An emoticon (a blend of 'emotion' and 'icon') is a pictorial representation of a facial expression, hand gesture, or other nonverbal cue, often typed with punctuation marks and letters, used to convey emotion or tone in electronic text communication. Examples include :-) for a smile or :-( for sadness. They serve to enrich the emotional context of text- based messages where body language is absent. A Joystick is an input device. Emulation is the imitation of one system by another. CAPTCHA is a test to distinguish humans from bots.
In computer terminology, little text-based faces and objects that help give the reader a sense of the writer's feelings behind the text are known as
Asked in PPSC CS Prelims 2013 · Topic: Social Media, Communication, and Information Ethics (Principles of Information Ethics and Digital Morality)
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Answer: B. Emoticon
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