acronyms revision 1.294
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.294 2020/01/27 10:35:20 nia 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 ALPR automatic license plate recognition 35 AM ante meridiem 36 AMA ask me anything 37 AMOL a mountain of love 38 ANPR automatic number plate recognition 39 APM alternative payment model 40 ASAIC as soon as I can 41 ASAP as soon as possible 42 ASL age/sex/location 43 ATEOTD at the end of the day 44 ATM at the moment 45 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 46 ATW around the world 47 AVB alcohol by volume 48 AVI automatic vehicle identification 49 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 50 AWOL absent without official leave 51 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 52 AYF all your fault 53 AYOR at your own risk 54 AYT are you there 55 B& banned 56 B/C because 57 B/W bandwidth 58 B/W between 59 BAI goodbye 60 BAK back at keyboard 61 BBIAB be back in a bit 62 BBL [I'll] be back later 63 BBR burnt beyond repair 64 BBS be back soon 65 BBT be back tomorrow 66 BCNU be seeing you 67 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 68 BCP best current practice 69 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 70 BF best friend 71 BF boyfriend 72 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 73 BIAB back in a bit 74 BIAF back in a few 75 BIALW back in a little while 76 BIAS back in a second 77 BIAW back in a while 78 BIDI boy, I did it 79 BNYA burned now you are 80 BOC but of course 81 BOFH bastard operator from hell 82 BOT back on topic 83 BPM beam propagation method 84 BPM beats per minute 85 BRB [I'll] be right back 86 BSD booze, sex, drugs 87 BTDT been there, done that 88 BTFT been there, fixed that 89 BTTH boot to the head 90 BTW by the way 91 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 92 CC credit card 93 CCC Chaos Computer Club 94 CEO chief executive officer 95 CFV call for votes 96 CFY calling for you 97 CG center of gravity 98 CHANOPS channel operator status 99 CIA central intelligence agency 100 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 101 CNP continued [in my] next post 102 COB close of business [day] 103 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 104 CPA chosen-plaintext attack 105 CPA cyproterone acetate 106 CPC cost per click 107 CPE customer premises equipment 108 CPR car plate recognition 109 CRM customer relationship management 110 CTF capture the flag 111 CTN can't talk now 112 CU see you 113 CUL see you later 114 CYA see ya 115 CYA see you around 116 CYE check your email 117 D/B/A doing business as 118 D/L download 119 DBA doing business as 120 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 121 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 122 DIY do it yourself 123 DKDC don't know, don't care 124 DM direct message 125 DM dungeon master 126 DME durable medical equipment 127 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 128 DMZ demilitarized zone 129 DND do not disturb 130 DNF did not finish 131 DNFT do not feed troll 132 DOA dead on arrival 133 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 134 DRY don't repeat yourself 135 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 136 DTRT do the right thing 137 DTWT do the wrong thing 138 DWIM do what I mean 139 DYAC damn you autocorrect 140 DYK do you know? 141 EA early adopter 142 ECR electronic cash register 143 EDS eternal downward spiral 144 EFT electronic funds transfer 145 EG evil grin 146 EIE enough is enough 147 EMSG email message 148 EOB end of business [day] 149 EOD end of {day,discussion} 150 EOL end of life 151 EOM end of message 152 EOS end of story 153 ETA edited to add 154 ETA estimated time of arrival 155 ETLA extended three letter acronym 156 ETR early to rise 157 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 158 EZ easy 159 EZPZ easy-peasy 160 F9 fine 161 FAQ frequently asked question 162 FBOW for better or worse 163 FCFS first come, first served 164 FCOL for crying out loud 165 FFS free for shipping 166 FITB fill in the blank 167 FNO for nerds only 168 FNO from now on 169 FOC free of charge 170 FPS first person shooter 171 FPS frames per second 172 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 173 FSDO for some definition of 174 FSVO for some value of 175 FTBFS fails to build from source 176 FTFY fixed that for you 177 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 178 FTL faster than light 179 FTL for the loss 180 FTR for the record 181 FTTT from time to time 182 FTW for the win 183 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 184 FWIW for what it's worth 185 FYEO for your eyes only 186 FYI for your information 187 G grin 188 G/C garbage collect 189 G2G got to go 190 G2K good to know 191 GA go ahead 192 GAC get a clue 193 GAL get a life 194 GBTW get back to work 195 GCD greatest common divisor 196 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 197 GF girlfriend 198 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 199 GFU good for you 200 GFY good for you 201 GG good game 202 GGA good game all 203 GGP good game partner 204 GGWP good game, well played 205 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 206 GIYF Google is your friend 207 GJ good job 208 GL good luck 209 GLHF good luck, have fun 210 GLINE global kill line 211 GLWT good luck with that 212 GM game master 213 GMT Greenwich mean time 214 GMTA great minds think alike 215 GOK God only knows 216 GOP Grand Old Party 217 GOWI get on with it 218 GPS global positioning system 219 GR8 great 220 GTG got to go 221 GTH go to hell 222 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 223 GWS get well soon 224 H8 hate 225 HAND have a nice day 226 HE how embarrassing 227 HF have fun 228 HHIS hanging head in shame 229 HHOS ha ha, only serious 230 HICA here it comes again 231 HME home medical equipment 232 HNY happy new year 233 HOAS hold on a second 234 HOPS half-operator status 235 HTH hope this helps 236 IAC in any case 237 IAE in any event 238 IANAL I am not a lawyer 239 IAW in another window 240 IAWTC I agree with this comment 241 IAWTP I agree with this post 242 IAY I adore you 243 IB I'm back 244 IC I see 245 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 246 ICCL I couldn't care less 247 ICUR I see you are 248 ICYMI in case you missed it 249 IDC I don't care 250 IDGI I don't get it 251 IDGW in a good way 252 IDI I doubt it 253 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 254 IDK I don't know 255 IDRC I don't really care 256 IDTS I don't think so 257 IDTT I drink to that 258 IFF if and only if 259 IFTTT if this then that 260 IHBW I have been wrong 261 IIANM if I am not mistaken 262 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 263 IIUC if I understand correctly 264 IKR I know, right? 