotion”and“icon”.Aniconwasoriginallyareligiouspicturebuthasnowmorecommonlycometomeanasymbolusedonthecomputer.Emoticonsareusedtoshowfeelingsthatareoftendifficulttoexpresswhenwritinganemailorsendingatextmessage.
ModernemoticonsarethoughttohavebeeninventedbyacomputerscientistcalledScottFahlmanin1982.Hegotsotiredofpeoplethinkingthathewasseriouswhenhewasjokingthathesuggestedmarkingalljokeslikethis::-).Theideatookoff rapidlyandastheInternetbecamemorepopularsodidemoticons.Theoriginaltwoorthreehavenowbecomehundredscollectedin“dictionaries”oronwebsites.Andalthoughmostemoticonsstilltrytoimitateanexpressionofthehumanfacesomelike/o(amanscratchingheadmeaningconfusion)oro/(amanwavinggoodbye)showanaction.
101.WhydoestheauthorrefertothesymbolsonDVDplayersas“invisible”?(Nomorethan16words)
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102.Explaintheunderlinedphrase“tookoff”inEnglish.(Nomorethan5words)
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103.WhatmadeScottFahlmaninventthefirstemoticon?(Nomorethan10words)
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104.Accordingtotheauthorhowdoemoticonsshowfeelings?(Nomorethan15words)
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