acronyms revision 1.280
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.280 2019/03/30 14:42:21 sevan Exp $ 2 10Q thank you 3 10X thanks 4 1337 elite ("leet") 5 224 today, tomorrow, forever 6 31337 elite ("eleet") 7 4TW for the win 8 A/S/L age/sex/location 9 AAMOF as a matter of fact 10 ABD all but dissertation 11 AC audible chuckle 12 ADD attention deficit disorder 13 ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder 14 ADN any day now 15 ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! 16 AEAP as early as possible 17 AFAIAC as far as I am concerned 18 AFAIC as far as I'm concerned 19 AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} 20 AFAICS as far as I can see 21 AFAICT as far as I can tell 22 AFAIK as far as I know 23 AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} 24 AFAIU as far as I understand 25 AFD away from desktop 26 AFK away from keyboard 27 AFW away from window 28 AGM annual general meeting 29 AINEC and it's not even close 30 AISE as I see it 31 AIU as I understand 32 AIUI as I understand it 33 AKA also known as 34 AM ante meridiem 35 AMA ask me anything 36 AMOL a mountain of love 37 APM alternative payment model 38 ASAIC as soon as I can 39 ASAP as soon as possible 40 ASL age/sex/location 41 ATEOTD at the end of the day 42 ATM at the moment 43 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 44 ATW around the world 45 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 46 AWOL absent without official leave 47 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 48 AYF all your fault 49 AYOR at your own risk 50 AYT are you there 51 B& banned 52 B/C because 53 B/W bandwidth 54 B/W between 55 BAI goodbye 56 BAK back at keyboard 57 BBIAB be back in a bit 58 BBL [I'll] be back later 59 BBR burnt beyond repair 60 BBS be back soon 61 BBT be back tomorrow 62 BCNU be seeing you 63 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 64 BCP best current practice 65 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 66 BF best friend 67 BF boyfriend 68 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 69 BIAB back in a bit 70 BIAF back in a few 71 BIALW back in a little while 72 BIAS back in a second 73 BIAW back in a while 74 BIDI boy, I did it 75 BNYA burned now you are 76 BOC but of course 77 BOFH bastard operator from hell 78 BOT back on topic 79 BPM beam propagation method 80 BPM beats per minute 81 BRB [I'll] be right back 82 BSD booze, sex, drugs 83 BTDT been there, done that 84 BTFT been there, fixed that 85 BTTH boot to the head 86 BTW by the way 87 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 88 CC credit card 89 CEO chief executive officer 90 CFV call for votes 91 CFY calling for you 92 CG center of gravity 93 CHANOPS channel operator status 94 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 95 CNP continued [in my] next post 96 COB close of business [day] 97 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 98 CPC cost per click 99 CPE customer premises equipment 100 CRM customer relationship management 101 CTF capture the flag 102 CTN can't talk now 103 CU see you 104 CUL see you later 105 CYA see ya 106 CYA see you around 107 CYE check your email 108 D/B/A doing business as 109 D/L download 110 DBA doing business as 111 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 112 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 113 DIY do it yourself 114 DKDC don't know, don't care 115 DM direct message 116 DM dungeon master 117 DME durable medical equipment 118 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 119 DMZ demilitarized zone 120 DND do not disturb 121 DNF did not finish 122 DNFT do not feed troll 123 DOA dead on arrival 124 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 125 DRY don't repeat yourself 126 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 127 DTRT do the right thing 128 DTWT do the wrong thing 129 DWIM do what I mean 130 DYAC damn you autocorrect 131 DYK do you know? 132 EA early adopter 133 ECR electronic cash register 134 EDS eternal downward spiral 135 EFT electronic funds transfer 136 EG evil grin 137 EIE enough is enough 138 EMSG email message 139 EOB end of business [day] 140 EOD end of {day,discussion} 141 EOL end of life 142 EOM end of message 143 EOS end of story 144 ETA edited to add 145 ETA estimated time of arrival 146 ETLA extended three letter acronym 147 ETR early to rise 148 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 149 EZ easy 150 EZPZ easy-peasy 151 F9 fine 152 FAQ frequently asked question 153 FBOW for better or worse 154 FCFS first come, first served 155 FCOL for