acronyms revision 1.308
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.308 2020/10/05 14:54:50 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 BAU business as usual 63 BBIAB be back in a bit 64 BBL [I'll] be back later 65 BBR burnt beyond repair 66 BBS be back soon 67 BBT be back tomorrow 68 BCNU be seeing you 69 BCNUL8R be seeing you later 70 BCP best current practice 71 BDFL benevolent dictator for life 72 BF best friend 73 BF boyfriend 74 BFF best {friend,friends} forever 75 BIAB back in a bit 76 BIAF back in a few 77 BIALW back in a little while 78 BIAS back in a second 79 BIAW back in a while 80 BIDI boy, I did it 81 BNYA burned now you are 82 BOC but of course 83 BOFH bastard operator from hell 84 BOT back on topic 85 BPM beam propagation method 86 BPM beats per minute 87 BRB [I'll] be right back 88 BSD booze, sex, drugs 89 BTDT been there, done that 90 BTFT been there, fixed that 91 BTTH boot to the head 92 BTW by the way 93 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 94 CC credit card 95 CEO chief executive officer 96 CFV call for votes 97 CFY calling for you 98 CG center of gravity 99 CHANOPS channel operator status 100 CIA central intelligence agency 101 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 102 CNP continued [in my] next post 103 COB close of business [day] 104 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 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 DC Dreamcast 122 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 123 DIY do it yourself 124 DKDC don't know, don't care 125 DM direct message 126 DM dungeon master 127 DME durable medical equipment 128 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 129 DMZ demilitarized zone 130 DND do not disturb 131 DNF did not finish 132 DNFT do not feed troll 133 DOA dead on arrival 134 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 135 DRY don't repeat yourself 136 DS Dual Screen 137 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 138 DTRT do the right thing 139 DTWT do the wrong thing 140 DWIM do what I mean 141 DYAC damn you autocorrect 142 DYK do you know? 143 EA early adopter 144 ECR electronic cash register 145 EDS eternal downward spiral 146 EFT electronic funds transfer 147 EG evil grin 148 EIE enough is enough 149 EMSG email message 150 EOB end of business [day] 151 EOD end of {day,discussion} 152 EOL end of life 153 EOM end of message 154 EOS end of story 155 ETA edited to add 156 ETA estimated time of arrival 157 ETLA extended three letter acronym 158 ETR early to rise 159 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 160 EZ easy 161 EZPZ easy-peasy 162 F9 fine 163 FAQ frequently asked question 164 FBOW for better or worse 165 FCFS first come, first served 166 FCOL for crying out loud 167 FFS free for shipping 168 FITB fill in the blank 169 FNO for nerds only 170 FNO from now on 171 FOC free of charge 172 FPS first person shooter 173 FPS frames per second 174 FQA frequently questioned answer 175 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 176 FSDO for some definition of 177 FSVO for some value of 178 FTBFS fails to build from source 179 FTFY fixed that for you 180 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 181 FTL faster than light 182 FTL for the loss 183 FTR for the record 184 FTTT from time to time 185 FTW for the win 186 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 187 FWIW for what it's worth 188 FYEO for your eyes only 189 FYI for your information 190 G grin 191 G/C garbage collect 192 G2G got to go 193 G2K good to know 194 GA go ahead 195 GAC get a clue 196 GAL get a life 197 GB Game Boy 198 GBA Game Boy Advance 199 GBC Game Boy Color 200 GBTW get back to work 201 GC GameCube 202 GCD greatest common divisor 203 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 204 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 205 GF girlfriend 206 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 207 GFU good for you 208 GFY good for you 209 GG good game 210 GGA good game all 211 GGP good game partner 212 GGWP good game, well played 213 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 214 GIYF Google is your friend 215 GJ good job 216 GL good luck 217 GLHF good luck, have fun 218 GLINE global kill line 219 GLWT good luck with that 220 GM game master 221 GMT Greenwich mean time 222 GMTA great minds think alike 223 GOK God only knows 224 GOP Grand Old Party 225 GOWI get on with it 226 GPS global positioning system 227 GR8 great 228 GTG got to go 229 GTH go to hell 230 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 231 GWS get well soon 232 H8 hate 233 HAND have a nice day 234 HE how embarrassing 235 HF have fun 236 HHIS hanging head in shame 237 HHOS ha ha, only serious 238 HICA here it comes again 239 HME home medical equipment 240 HNY happy new year 241 HOAS hold on a second 242 HOPS half-operator status 243 HTH hope this helps 244 IAC in any case 245 IAE in any event 246 IANAL I am not a lawyer 247 IAW in another window 248 IAWTC I agree with this comment 249 IAWTP I agree with this post 250 IAY I adore you 251 IB I'm back 252 IC I see 253 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 254 ICCL I couldn't care less 255 ICUR I see you are 256 ICYMI in case you missed it 257 IDC I don't care 258 IDGI I don't get it 259 IDGW in a good way 260 IDI I doubt it 261 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 262 IDK I don't know 263 IDRC I don't really care 264 IDTS I don't think so 265 IDTT I drink to that 266 IFF if and only if 267 IFTTT if this then that 268 IHBW I have been wrong 269 IIANM if I am not mistaken 270 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 271 IIUC if I understand correctly 272 IKR I know, right? 