acronyms revision 1.300
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.300 2020/06/04 14:33:28 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 ACAB all cats are beautiful 13 ADD attention deficit disorder 14 ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder 15 ADN any day now 16 ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! 17 AEAP as early as possible 18 AFAIAC as far as I am concerned 19 AFAIC as far as I'm concerned 20 AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} 21 AFAICS as far as I can see 22 AFAICT as far as I can tell 23 AFAIK as far as I know 24 AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} 25 AFAIU as far as I understand 26 AFD away from desktop 27 AFK away from keyboard 28 AFW away from window 29 AGM annual general meeting 30 AINEC and it's not even close 31 AISE as I see it 32 AIU as I understand 33 AIUI as I understand it 34 AKA also known as 35 ALPR automatic license plate recognition 36 AM ante meridiem 37 AMA ask me anything 38 AMOL a mountain of love 39 ANPR automatic number plate recognition 40 APM alternative payment model 41 ASAIC as soon as I can 42 ASAP as soon as possible 43 ASL age/sex/location 44 ATEOTD at the end of the day 45 ATM at the moment 46 ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 47 ATW around the world 48 ABV alcohol by volume 49 AVI automatic vehicle identification 50 AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 51 AWOL absent without official leave 52 AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 53 AYF all your fault 54 AYOR at your own risk 55 AYT are you there 56 B& banned 57 B/C because 58 B/W bandwidth 59 B/W between 60 BAI goodbye 61 BAK back at keyboard 62 BBIAB be back in a bit 63 BBL [I'll] be back later 64 BBR burnt beyond repair 65 BBS be back soon 66 BBT be back tomorrow 67 BCNU be seeing you 68 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 69 BCP best current practice 70 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 71 BF best friend 72 BF boyfriend 73 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 74 BIAB back in a bit 75 BIAF back in a few 76 BIALW back in a little while 77 BIAS back in a second 78 BIAW back in a while 79 BIDI boy, I did it 80 BNYA burned now you are 81 BOC but of course 82 BOFH bastard operator from hell 83 BOT back on topic 84 BPM beam propagation method 85 BPM beats per minute 86 BRB [I'll] be right back 87 BSD booze, sex, drugs 88 BTDT been there, done that 89 BTFT been there, fixed that 90 BTTH boot to the head 91 BTW by the way 92 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 93 CC credit card 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 cyproterone acetate 105 CPC cost per click 106 CPE customer premises equipment 107 CPR car plate recognition 108 CRM customer relationship management 109 CTF capture the flag 110 CTN can't talk now 111 CU see you 112 CUL see you later 113 CYA see ya 114 CYA see you around 115 CYE check your email 116 D/B/A doing business as 117 D/L download 118 DBA doing business as 119 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 120 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 121 DIY do it yourself 122 DKDC don't know, don't care 123 DM direct message 124 DM dungeon master 125 DME durable medical equipment 126 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 127 DMZ demilitarized zone 128 DND do not disturb 129 DNF did not finish 130 DNFT do not feed troll 131 DOA dead on arrival 132 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 133 DRY don't repeat yourself 134 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 135 DTRT do the right thing 136 DTWT do the wrong thing 137 DWIM do what I mean 138 DYAC damn you autocorrect 139 DYK do you know? 140 EA early adopter 141 ECR electronic cash register 142 EDS eternal downward spiral 143 EFT electronic funds transfer 144 EG evil grin 145 EIE enough is enough 146 EMSG email message 147 EOB end of business [day] 148 EOD end of {day,discussion} 149 EOL end of life 150 EOM end of message 151 EOS end of story 152 ETA edited to add 153 ETA estimated time of arrival 154 ETLA extended three letter acronym 155 ETR early to rise 156 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 157 EZ easy 158 EZPZ easy-peasy 159 F9 fine 160 FAQ frequently asked question 161 FBOW for better or worse 162 FCFS first come, first served 163 FCOL for crying out loud 164 FFS free for shipping 165 FITB fill in the blank 166 FNO for nerds only 167 FNO from now on 168 FOC free of charge 169 FPS first person shooter 170 FPS frames per second 171 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 172 FSDO for some definition of 173 FSVO for some value of 174 FTBFS fails to build from source 175 FTFY fixed that for