crying out loud 156 FFS free for shipping 157 FITB fill in the blank 158 FNO for nerds only 159 FNO from now on 160 FOC free of charge 161 FPS first person shooter 162 FPS frames per second 163 FSDO for some definition of 164 FSVO for some value of 165 FTBFS fails to build from source 166 FTFY fixed that for you 167 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 168 FTL faster than light 169 FTL for the loss 170 FTR for the record 171 FTTT from time to time 172 FTW for the win 173 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 174 FWIW for what it's worth 175 FYEO for your eyes only 176 FYI for your information 177 G grin 178 G/C garbage collect 179 G2G got to go 180 G2K good to know 181 GA go ahead 182 GAC get a clue 183 GAL get a life 184 GBTW get back to work 185 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 186 GF girlfriend 187 GFU good for you 188 GFY good for you 189 GG good game 190 GGA good game all 191 GGP good game partner 192 GGWP good game, well played 193 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 194 GIYF Google is your friend 195 GJ good job 196 GL good luck 197 GLHF good luck, have fun 198 GLINE global kill line 199 GLWT good luck with that 200 GM game master 201 GMT Greenwich mean time 202 GMTA great minds think alike 203 GOK God only knows 204 GOP Grand Old Party 205 GOWI get on with it 206 GPS global positioning system 207 GR8 great 208 GTG got to go 209 GTH go to hell 210 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 211 GWS get well soon 212 H8 hate 213 HAND have a nice day 214 HE how embarrassing 215 HF have fun 216 HHIS hanging head in shame 217 HHOS ha ha, only serious 218 HICA here it comes again 219 HME home medical equipment 220 HNY happy new year 221 HOAS hold on a second 222 HOPS half-operator status 223 HTH hope this helps 224 IAC in any case 225 IAE in any event 226 IANAL I am not a lawyer 227 IAW in another window 228 IAWTC I agree with this comment 229 IAWTP I agree with this post 230 IAY I adore you 231 IB I'm back 232 IC I see 233 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 234 ICCL I couldn't care less 235 ICUR I see you are 236 ICYMI in case you missed it 237 IDC I don't care 238 IDGI I don't get it 239 IDGW in a good way 240 IDI I doubt it 241 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 242 IDK I don't know 243 IDRC I don't really care 244 IDTS I don't think so 245 IDTT I drink to that 246 IFF if and only if 247 IFTTT if this then that 248 IHBW I have been wrong 249 IIANM if I am not mistaken 250 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 251 IIUC if I understand correctly 252 IKR I know, right? 253 IKWYM I know what you mean 254 ILU I love you 255 ILY I love you 256 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 257 IMBO in my biased opinion 258 IMCO in my considered opinion 259 IME in my experience 260 IMHO in my humble opinion 261 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 262 IMO in my opinion 263 INB4 in before 264 INPO in no particular order 265 IOW in other words 266 IPML I pissed myself laughing 267 IQ intelligence quotient 268 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 269 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 270 IRL in real life 271 IRT in real time 272 IRT in regards to 273 ISAGN I see a great need 274 ISBN International Standard Book Number 275 ISTM it seems to me 276 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 277 ITC in this {channel,chat} 278 ITT in this thread 279 ITYM I think you mean 280 IUD insert usual disclaimers 281 IUSS if you say so 282 IW it's worse 283 IWBNI it would be nice if 284 IYD in your dreams 285 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 286 IYSS if you say so 287 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 288 J/K just kidding 289 JAM just a minute 290 JAS just a second 291 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 292 JFTR just for the record 293 JFYI just for your information 294 JGI just Google it 295 JGI just got it 296 JHD just hit delete 297 JIC just in case 298 JJA just joking around 299 JK just kidding 300 JMO just my opinion 301 JSYK just so you know 302 JTLYK just to let you know 303 JW just wondering 304 KISS keep it simple, stupid 305 KITA kick in the ass 306 KK okay, okay 307 KLINE kill line 308 KMA keep me advised 309 KMA keep moving ahead 310 KMA kill me already 311 KNF kernel normal form 312 KOS kill on sight 313 KTHX okay, thanks 314 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 315 KWIM know what I mean? 316 L8 late 317 L8R later 318 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 