| avatar In
online chat, your handle used to be the thing that distinguished you from
everyone else. But as 3D chat worlds proliferate, the avatars are taking
over. An avatar is a graphical representation that you select to stand in
for you; it can look like a person, an object, or an animal. Since an
avatar may look nothing like you (unless you happen to resemble a blue
fish), you should choose one that fairly represents the way you'd like to
be seen by the people you're chatting with. |