This list is the culmination of one of Ron's lifetime ambitions. His obsession with the word lists began in school, where he participated in 60 words for the '60's, but, alas, dropped out. He created the group that produced 70 words for the '70's, although he was babbling incoherently when it was finally released (in 1983). In the '80's he was too busy making money on junk bonds to worry about lists. And, of course, too busy spending it all on tech stocks in the '90's. Perhaps this millennial list will cure his fixation. We hope not.
Every geek knows that the 21st century started this year, 2001, not last year. In celebration of this, we have our own list of new words to replace the ones used at the end of the last century. And here they are!
2000 2001
1. 3G.....................................….See 2002*
2. AOL.................................…...AOLTW
3. B2B ASP.........................…..Web Services
4. Bluetooth........................…..See 2002*
5. Burn Rate.......................…..Runway
6. Community.....................….Slashdot.org
7. Home Networking.........….Wireless Home Networking
.8. Internet Porn................…..Internet Gambling
9. IPO...................................…Cram Down
10. Microsoft......................….Microsoft
11. New Economy.................Any Economy
12. New Media.......................F**cked Company.com
13. Quake...............................Wireless Arena Games
14. Silicon Valley...................Peace Corps
15. Spam................................Location Based Services
16. Startup.com.....................Anythingbut.com
17. Streaming Video..............Wireless Video on Demand
18. Venture Financing.......….Liquidation Clause
19. WAP..............................….J2ME
20. Web Site........................…Wireless Virtual Agent
21. Wired.............................….Wireless, but not quite yet
I know there are lots of more new words, and you know what they are! Send me your wireless words for the 21st century and we'll post them right here in Wireless Business & Technology. Send them to rdennis@sys-con.com.
*This term is no longer in use, there is no equivalent term, but there should be one next year.