319 LBNL last but not least 320 LGTM looks good to me 321 LJBF let's just be friends 322 LMAO laughing my ass off 323 LMC let me check 324 LMGTFY let me google that for you 325 LMHO laughing my head off 326 LMK let me know 327 LMNO laughing my nuts off 328 LMSO laughing my socks off 329 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 330 LOL laughing out loud 331 LP long playing [record] 332 LTNS long time no see 333 LWYL laugh with you later 334 M&O management & operations 335 M8 mate 336 MAD mutually assured destruction 337 MBA master of business administration 338 MFW my face when 339 MIA missing in action 340 MMB message me back 341 MO modus operandi 342 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 343 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 344 MOTSS member of the same sex 345 MTF more to follow 346 MVP minimum viable product 347 MVP most valuable player 348 MYOB mind your own business 349 N/A not {applicable,available} 350 N/M never mind 351 NAFAIK not as far as I know 352 NB nota bene 353 NBD no big deal 354 NE1 anyone 355 NEDM not even Doom music 356 NFA no flaming allowed 357 NFC no functional change 358 NIFOC naked in front of computer 359 NIH not invented here 360 NIMBY not in my backyard 361 NM never mind 362 NMF not my fault 363 NMP not my problem 364 NMU not much, you? 365 NOM no offence meant 366 NOOB newbie 367 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 368 NOYB none of your business 369 NP no problem 370 NPC non-player character 371 NRFPT not ready for prime time 372 NRN no reply necessary 373 NRN not right now 374 NSFW not suitable for work 375 NTBF not to be fixed 376 NTN no thanks needed 377 NUNP no users, no problems 378 NVM never mind 379 NW no way 380 NXT next 381 NYPA not your personal army 382 O2W off to work 383 OAO over and out 384 OBV obviously 385 OBVS obviously 386 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 387 OFC of course 388 OH other half 389 OIC oh, I see 390 OMG oh my God 391 OMW on my way 392 ONNA oh no, not again 393 ONNTA oh no, not this again 394 OOB out of bounds 395 OOC out of curiosity 396 OOI out of interest 397 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 398 OPS operator status 399 OPS operators 400 ORITE oh, right 401 OT off topic 402 OTL out to lunch 403 OTOH on the other hand 404 OTP one true pairing 405 OTS off the shelf 406 OTT over the top 407 OTTOMH off the top of my head 408 OWTTE or words to that effect 409 PC player character 410 PC politically correct 411 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 412 PD police department 413 PDA public display of affection 414 PDQ pretty darn quick 415 PDS please don't shout 416 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 417 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 418 PFI pay for inclusion 419 PFY pimply faced youth 420 PHB pointy haired boss 421 PIN personal identification number 422 PITA pain in the ass 423 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 424 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 425 PM post meridiem 426 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 427 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 428 PMSL pissing myself laughing 429 PNG persona non grata 430 PNP plug and pray 431 POC point of contact 432 POC proof of concept 433 POLA principle of least astonishment 434 POLS principle of least surprise 435 POS point of sale 436 POV point of view 437 PPL people 438 PPL pretty please 439 PPP petty pet peeve 440 PPS pulse per second (signal) 441 PR public relations 442 PSA prostate-specific antigen 443 PSA public service announcement 444 PTA parent-teacher association 445 PTO {paid,personal} time off 446 PTO parent-teacher organization 447 PTO please turn over 448 PTO power takeoff 449 PTT push-to-talk 450 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 451 PTV parental tunnel vision 452 QED quod erat demonstrandum 453 QFT quoted for truth 454 RA residential advisor 455 RFC request for comments 456 RFD request for discussion 457 RFE request for enhancements 458 RIP rest in peace 459 RL real life 460 RLC rod length check 461 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 462 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 463 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 464 ROM rough order of magnitude 465 ROI return on investment 466 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 467 RP responsible person 468 RR railroad 469 RSI repetitive strain injury 470 RSN real soon now 471 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 472 