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Emoticon

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000383

A typographic display of a facial expression, often used in digital communication to convey emotion or tone. These symbols are created using keyboard characters, such as a colon followed by a parenthesis to represent a smiling face. Emoticons predate emojis, which are graphical representations of similar expressions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000383
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000383",
  "term": "Emoticon",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A typographic display of a facial expression, often used in digital communication to convey emotion or tone. These symbols are created using keyboard characters, such as a colon followed by a parenthesis to represent a smiling face. Emoticons predate emojis, which are graphical representations of similar expressions.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/emoticon/"
}

Record 422 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.