What is a subject? Concept and use

Nowadays, with the development of network technologies, there is also a slang. This is a normal phenomenon, because professionals need to somehow communicate with each other. Slang was called a 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 abbreviations or abbreviation. In this article, we will consider what a subject is? To begin with, we will analyze the etymology of this concept, which takes a worthy place in network slang.

Origin of the word

The term "subject", which means literally "theme", originates from the English subject. In fact, this word has many meanings. This and the "subject", and "theme", and "plot." There are many options. More than a dozen. The English version is also shortened and written like so - subj. There are various variants of utterance, besides the classical "subject". For example, "subj" or "subzh". But these two options are for the most part, let's say, cynical and mocking character and are not used so often.

The roots of the term "subject" go back to the 90s of the last century.

Fido

At that time the international amateur network "Fidonet" (English FidoNet) was popular . Or just simply "Fido". "Well, well, what does" sub "in this network mean?" The meticulous reader will ask.

The "Fido" network is (in the first approximation) a certain analogue of the forums. The structure of the letter is as follows:

• Name and address of the sender;
• The name (sometimes the address) of the recipient;
• The subject of the letter (in English - subject, subj - that's the very "subject");
• Technical information (date, char, ie character set, and so on);
• The body of the letter;
• signature;
• Various technical service information.

The most popular in the "Fido" email editor GoldEd (on network slang "golded" or "naked grandfather") of the most famous English 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: [!] - disconnected forever

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As you can see, the last line contains the subject of the letter. As a result of the transcription of the word Subj, "sabzh" appeared. And it became very popular. Means, that such "a 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 network of "Fido" practically "died", although as of 2012 it had 3,676 nodes (so-called nodes).

Now the term in question can be found practically on the whole Internet, and in real life. What? "The subject" is used in real life? Yes. Unfortunately, or fortunately - it's hard to say. But if you listen to people who are constantly "living" on the Internet, or computer scientists, you can sort out the word "subject" and other elements of network slang. True, it is unlikely that an ordinary person will be able to connect what he heard in a normal text. That's what concerns the real life, as the networkers again say - IRL (in RuNet it is often pronounced as "i-re-el"), that is, in life, in real, so to speak, life. Sometimes transliteration is used - IRL, or a mixed notation "in RL".

In the network of subject can be found everywhere. On mail servers, however, now they write in Russian: "Theme (letters)." He also meets on 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. Well and at last, in usual correspondence on "ICQ", "Skype" and in other programs and services of instant messaging. Especially often found among avid Internet users or users who, due to age characteristics, go to look very "cool". The latter often, what is a subject, represent vaguely and often use this word where necessary and where not worth it.

Forums

We will consider one more issue in more detail. What is a subject on the forum? First, we give a definition. So, the forum is the most common type of joint network resource, suggesting communication between its participants in the form of online discussion.

There are a lot of them on the Internet. The term "subject" in Russian-speaking forums is practically not used, except for its presence in the body of the message. In this case, it is used by networkers or those who consider themselves so.

Instead of "sabzh" use the name "topic", "forum" or "subforum". Sometimes - "topic".

On English-speaking resources too, the subject (s) is used instead of subject (s). And also thread, that is, "thread", "thread". Often use the notation subforums and forums. Thus, the word "subject" is practically ousted from circulation on the forums in the notation of topics. Often, the title of the topic is simply missing, as it can be seen from such a line, for example, Forum -> Community self help -> Installation issues. It is clear that the problematic issues of the installation are discussed. That is the same interest "sabzh."

Thus, we found out in the article what the "subject" is, the origin of this term and its use.