273 IKWYM I know what you mean 274 ILU I love you 275 ILY I love you 276 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 277 IMBO in my biased opinion 278 IMCO in my considered opinion 279 IME in my experience 280 IMHO in my humble opinion 281 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 282 IMO in my opinion 283 INB4 in before 284 INPO in no particular order 285 IOW in other words 286 IPML I pissed myself laughing 287 IQ intelligence quotient 288 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 289 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 290 IRL in real life 291 IRT in real time 292 IRT in regards to 293 ISAGN I see a great need 294 ISBN International Standard Book Number 295 ISTM it seems to me 296 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 297 ITC in this {channel,chat} 298 ITT in this thread 299 ITYM I think you mean 300 IUD insert usual disclaimers 301 IUSS if you say so 302 IW it's worse 303 IWBNI it would be nice if 304 IYD in your dreams 305 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 306 IYSS if you say so 307 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 308 J/K just kidding 309 JAM just a minute 310 JAS just a second 311 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 312 JFTR just for the record 313 JFYI just for your information 314 JGI just Google it 315 JGI just got it 316 JHD just hit delete 317 JIC just in case 318 JJA just joking around 319 JK just kidding 320 JMO just my opinion 321 JSYK just so you know 322 JTLYK just to let you know 323 JW just wondering 324 KISS keep it simple, stupid 325 KITA kick in the ass 326 KK okay, okay 327 KLINE kill line 328 KMA keep me advised 329 KMA keep moving ahead 330 KMA kill me already 331 KNF kernel normal form 332 KOS kill on sight 333 KTHX okay, thanks 334 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 335 KWIM know what I mean? 336 L8 late 337 L8R later 338 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 339 LBNL last but not least 340 LGTM looks good to me 341 LJBF let's just be friends 342 LMAO laughing my ass off 343 LMC let me check 344 LMGTFY let me google that for you 345 LMHO laughing my head off 346 LMK let me know 347 LMNO laughing my nuts off 348 LMSO laughing my socks off 349 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 350 LOL laughing out loud 351 LP long playing [record] 352 LPR license plate recognition 353 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 354 LTNS long time no see 355 LWYL laugh with you later 356 M&O management & operations 357 M8 mate 358 MAD mutually assured destruction 359 MBA master of business administration 360 MD Mega Drive 361 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 362 MFW my face when 363 MIA missing in action 364 MLPR mobile license plate reader 365 MMB message me back 366 MO modus operandi 367 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 368 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 369 MOTSS member of the same sex 370 MTF more to follow 371 MVP minimum viable product 372 MVP most valuable player 373 MYOB mind your own business 374 N/A not {applicable,available} 375 N/M never mind 376 NAFAIK not as far as I know 377 NB nota bene 378 NBD no big deal 379 NE1 anyone 380 NEDM not even Doom music 381 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 382 NFA no flaming allowed 383 NFC no functional change 384 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 385 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 386 NIFOC naked in front of computer 387 NIH not invented here 388 NIMBY not in my backyard 389 NM never mind 390 NMF not my fault 391 NMP not my problem 392 NMU not much, you? 393 NOM no offence meant 394 NOOB newbie 395 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 396 NOYB none of your business 397 NP no problem 398 NPC non-player character 399 NRFPT not ready for prime time 400 NRN no reply necessary 401 NRN not right now 402 NSFW not suitable for work 403 NTBF not to be fixed 404 NTN no thanks needed 405 NUNP no users, no problems 406 NVM never mind 407 NVMM never mind mate 408 NW no way 409 NXT next 410 NYPA not your personal army 411 O2W off to work 412 OAO over and out 413 OBV obviously 414 OBVS obviously 415 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 416 OFC of course 417 OH other half 418 OIC oh, I see 419 OMG oh my God 420 OMW on my way 421 ONNA oh no, not again 422 ONNTA oh no, not this again 423 OOB out of bounds 424 OOC out of curiosity 425 OOI out of interest 426 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 427 OPS operator status 428 OPS operators 429 ORITE oh, right 430 OT off topic 431 OTL out to lunch 432 OTOH on the other hand 433 OTP one true pairing 434 OTS off the shelf 435 OTT over the top 436 OTTOMH off the top of my head 437 OWTTE or words to that effect 438 PC player character 439 PC politically correct 440 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 441 PCE PC Engine 442 PD police department 443 PDA public display of affection 444 PDQ pretty darn quick 445 PDS please don't shout 446 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 447 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 448 PFI pay for inclusion 449 PFY pimply faced youth 450 PHB pointy haired boss 451 PIN personal identification number 452 PITA pain in the ass 453 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 454 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 455 PM post meridiem 456 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 457 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 458 PMSL pissing myself laughing 459 PNG persona non grata 460 PNP plug and pray 461 POC point of contact 462 POC proof of concept 463 POLA principle of least astonishment 464 POLS principle of least surprise 465 POS point of sale 466 POV point of view 467 PPL people 468 PPL pretty please 469 PPP petty pet peeve 470 PPS pulse per second (signal) 471 PR public relations 472 PSA prostate-specific antigen 473 PSA public service announcement 474 PSX PlayStation 475 PTA parent-teacher association 476 PTO {paid,personal} time off 477 PTO parent-teacher organization 478 PTO please turn over 479 PTO power takeoff 480 PTT push-to-talk 481 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 482 PTV parental tunnel vision 