(contraction of emotion + icon) A combination of punctuation marks, and sometimes other characters, first used in email and intended to convey the mood of the writer; emoticons are also called smileys, regardless of mood. Standard keyboard characters are used to make faces sideways on the line (see table)
Emoticon. Examples of some emoticons
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A series of typed characters usually used in email messages or postings to a social media forum which indicates some mood or state that is normally conveyed in a face-to-face conversation but which cannot be conveyed in an email. For example, the emoticon: D means that the writer is laughing. Sometimes emojis are described as emoji emoticons.
- tracking
- Tracking and Data-Relay Satellite
- tracking cookie
- tracking generator
- tracking station
- tracking system
- tracking, telemetry, and control
- traction carpet
- traction control system
- traction load
- tractor
- tractrix
- tradable emission permit
- tradables
- trade
- trade association
- trade barriers
- trade bill
- trade bloc
- trade creation
- trade credit
- trade cycle
- trade deficit
- trade diversion
- trade gap