Nowadays, with the development of network technologies, its own slang has also appeared. This is normal, because professionals need to somehow communicate with each other. Slang was called the network. Most of the words in it are of English origin. And this is understandable, since most of the terms and everyday words come from this language: “computer”, “modem”, “flash drive”, “hard”, etc. Often this is either an abbreviation or an abbreviation. In this article, we consider what a subject is? To begin with, we will analyze the etymology of this concept, which occupies a worthy place in network slang.
Origin of the word
The term "subject", which literally means "theme", originates from the English subject. In fact, this word has many meanings. This is a “subject”, and a “theme”, and a “plot”. There are many options. More than a dozen. The English version is also shortened and written like this - subj. There are various pronunciation options besides the classic "subject". For example, “subj” or “subzh”. But these two options are mostly, let's say, cynical-mocking in nature and are not used so often.
The roots of the term “subject” date back to the 90s of the last century.
Fido
At that time, the international amateur network Fidonet was popular . Or, in short, just Fido. "Well, well, what does" subject "mean on this network?" - the meticulous reader will ask.
Network "Fido" is (in a first approximation) a kind of analogue of the forums. The structure of the letter in it is as follows:
- name and address of the sender;
- name (sometimes address) of the recipient;
- subject of the letter (in English - subject, subj - this is the same “subject”);
- technical information (date, char, i.e. a set of characters, and so on);
- body of the letter;
- signature;
- various technical service information.
The most popular email editor in Fido GoldEd (on the network slang “gold” or “naked grandfather”) of the most famous English-language version showed the title of the letter in the form:
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From: Vasisualy Lokhankin 2: 1454 / 667.91
To: Moderator
Subj: Re: [!] - disabled forever
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As you can see, the last line shows the subject of the letter. As a result of the transcription of the word Subj, the subject appeared. And it has become very popular. So, what is the "subject", more or less understood. Now find out where this word is used.
Application of the term
Naturally, with the development of Internet technologies, the Fido network has practically "died", although as of 2012 it had 3676 nodes (the so-called nodes).
Now the term in question can be found practically throughout the Internet, as well as in real life. What? Is the subject used in real life? Yes. Unfortunately or fortunately, it's hard to say. But if you listen to the speech of people who constantly "live" on the Internet, or computer scientists, then you can parse the word "subject" and other elements of network slang. True, it is unlikely that an ordinary person will be able to link what he heard into a normal text. Here is what concerns real life, as networkers again say - IRL (in RuNet it is often pronounced “i-re-el”), that is, “inril life”, in real, so to speak, life. Sometimes transliteration is used - IRL, or the mixed designation "in RL".
In the network, the subject can be found everywhere. On mail servers, however, now they write in Russian: "Subject (letters)." It is also found on the forums. In this case, the term is applied to the topic under discussion, less often to any subject. For example, on such popular resources as BashOrg and Lukomorye. On the latter, especially, due to the specifics of this site. And finally, in the usual correspondence on "ICQ", "Skype" and in other programs and services of instant messaging. It is especially common among avid Internet users or users who, due to age-related characteristics, go to look very “cool”. The latter often what a subject is vaguely and often use this word where it is needed and where it does not stand.
Forums
We will consider one more question in more detail. What is a subject on the forum? First we give a definition. So, the forum is the most common type of shared network resource, involving communication between its participants in the form of an online discussion.
There are a lot of them on the Internet. The term "subject" is practically not used in Russian-language forums, except for its presence in the message body. In this case, it is used by networkers or those who consider themselves as such.
Instead of “sabzh” they use the name “theme”, “forum” or “subforum”. Sometimes it’s a topic.
On English-language resources, the word topic (s) is also used instead of subject (s). And also thread, that is, "thread", "thread". Often used the notation subforums and forums. Thus, the word "subject" is almost supplanted from circulation on the forums in the designation of topics. Often the topic name is simply missing, because it is already visible from such a line, for example, Forum -> Community self help -> Installation issues. It is understood that problematic installation issues are being discussed. That is the very interesting "subject".
Thus, we found out in the article what a subject is, the origin of this term and its use.