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Bella28 | 19:11 Sun 30th Jun 2013 | ChatterBank
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Can anyone explain why a picture on your profile is called an avatar. Where does this word come from? Thanks
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avatar is a movable icon representing a person in cyberspace or virtual reality
19:13 Sun 30th Jun 2013
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Thank you sam1960
19:17 Sun 30th Jun 2013
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you're welcome
19:18 Sun 30th Jun 2013
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A Hindi word, apparently
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(computing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar
19:20 Sun 30th Jun 2013
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I did always like the adoption by computer geeks (of which I am a lesser form) of a word meaning the presence of a god on earth to indicate their online presence!
19:23 Sun 30th Jun 2013
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therefore, shouldn't this be in R&S perhaps.......
19:27 Sun 30th Jun 2013
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Thank you frank97 fitzer & dtcwordfan
19:30 Sun 30th Jun 2013

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