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19th Hole - a term that jokingly refers to the clubhouse.

Albatross - three strokes under par.

Ball Hawking - looking for balls in out of bounds areas of the course.

Ball Mark - the "dent' that the ball makes, when hit onto the green.

Birdie - one stroke under par.

Bogey - one stroke over par.

Bunker - an area on a hole filled with sand, also known as a sand-trap.

Chunk - taking a large piece of grass out of the ground when hitting the ball. The ball will usually not travel far at all.

Divot - the chunk of grass taken out of the ground when hitting the ball.

Double, Triple, etc. Bogey - two, three, etc. strokes over par.

Drive the Green - to hit the ball onto the green from the tee on a par 4 or 5.

Driver - the club usually used off the tee to achieve maximum distance.

Eagle - two strokes under par

Fairway - the short grass between the tee box and the green.

Fringe - the slightly longer grass that surrounds the green.

Green - the surface in which players putt. It contains the hole.

Hacker - used to refer to a bad golfer.

Handicap (index) - the individual golfer's average number of strokes over par per round, calculated by a computer system.

Handicap (of a hole) - the difficulty level of a hole, relative to other holes on the course. A 1 handicap is the most difficult hole, while an 18 handicap is the easiest hole.

Hook - when a right handed player's ball has a trajectory that curves sharply to the left.

Irons - the clubs used in hitting intermediate distances.

Par - the number of strokes in which hole is expected to be completed.

Pull - when a right handed player hits the ball considerably left of the target, in a straight trajectory, although they were aimed at the target.

Push - when a right handed player hits the ball considerably right of the target, in a straight trajectory, although they were aimed at the target.

Putter - the club used to hit the ball into the hole on the green.

Rough - the longer grass that surrounds the fairway and green.

Slice - when a right handed player's ball has a trajectory that curves sharply to the right.

Spikes - the "cleats" on the bottom of golf shoes.

Stroke - each time the ball is hit; a player is given one stroke.

Tee Box - where a golfer hits their first shot on each hole.

The Turn - "making the turn" is when golfers go from hole number nine to hole number ten. Many golfers stop at the clubhouse at the turn, for refreshments.

Wedge - the clubs used to hit the ball onto the green from a relatively short distance. (usually around 100 yards or less).

Savannah Durbin is an avid golfer and aspiring computer engineer. To read more golf tips and articles visit http://www.golfenthusiastic.com

Now the long-awaited iPhone is finally available on our shores, it's set to be the most popular Christmas gift of 2007. But it has sparked a little controversy, as any new gadget will do.

The first issue the iPhone has raised is that of unlocking. In the US where the phone first appeared, keeping phones locked to a particular network is fairly standard procedure. In the UK however, people just will not tolerate a market comprising of unlockable handsets.

Being able to switch network providers once your contract is up is what keeps the mobile phones market healthy and in competition. Without that, we may see prices of call packages rising. Unlocked phones are also seen an useful to travellers, as they just need to purchase a sim card for the country they're in and it will work in that country, instead of having to buy new phones all the time.

A country in Northern Ireland has discovered how to unlock the iPhone, which has led to a legal battle between companies wishing to offer an unlocked version, and AT&T, iPhone's original network, who are threatening to sue anyone offering to unlock their iPhone. Unlocking is seen as copyright infringement by many phone network companies as it overrides the programming done by the original network.

The second problem associated with the iPhone is the hacker. There is a race on in the hacking world to see who can be the first to break into this new platform.

The race to unlock it has already been won by a 17 year old schoolboy in America, and now hackers are competing to be the first to infiltrate it with malware. Because it uses a form of Mac OS X viruses can be written for both the AppleMac and the iPhone, and uploaded from one to the other.

The first virus will most likely be done just for the sake of it, but experts anticipate more malicious software will follow as the handset becomes more popular and mainstream.

With all this in mind, there's something to be said for the peace of mind in owning cheap mobile phones that nobody would think of hacking!

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J Tillotson is an author in the UK, specialising in technology and communications.