- Geekonics by Emma Andrews
... English. The acronyms and buzzwords spoken by computer people (a whole lotta Geekonics in this Encyclopedia!). The term comes from "Ebonics" (English and Black slang). Same as "geekspeak" and "nerdspeak."
- Internet speak by Elizabeth Hicks
See digispeak and geekspeak.
- leetspeak by Kelsey Bishop
... leetspeak is not the same as "geekspeak," "nerdspeak" or "AOL speak," which are terms that refer to acronyms, such as IMHO for "in my humble opinion." In true leetspeak, each letter is substituted with the numeric digit that looks most like it, such as a "3" for "E" and a "4" for "A." However, creativity always abounds in the hacker community, which results in "d00d" ...
- nerdspeak by Zane Miles
Technical language. Same as "geekspeak." See Geekonics.
- ping by Derrick Brown
... object in the water. Ping is geekspeak for "call" or "get in touch." "Ping me at home" means "call me at home." It is also used to mean sending or transmitting a short burst of data; for example, "the GPS transmitter pings the satellite every few seconds."