Netiquette is a term referring to good behavior while connected to the Internet. Netiquette is mainly referring to behavior while using Internet facilities such as individual Web sites, emails, newsgroups, message boards, chat rooms or Web communities. Some examples of netiquette are listed below,

• Not using someone else's name and pretending to be them.
• Not posting or distributing material that is deemed illegal.
• Not using abusive or threatening language.
• Not posting racist remarks regarding peoples sex, race or gender.
• Not spamming message boards or chat rooms with useless or repeated messages.
• Not trying to obtain or use someone else's password.
• Not trying to obtain personal information about someone.

Netiquette is a online behavior standard which is recognized by on Usenet, mailing lists and other public posting areas. Netiquette requires that people post constructive and relevant messages on places like Usenet newsgroups. Things such as posting messages on a different topic to the subject requested and commercial advertising is seen as bad Netiquette. Reading your messages for bad spelling and grammar is seen as good Netiquette.

Internet slang has also become a widespread phenomenon.

There are many phrases which are often used online, they include;

• lol - Laugh Out Loud
• ffs - For f***'s sake
  
• stfu - Shut The F*** Up
  
• lmao - Laughing My Ass Off
• afk - Away From Keyboard
  
• rofl - Roll On Floor Laughing
  
• omg - Oh My God
  
• brb - Be Right Back
• cu - See You
  
• imo - In My Opinion
  
• bbl - Be Back Later
  
• btw - By The Way
  
• g2g/gtg - Got To Go
• n00b - New User
  
• imho - In My Honest Opinion
  
• wtf - What The F***?