S/T self titled 473 SAR search and rescue 474 SAR some assembly required 475 SCNR sorry, could not resist 476 SEP someone else's problem 477 SERP search engine results page 478 SFAICT so far as I can tell 479 SGTM sounds good to me 480 SHID slaps head in disgust 481 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 482 SITD still in the dark 483 SJW social justice warrior 484 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 485 SMH shaking my head 486 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 487 SMOP simple matter of programming 488 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 489 SNMP sorry, not my problem 490 SO significant other 491 SOB son of [a] bitch 492 SOP standard operating procedure 493 SRS serious 494 SRSLY seriously 495 SSIA subject says it all 496 SSTO single stage to orbit 497 STW search the web 498 SUS stupid user syndrome 499 SUX sucks 500 SUX2BU sucks to be you 501 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 502 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 503 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 504 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 505 SYS see you soon 506 TA teaching assistant 507 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 508 TBA to be announced 509 TBC to be continued 510 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 511 TBH to be honest 512 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 513 TCB taking care of business 514 TCO taken care of 515 TCO total cost of ownership 516 TFOA things falling off aircraft 517 TFW that feeling when 518 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 519 THNX thanks 520 THX thanks 521 TIA thanks in advance 522 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 523 TIC tongue in cheek 524 TIL today I learned 525 TINC there is no cabal 526 TINLA this is not legal advice 527 TINWIS this is not what I said 528 TJM that's just me 529 TLA three letter acronym 530 TLA true love always 531 TLC tender loving care 532 TLDR too long, didn't read 533 TM trademark 534 TM trust me 535 TMA too many abbreviations 536 TMG too much government 537 TMI too much information 538 TMJ temporomandibular joint 539 TMK to my knowledge 540 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 541 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 542 TOC table of contents 543 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 544 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 545 TOH to other half 546 TP toilet paper 547 TPTB the powers that be 548 TRT the right thing 549 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 550 TTFN ta ta for now 551 TTM to the moderator 552 TTT thought that too 553 TTYL talk to you later 554 TTYS talk to you soon 555 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 556 TWDT the whole damn thing 557 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 558 TY thank you 559 TYVM thank you very much 560 U/L upload 561 UGT universal greeting time 562 UR your 563 UR {you're, you are} 564 UTSL use the source, Luke 565 VCR video cassette recorder 566 VEG very evil grin 567 VIP very important person 568 VLA variable length array 569 W/ with 570 W/E whatever 571 W/O without 572 W8 wait 573 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 574 WAG wild-ass guess 575 WB welcome back 576 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 577 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 578 WELC working effectively with legacy code 579 WFH working from home 580 WFM works for me 581 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 582 WIP work in progress 583 WMNC watch me not care 584 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 585 WRT with respect to 586 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 587 WTF where's the food 588 WTG way to go 589 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 590 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 591 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 592 WWJD what would Jesus do? 593 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 594 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 595 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 596 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 597 YGM you got mail 598 YHBT you have been trolled 599 YHL you have lost 600 YKWIM you know what I mean 601 YMMV your mileage may vary 602 YOLO you only live once 603 YW you're welcome 604 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 605 ZIP zoning improvement plan 606
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