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avatars  

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  • An avatar is an online representation of a human user. The term is derived from a Sanskrit word for the physical incarnation of a Hindu god, first used to describe the digital version of a human user by the designers of Lucasfilm's Habitat, an early virtual world from the 1980s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics; Avatars]

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