you 176 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 177 FTL faster than light 178 FTL for the loss 179 FTR for the record 180 FTTT from time to time 181 FTW for the win 182 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 183 FWIW for what it's worth 184 FYEO for your eyes only 185 FYI for your information 186 G grin 187 G/C garbage collect 188 G2G got to go 189 G2K good to know 190 GA go ahead 191 GAC get a clue 192 GAL get a life 193 GBTW get back to work 194 GCD greatest common divisor 195 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 196 GF girlfriend 197 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 198 GFU good for you 199 GFY good for you 200 GG good game 201 GGA good game all 202 GGP good game partner 203 GGWP good game, well played 204 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 205 GIYF Google is your friend 206 GJ good job 207 GL good luck 208 GLHF good luck, have fun 209 GLINE global kill line 210 GLWT good luck with that 211 GM game master 212 GMT Greenwich mean time 213 GMTA great minds think alike 214 GOK God only knows 215 GOP Grand Old Party 216 GOWI get on with it 217 GPS global positioning system 218 GR8 great 219 GTG got to go 220 GTH go to hell 221 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 222 GWS get well soon 223 H8 hate 224 HAND have a nice day 225 HE how embarrassing 226 HF have fun 227 HHIS hanging head in shame 228 HHOS ha ha, only serious 229 HICA here it comes again 230 HME home medical equipment 231 HNY happy new year 232 HOAS hold on a second 233 HOPS half-operator status 234 HTH hope this helps 235 IAC in any case 236 IAE in any event 237 IANAL I am not a lawyer 238 IAW in another window 239 IAWTC I agree with this comment 240 IAWTP I agree with this post 241 IAY I adore you 242 IB I'm back 243 IC I see 244 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 245 ICCL I couldn't care less 246 ICUR I see you are 247 ICYMI in case you missed it 248 IDC I don't care 249 IDGI I don't get it 250 IDGW in a good way 251 IDI I doubt it 252 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 253 IDK I don't know 254 IDRC I don't really care 255 IDTS I don't think so 256 IDTT I drink to that 257 IFF if and only if 258 IFTTT if this then that 259 IHBW I have been wrong 260 IIANM if I am not mistaken 261 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 262 IIUC if I understand correctly 263 IKR I know, right? 264 IKWYM I know what you mean 265 ILU I love you 266 ILY I love you 267 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 268 IMBO in my biased opinion 269 IMCO in my considered opinion 270 IME in my experience 271 IMHO in my humble opinion 272 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 273 IMO in my opinion 274 INB4 in before 275 INPO in no particular order 276 IOW in other words 277 IPML I pissed myself laughing 278 IQ intelligence quotient 279 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 280 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 281 IRL in real life 282 IRT in real time 283 IRT in regards to 284 ISAGN I see a great need 285 ISBN International Standard Book Number 286 ISTM it seems to me 287 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 288 ITC in this {channel,chat} 289 ITT in this thread 290 ITYM I think you mean 291 IUD insert usual disclaimers 292 IUSS if you say so 293 IW it's worse 294 IWBNI it would be nice if 295 IYD in your dreams 296 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 297 IYSS if you say so 298 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 299 J/K just kidding 300 JAM just a minute 301 JAS just a second 302 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 303 JFTR just for the record 304 JFYI just for your information 305 JGI just Google it 306 JGI just got it 307 JHD just hit delete 308 JIC just in case 309 JJA just joking around 310 JK just kidding 311 JMO just my opinion 312 JSYK just so you know 313 JTLYK just to let you know 314 JW just wondering 315 KISS keep it simple, stupid 316 KITA kick in the ass 317 KK okay, okay 318 KLINE kill line 319 KMA keep me advised 320 KMA keep moving ahead 321 KMA kill me already 322 KNF kernel normal form 323 KOS kill on sight 324 KTHX okay, thanks 325 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 326 KWIM know what I mean? 327 L8 late 328 L8R later 329 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 330 LBNL last but not least 331 LGTM looks good to me 332 LJBF let's just be friends 333 LMAO laughing my ass off 334 LMC let me check 335 LMGTFY let me google that for you 336 LMHO laughing my head off 337 LMK let me know 338 LMNO laughing my nuts off 339 LMSO laughing my socks off 340 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 341 LOL laughing