FEATURES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SLANG USED BY IT-SPECIALISTS AND CYBER SECURITY SPECIALISTS

Abstract

This article discusses the computer slang of the English language, used both by various companies IT specialists and by other computer users who practice English as the international language of virtual communications. The study of this phenomenon is of undoubted interest, as well as, in our opinion, from a practical point of view, since the development of the information society in which we live is largely due to the dominance of the information sphere of human activity. A modern IT specialist must have a wide range of knowledge and skills, especially the online English, which is why the subject of our research is computer slang as an integral part of online English. We have considered the creation of online English slang from the point of view of both a user for whom English is a native language, and a user for whom English is not native, which led to a large number of abbreviations and shortenings in English online. We have analyzed 105 slang samples using the most frequently applied classification of V.N. Vinogradova on the basis of the formation of a slang term ̶ direct transliteration of the English word with preservation of the meaning, or phonetic and grammatical distortion of the English word, as well as the use of homonyms of the literary language, the use of abbreviated words, acronyms, idiomatic words and expressions, determined the frequency of the terms used according to the above mentioned classification of slang in the English online language. An analysis of the most frequently used slang words shows that slang significantly affects the speed of an IT specialist operation, which is extremely important for a quick response to emerging threats, for example, both in the IT sphere and in cybersecurity. In this regard, it should be noted that the novelty of the work is in the fact that in a modern information society a new type of social individual has been created and is developing, living on the basis of new information values. New technologies give rise to the need to train IT specialists who are fluent in Internet English, including its slang, acronyms and abbreviations that are currently used by the Internet community. After all, the mastering of slang not only increases the speed of a specialist's work, but also significantly affects the quality of his work.