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Record 1 2018-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
DEF

A keyword, a keyword string or a theme preceded by the pound or number sign and used to index and categorize content.

OBS

For example, hashtags gained prominence in Twitter as a way of associating tweets to topics.

OBS

hashtag: term used in the context of the Blueprint 2020 vision of the Government of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
DEF

Mot-clé, série de mots-clés ou thème précédé du croisillon ou du symbole numéro et servant à indexer et à classer du contenu.

OBS

mot-dièse : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 23 janvier 2013.

OBS

mot-clic; mot-dièse : termes utilisés dans le contexte de la vision pour Objectif 2020 du gouvernement du Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
DEF

Palabra, frase o grupo de caracteres alfanuméricos, [precedidos por el símbolo numeral] mediante los cuales se agrupan varios mensajes sobre un mismo tema.

OBS

[La etiqueta] se identifica fácilmente, ya que está compuesta por el símbolo # (hash) y un nombre o etiqueta (tag), por ejemplo: #escribireninternet.

OBS

Esta etiqueta es característica de la red social Twitter.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que es innecesario el empleo de la palabra inglesa "hashtag" y por ello se recomienda que, en su lugar, se emplee el término "etiqueta".

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Record 2 2013-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Creating a short, searchable companion hashtag allows people to find and share nuggets of information about your webinar.

Key term(s)
  • companion hash tag

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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