out loud 342 LP long playing [record] 343 LPR license plate recognition 344 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 345 LTNS long time no see 346 LWYL laugh with you later 347 M&O management & operations 348 M8 mate 349 MAD mutually assured destruction 350 MBA master of business administration 351 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 352 MFW my face when 353 MIA missing in action 354 MLPR mobile license plate reader 355 MMB message me back 356 MO modus operandi 357 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 358 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 359 MOTSS member of the same sex 360 MTF more to follow 361 MVP minimum viable product 362 MVP most valuable player 363 MYOB mind your own business 364 N/A not {applicable,available} 365 N/M never mind 366 NAFAIK not as far as I know 367 NB nota bene 368 NBD no big deal 369 NE1 anyone 370 NEDM not even Doom music 371 NFA no flaming allowed 372 NFC no functional change 373 NIFOC naked in front of computer 374 NIH not invented here 375 NIMBY not in my backyard 376 NM never mind 377 NMF not my fault 378 NMP not my problem 379 NMU not much, you? 380 NOM no offence meant 381 NOOB newbie 382 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 383 NOYB none of your business 384 NP no problem 385 NPC non-player character 386 NRFPT not ready for prime time 387 NRN no reply necessary 388 NRN not right now 389 NSFW not suitable for work 390 NTBF not to be fixed 391 NTN no thanks needed 392 NUNP no users, no problems 393 NVM never mind 394 NVMM never mind mate 395 NW no way 396 NXT next 397 NYPA not your personal army 398 O2W off to work 399 OAO over and out 400 OBV obviously 401 OBVS obviously 402 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 403 OFC of course 404 OH other half 405 OIC oh, I see 406 OMG oh my God 407 OMW on my way 408 ONNA oh no, not again 409 ONNTA oh no, not this again 410 OOB out of bounds 411 OOC out of curiosity 412 OOI out of interest 413 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 414 OPS operator status 415 OPS operators 416 ORITE oh, right 417 OT off topic 418 OTL out to lunch 419 OTOH on the other hand 420 OTP one true pairing 421 OTS off the shelf 422 OTT over the top 423 OTTOMH off the top of my head 424 OWTTE or words to that effect 425 PC player character 426 PC politically correct 427 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 428 PD police department 429 PDA public display of affection 430 PDQ pretty darn quick 431 PDS please don't shout 432 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 433 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 434 PFI pay for inclusion 435 PFY pimply faced youth 436 PHB pointy haired boss 437 PIN personal identification number 438 PITA pain in the ass 439 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 440 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 441 PM post meridiem 442 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 443 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 444 PMSL pissing myself laughing 445 PNG persona non grata 446 PNP plug and pray 447 POC point of contact 448 POC proof of concept 449 POLA principle of least astonishment 450 POLS principle of least surprise 451 POS point of sale 452 POV point of view 453 PPL people 454 PPL pretty please 455 PPP petty pet peeve 456 PPS pulse per second (signal) 457 PR public relations 458 PSA prostate-specific antigen 459 PSA public service announcement 460 PTA parent-teacher association 461 PTO {paid,personal} time off 462 PTO parent-teacher organization 463 PTO please turn over 464 PTO power takeoff 465 PTT push-to-talk 466 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 467 PTV parental tunnel vision 468 QED quod erat demonstrandum 469 QFT quoted for truth 470 RA residential advisor 471 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 472 RCD residual current device 473 RFC request for comments 474 RFD request for discussion 475 RFE request for enhancements 476 RFI request for information 477 RFP request for proposal 478 RIF reduction in force 479 RIP rest in peace 480 RL real life 481 RLC rod length check 482 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 483 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 484 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 485 ROM rough order of magnitude 486 ROI return on investment 487 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 488 RP responsible person 489 RR railroad 490 RSI repetitive strain injury 491 RSN real soon now 492 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 493 S/T self titled 494 SAR search and rescue 495 SAR some assembly required 496 SCNR sorry, could not resist 497 SEP someone else's problem 498 