265 IKWYM I know what you mean 266 ILU I love you 267 ILY I love you 268 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 269 IMBO in my biased opinion 270 IMCO in my considered opinion 271 IME in my experience 272 IMHO in my humble opinion 273 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 274 IMO in my opinion 275 INB4 in before 276 INPO in no particular order 277 IOW in other words 278 IPML I pissed myself laughing 279 IQ intelligence quotient 280 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 281 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 282 IRL in real life 283 IRT in real time 284 IRT in regards to 285 ISAGN I see a great need 286 ISBN International Standard Book Number 287 ISTM it seems to me 288 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 289 ITC in this {channel,chat} 290 ITT in this thread 291 ITYM I think you mean 292 IUD insert usual disclaimers 293 IUSS if you say so 294 IW it's worse 295 IWBNI it would be nice if 296 IYD in your dreams 297 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 298 IYSS if you say so 299 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 300 J/K just kidding 301 JAM just a minute 302 JAS just a second 303 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 304 JFTR just for the record 305 JFYI just for your information 306 JGI just Google it 307 JGI just got it 308 JHD just hit delete 309 JIC just in case 310 JJA just joking around 311 JK just kidding 312 JMO just my opinion 313 JSYK just so you know 314 JTLYK just to let you know 315 JW just wondering 316 KISS keep it simple, stupid 317 KITA kick in the ass 318 KK okay, okay 319 KLINE kill line 320 KMA keep me advised 321 KMA keep moving ahead 322 KMA kill me already 323 KNF kernel normal form 324 KOS kill on sight 325 KTHX okay, thanks 326 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 327 KWIM know what I mean? 328 L8 late 329 L8R later 330 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 331 LBNL last but not least 332 LGTM looks good to me 333 LJBF let's just be friends 334 LMAO laughing my ass off 335 LMC let me check 336 LMGTFY let me google that for you 337 LMHO laughing my head off 338 LMK let me know 339 LMNO laughing my nuts off 340 LMSO laughing my socks off 341 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 342 LOL laughing out loud 343 LP long playing [record] 344 LPR license plate recognition 345 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 346 LTNS long time no see 347 LWYL laugh with you later 348 M&O management & operations 349 M8 mate 350 MAD mutually assured destruction 351 MBA master of business administration 352 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 353 MFW my face when 354 MIA missing in action 355 MLPR mobile license plate reader 356 MMB message me back 357 MO modus operandi 358 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 359 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 360 MOTSS member of the same sex 361 MTF more to follow 362 MVP minimum viable product 363 MVP most valuable player 364 MYOB mind your own business 365 N/A not {applicable,available} 366 N/M never mind 367 NAFAIK not as far as I know 368 NB nota bene 369 NBD no big deal 370 NE1 anyone 371 NEDM not even Doom music 372 NFA no flaming allowed 373 NFC no functional change 374 NIFOC naked in front of computer 375 NIH not invented here 376 NIMBY not in my backyard 377 NM never mind 378 NMF not my fault 379 NMP not my problem 380 NMU not much, you? 381 NOM no offence meant 382 NOOB newbie 383 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 384 NOYB none of your business 385 NP no problem 386 NPC non-player character 387 NRFPT not ready for prime time 388 NRN no reply necessary 389 NRN not right now 390 NSFW not suitable for work 391 NTBF not to be fixed 392 NTN no thanks needed 393 NUNP no users, no problems 394 NVM never mind 395 NVMM never mind mate 396 NW no way 397 NXT next 398 NYPA not your personal army 399 O2W off to work 400 OAO over and out 401 OBV obviously 402 OBVS obviously 403 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 404 OFC of course 405 OH other half 406 OIC oh, I see 407 OMG oh my God 408 OMW on my way 409 ONNA oh no, not again 410 ONNTA oh no, not this again 411 OOB out of bounds 412 OOC out of curiosity 413 OOI out of interest 414 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 415 OPS operator status 416 OPS operators 417 ORITE oh, right 418 OT off topic 419 OTL out to lunch 420 OTOH on the other hand 421 OTP one true pairing 422 OTS off the shelf 423 OTT over the top 424 OTTOMH off the top of my head 425 OWTTE or words to that effect 426 PC player character 427 PC politically correct 428 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 429 PD police department 430 PDA public display of affection 431 PDQ pretty darn quick 432 PDS please don't shout 433 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 434 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 435 PFI pay for inclusion 436 PFY pimply faced youth 437 PHB pointy haired boss 438 PIN personal identification number 439 PITA pain in the ass 440 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 441 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 442 PM post meridiem 443 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 444 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 445 PMSL pissing myself laughing 446 PNG persona non grata 447 PNP plug and pray 448 POC point of contact 449 POC proof of concept 450 POLA principle of least astonishment 451 POLS