483 QED quod erat demonstrandum 484 QFT quoted for truth 485 QOI quality of information 486 RA residential advisor 487 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 488 RCD residual current device 489 RFC request for comments 490 RFD request for discussion 491 RFE request for enhancements 492 RFI request for information 493 RFP request for proposal 494 RIF reduction in force 495 RIP rest in peace 496 RL real life 497 RLC rod length check 498 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 499 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 500 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 501 ROM rough order of magnitude 502 ROI return on investment 503 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 504 RP responsible person 505 RR railroad 506 RSI repetitive strain injury 507 RSN real soon now 508 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 509 S/T self titled 510 SAR search and rescue 511 SAR some assembly required 512 SCNR sorry, could not resist 513 SEP someone else's problem 514 SERP search engine results page 515 SFAICT so far as I can tell 516 SGTM sounds good to me 517 SHID slaps head in disgust 518 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 519 SITD still in the dark 520 SJW social justice warrior 521 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 522 SMH shaking my head 523 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 524 SMOP simple matter of programming 525 SMS Sega Master System 526 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 527 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 528 SNMP sorry, not my problem 529 SO significant other 530 SOB son of [a] bitch 531 SOP standard operating procedure 532 SRS serious 533 SRSLY seriously 534 SSIA subject says it all 535 SSTO single stage to orbit 536 STW search the web 537 SUS stupid user syndrome 538 SUX sucks 539 SUX2BU sucks to be you 540 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 541 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 542 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 543 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 544 SYS see you soon 545 TA teaching assistant 546 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 547 TBA to be announced 548 TBC to be continued 549 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 550 TBH to be honest 551 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 552 TCB taking care of business 553 TCO taken care of 554 TCO total cost of ownership 555 TFOA things falling off aircraft 556 TFW that feeling when 557 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 558 THNX thanks 559 THX thanks 560 TIA thanks in advance 561 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 562 TIC tongue in cheek 563 TIL today I learned 564 TINC there is no cabal 565 TINLA this is not legal advice 566 TINWIS this is not what I said 567 TJM that's just me 568 TLA three letter acronym 569 TLA true love always 570 TLC tender loving care 571 TLDR too long, didn't read 572 TLDW too long, didn't watch 573 TM trademark 574 TM trust me 575 TMA too many abbreviations 576 TMG too much government 577 TMI too much information 578 TMJ temporomandibular joint 579 TMK to my knowledge 580 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 581 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 582 TOC table of contents 583 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 584 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 585 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 586 TOH to other half 587 TP toilet paper 588 TPTB the powers that be 589 TRT the right thing 590 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 591 TTFN ta ta for now 592 TTM to the moderator 593 TTT thought that too 594 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 595 TTYL talk to you later 596 TTYS talk to you soon 597 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 598 TWDT the whole damn thing 599 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 600 TY thank you 601 TYVM thank you very much 602 U/L upload 603 UGT universal greeting time 604 UPC Universal Product Code 605 UR your 606 UR {you're, you are} 607 URM underrepresented minority 608 UTSL use the source, Luke 609 VCR video cassette recorder 610 VEG very evil grin 611 VIP very important person 612 VLA variable length array 613 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 614 VRI vehicle recognition identification 615 W/ with 616 W/E whatever 617 W/O without 618 W8 wait 619 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 620 WAG wild-ass guess 621 WB welcome back 622 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 623 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 624 WELC working effectively with legacy code 625 WFH working from home 626 WFM works for me 627 WGACA what goes around comes around 628 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 629 WIP work in progress 630 WLW women-loving women 631 WMNC watch me not care 632 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 633 WP well played 634 WRR weighted round robin 635 WRT with respect to 636 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 637 WTF where's the food 638 WTG way to go 639 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 640 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 641 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 642 WWJD what would Jesus do? 643 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 644 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 645 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 646 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 647 YGM you got mail 648 YHBT you have been trolled 649 YHL you have lost 650 YKWIM you know what I mean 651 YMMV your mileage may vary 652 YOLO you only live once 653 YW you're welcome 654 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 655 ZIP zoning improvement plan 656
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