SERP search engine results page 499 SFAICT so far as I can tell 500 SGTM sounds good to me 501 SHID slaps head in disgust 502 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 503 SITD still in the dark 504 SJW social justice warrior 505 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 506 SMH shaking my head 507 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 508 SMOP simple matter of programming 509 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 510 SNMP sorry, not my problem 511 SO significant other 512 SOB son of [a] bitch 513 SOP standard operating procedure 514 SRS serious 515 SRSLY seriously 516 SSIA subject says it all 517 SSTO single stage to orbit 518 STW search the web 519 SUS stupid user syndrome 520 SUX sucks 521 SUX2BU sucks to be you 522 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 523 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 524 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 525 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 526 SYS see you soon 527 TA teaching assistant 528 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 529 TBA to be announced 530 TBC to be continued 531 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 532 TBH to be honest 533 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 534 TCB taking care of business 535 TCO taken care of 536 TCO total cost of ownership 537 TFOA things falling off aircraft 538 TFW that feeling when 539 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 540 THNX thanks 541 THX thanks 542 TIA thanks in advance 543 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 544 TIC tongue in cheek 545 TIL today I learned 546 TINC there is no cabal 547 TINLA this is not legal advice 548 TINWIS this is not what I said 549 TJM that's just me 550 TLA three letter acronym 551 TLA true love always 552 TLC tender loving care 553 TLDR too long, didn't read 554 TLDW too long, didn't watch 555 TM trademark 556 TM trust me 557 TMA too many abbreviations 558 TMG too much government 559 TMI too much information 560 TMJ temporomandibular joint 561 TMK to my knowledge 562 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 563 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 564 TOC table of contents 565 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 566 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 567 TOH to other half 568 TP toilet paper 569 TPTB the powers that be 570 TRT the right thing 571 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 572 TTFN ta ta for now 573 TTM to the moderator 574 TTT thought that too 575 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 576 TTYL talk to you later 577 TTYS talk to you soon 578 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 579 TWDT the whole damn thing 580 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 581 TY thank you 582 TYVM thank you very much 583 U/L upload 584 UGT universal greeting time 585 UPC Universal Product Code 586 UR your 587 UR {you're, you are} 588 UTSL use the source, Luke 589 VCR video cassette recorder 590 VEG very evil grin 591 VIP very important person 592 VLA variable length array 593 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 594 VRI vehicle recognition identification 595 W/ with 596 W/E whatever 597 W/O without 598 W8 wait 599 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 600 WAG wild-ass guess 601 WB welcome back 602 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 603 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 604 WELC working effectively with legacy code 605 WFH working from home 606 WFM works for me 607 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 608 WIP work in progress 609 WLW women-loving women 610 WMNC watch me not care 611 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 612 WP well played 613 WRR weighted round robin 614 WRT with respect to 615 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 616 WTF where's the food 617 WTG way to go 618 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 619 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 620 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 621 WWJD what would Jesus do? 622 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 623 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 624 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 625 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 626 YGM you got mail 627 YHBT you have been trolled 628 YHL you have lost 629 YKWIM you know what I mean 630 YMMV your mileage may vary 631 YOLO you only live once 632 YW you're welcome 633 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 634 ZIP zoning improvement plan 635
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