principle of least surprise 452 POS point of sale 453 POV point of view 454 PPL people 455 PPL pretty please 456 PPP petty pet peeve 457 PPS pulse per second (signal) 458 PR public relations 459 PSA prostate-specific antigen 460 PSA public service announcement 461 PTA parent-teacher association 462 PTO {paid,personal} time off 463 PTO parent-teacher organization 464 PTO please turn over 465 PTO power takeoff 466 PTT push-to-talk 467 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 468 PTV parental tunnel vision 469 QED quod erat demonstrandum 470 QFT quoted for truth 471 RA residential advisor 472 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 473 RCD residual current device 474 RFC request for comments 475 RFD request for discussion 476 RFE request for enhancements 477 RIP rest in peace 478 RL real life 479 RLC rod length check 480 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 481 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 482 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 483 ROM rough order of magnitude 484 ROI return on investment 485 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 486 RP responsible person 487 RR railroad 488 RSI repetitive strain injury 489 RSN real soon now 490 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 491 S/T self titled 492 SAR search and rescue 493 SAR some assembly required 494 SCNR sorry, could not resist 495 SEP someone else's problem 496 SERP search engine results page 497 SFAICT so far as I can tell 498 SGTM sounds good to me 499 SHID slaps head in disgust 500 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 501 SITD still in the dark 502 SJW social justice warrior 503 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 504 SMH shaking my head 505 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 506 SMOP simple matter of programming 507 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 508 SNMP sorry, not my problem 509 SO significant other 510 SOB son of [a] bitch 511 SOP standard operating procedure 512 SRS serious 513 SRSLY seriously 514 SSIA subject says it all 515 SSTO single stage to orbit 516 STW search the web 517 SUS stupid user syndrome 518 SUX sucks 519 SUX2BU sucks to be you 520 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 521 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 522 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 523 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 524 SYS see you soon 525 TA teaching assistant 526 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 527 TBA to be announced 528 TBC to be continued 529 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 530 TBH to be honest 531 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 532 TCB taking care of business 533 TCO taken care of 534 TCO total cost of ownership 535 TFOA things falling off aircraft 536 TFW that feeling when 537 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 538 THNX thanks 539 THX thanks 540 TIA thanks in advance 541 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 542 TIC tongue in cheek 543 TIL today I learned 544 TINC there is no cabal 545 TINLA this is not legal advice 546 TINWIS this is not what I said 547 TJM that's just me 548 TLA three letter acronym 549 TLA true love always 550 TLC tender loving care 551 TLDR too long, didn't read 552 TM trademark 553 TM trust me 554 TMA too many abbreviations 555 TMG too much government 556 TMI too much information 557 TMJ temporomandibular joint 558 TMK to my knowledge 559 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 560 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 561 TOC table of contents 562 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 563 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 564 TOH to other half 565 TP toilet paper 566 TPTB the powers that be 567 TRT the right thing 568 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 569 TTFN ta ta for now 570 TTM to the moderator 571 TTT thought that too 572 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 573 TTYL talk to you later 574 TTYS talk to you soon 575 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 576 TWDT the whole damn thing 577 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 578 TY thank you 579 TYVM thank you very much 580 U/L upload 581 UGT universal greeting time 582 UPC Universal Product Code 583 UR your 584 UR {you're, you are} 585 UTSL use the source, Luke 586 VCR video cassette recorder 587 VEG very evil grin 588 VIP very important person 589 VLA variable length array 590 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 591 VRI vehicle recognition identification 592 W/ with 593 W/E whatever 594 W/O without 595 W8 wait 596 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 597 WAG wild-ass guess 598 WB welcome back 599 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 600 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 601 WELC working effectively with legacy code 602 WFH working from home 603 WFM works for me 604 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 605 WIP work in progress 606 WLW women-loving women 607 WMNC watch me not care 608 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 609 WP well played 610 WRR weighted round robin 611 WRT with respect to 612 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 613 WTF where's the food 614 WTG way to go 615 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 616 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 617 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 618 WWJD what would Jesus do? 619 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 620 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 621 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 622 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 623 YGM you got mail 624 YHBT you have been trolled 625 YHL you have lost 626 YKWIM you know what I mean 627 YMMV your mileage may vary 628 YOLO you only live once 629 YW you're welcome 630 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 631 ZIP zoning improvement plan 632
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