netiquette

See also: nétiquette

English

Etymology

Blend of Net +‎ etiquette

Noun

netiquette (countable and uncountable, plural netiquettes)

1. (Internet) Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.

   Top-posting and spamming are considered poor netiquette on a newsgroup.

   • 1990 November 5, Dave Jones, “netiquette suggestion”, in news.misc‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <14434@goofy.megatest.UUCP>:

     I would like to propose a netiquette rule, but I don't know where to post it.

   • [1992 December 1, William Grimes, “Computer as a Cultural Tool: Chatter Mounts on Every Topic”, in The New York Times, page C13:

     Manners count. On Usenet, the term is netiquette, and in the soap-opera group that Ms. Baym studied, it resembles professional courtesy.]

   • 2010 May 5, June Casagrande, “A Word, Please”, in Burbank Leader:

     I have bad netiquette. Every week this column ends with information on how to write to me. And, every six to 12 weeks, I get around to checking my e-mail.

Hyponyms

• chatiquette
• reddiquette
• wikiquette

Translations

appropriate conduct online

• Dutch: nettiquette (nl) m or f, netetiquette m or f
• Finnish: netiketti (fi)
• French: nétiquette (fr) f
• Hungarian: netikett (hu)
• Marathi: नेटिकेट n (neṭikeṭ)
• Portuguese: netiqueta f
• Russian: нетике́т (ru) m (netikét)
• Thai: (dated) มารยาทเครือข่าย

See also

• netcop