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My first encounter with avatars occurred several years back when my relatives paid a visit and the kids and I played computer bowling. I was instructed to create an avatar in order to play the game and have it keep track of my score. I thought it was a bit silly, but I went ahead and built my avatar - with purple hair, weird eyes, and other such features. That was the last time I paid serious attention to avatars (except for the movie) until recently when I signed up for an online programming course. The instructor wanted to be able to recognize each student easily on the course discussion board and asked us to post an avatar on Gravatar. Try saying that six times fast - an avatar on gravatar, an avatar on gravatar. : )
An avatar is a representation of you or your business. They are similar to the favicons we discussed previously, only larger, and are used on blogging and social media websites to distinguish between users.
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