On the occasion of the WWW Internet World Congress held in the French city of Lion between April 16 and 20, Fundeu (Foundation for urgent Spanish) has selected a list offoreignerswidely used in this area that have alternatives in Spanish, as well as some terms that raise doubts regarding their writing. They are as follows:
1. Cloud computing, in Spanish, is calledcloud computing.
2. To click, click, clickare three suitable ways to indicate the pressure or blow that is made with the computer mouse, instead of the English voiceclick.
3. Social mediais the recommended equivalent in Spanish to the English expressionsocial media.
4. AnonymizeIt is a correctly formed verb to refer to the action of hiding an identity or erasing traces.
5.The prefixcyber-it is written together with the word it accompanies:cyber attack, cyber trade, etc. (and not hyphenated)
6. SOPA, acronym forStop Online Piracy Act, it is written with capital letters and without periods.
7. The termblog It is valid in Spanish. In addition, derivatives such asblogger(person who writes in a blog),blogging(to blog) orblogosphere(term that refers to all the blogs) that come, in turn, from adaptations used in English:blogger, blogging Yblogosphere.
8. Link It has a Spanish translation:link.
9. The plural ofweb it iswebs
10. Usability, which in design and programming is a quality attribute that evaluates the ease of use of the webs, is an adequate and well-formed term in Spanish.
It is also convenient to use the expressionbackupinstead ofbackup. And in the face of anglicisme-government, the correct ways in Spanish to refer to the interaction between a Government and its citizens through the Internet areelectronic governmentOelectronic administration. Ycyber bullyingis better thanciberbullying.
