What is a lens?

Does anyone know what a lens is in internet parlance? Is it the same as a threadstarter?

i would say eye, camera, or screen

you have any added context that would help?

lens....hm..under what context?

This may be of interest to you...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lens

Not even Urban Dictionary is coming to the rescue on this one.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lens

i just did a websearch on "lens internet" [remove the quotes] and found these.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5060231_crea...marketing.html

http://www.globalcontentstrategy.com...rnet-lens.html

http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/...contact-lens/0

http://www.sutree.com/how-to/37388/A...t-how-to-video

that should kick start your search.