acronyms revision 1.314
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.314 2022/09/26 17:55:35 jschauma 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 DW don't worry 141 DWIM do what I mean 142 DYAC damn you autocorrect 143 DYK do you know? 144 EA early adopter 145 ECR electronic cash register 146 EDS eternal downward spiral 147 EEE eastern equine encephalitis 148 EFT electronic funds transfer 149 EG evil grin 150 EIE enough is enough 151 EMSG email message 152 EOB end of business [day] 153 EOD end of {day,discussion} 154 EOL end of life 155 EOM end of message 156 EOS end of story 157 ETA edited to add 158 ETA estimated time of arrival 159 ETLA extended three letter acronym 160 ETR early to rise 161 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 162 EZ easy 163 EZPZ easy-peasy 164 F9 fine 165 FAQ frequently asked question 166 FBOW for better or worse 167 FCFS first come, first served 168 FCOL for crying out loud 169 FFS free for shipping 170 FITB fill in the blank 171 FNO for nerds only 172 FNO from now on 173 FOC free of charge 174 FPS first person shooter 175 FPS frames per second 176 FQA frequently questioned answer 177 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 178 FSDO for some definition of 179 FSVO for some value of 180 FTBFS fails to build from source 181 FTFY fixed that for you 182 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 183 FTL faster than light 184 FTL for the loss 185 FTR for the record 186 FTTT from time to time 187 FTW for the win 188 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 189 FWIW for what it's worth 190 FYEO for your eyes only 191 FYI for your information 192 G grin 193 G/C garbage collect 194 G2G got to go 195 G2K good to know 196 GA go ahead 197 GAC get a clue 198 GAL get a life 199 GB Game Boy 200 GBA Game Boy Advance 201 GBC Game Boy Color 202 GBTW get back to work 203 GC GameCube 204 GCD greatest common divisor 205 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 206 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 207 GF girlfriend 208 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 209 GFU good for you 210 GFY good for you 211 GG good game 212 GGA good game all 213 GGP good game partner 214 GGWP good game, well played 215 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 216 GIYF Google is your friend 217 GJ good job 218 GL good luck 219 GLHF good luck, have fun 220 GLINE global kill line 221 GLWT good luck with that 222 GM game master 223 GMT Greenwich mean time 224 GMTA great minds think alike 225 GOK God only knows 226 GOP Grand Old Party 227 GOWI get on with it 228 GPS global positioning system 229 GR8 great 230 GTG got to go 231 GTH go to hell 232 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 233 GWS get well soon 234 H8 hate 235 HAND have a nice day 236 HE how embarrassing 237 HF have fun 238 HHIS hanging head in shame 239 HHOS ha ha, only serious 240 HICA here it comes again 241 HME home medical equipment 242 HNY happy new year 243 HOAS hold on a second 244 HOPS half-operator status 245 HTH hope this helps 246 IAC in any case 247 IAE in any event 248 IANAL I am not a lawyer 249 IAW in another window 250 IAWTC I agree with this comment 251 IAWTP I agree with this post 252 IAY I adore you 253 IB I'm back 254 IC I see 255 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 256 ICCL I couldn't care less 257 ICUR I see you are 258 ICYMI in case you missed it 259 IDC I don't care 260 IDGI I don't get it 261 IDGW in a good way 262 IDI I doubt it 263 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 264 IDK I don't know 265 IDRC I don't really care 266 IDTS I don't think so 267 IDTT I drink to that 268 IFF if and only if 269 IFTTT if this then that 270 IHBW I have been wrong 271 IIANM if I am not mistaken 272 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 273 IIUC if I understand correctly 274 IKR I know, right? 275 IKWYM I know what you mean 276 ILU I love you 277 ILY I love you 278 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 279 IMBO in my biased opinion 280 IMCO in my considered opinion 281 IME in my experience 282 IMHO in my humble opinion 283 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 284 IMO in my opinion 285 INB4 in before 286 INPO in no particular order 287 IOW in other words 288 IPML I pissed myself laughing 289 IQ intelligence quotient 290 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 291 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 292 IRL in real life 293 IRT in real time 294 IRT in regards to 295 ISAGN I see a great need 296 ISBN International Standard Book Number 297 ISTM it seems to me 298 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 299 ITC in this {channel,chat} 300 ITT in this thread 301 ITYM I think you mean 302 IUD insert usual disclaimers 303 IUSS if you say so 304 IW it's worse 305 IWBNI it would be nice if 306 IYD in your dreams 307 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 308 IYSS if you say so 309 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 310 J/K just kidding 311 JAM just a minute 312 JAS just a second 313 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 314 JFTR just for the record 315 JFYI just for your information 316 JGI just Google it 317 JGI just got it 318 JHD just hit delete 319 JIC just in case 320 JJA just joking around 321 JK just kidding 322 JMO just my opinion 323 JSYK just so you know 324 JTLYK just to let you know 325 JW just wondering 326 KISS keep it simple, stupid 327 KITA kick in the ass 328 KK okay, okay 329 KLINE kill line 330 KMA keep me advised 331 KMA keep moving ahead 332 KMA kill me already 333 KNF kernel normal form 334 KOS kill on sight 335 KTHX okay, thanks 336 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 337 KWIM know what I mean? 338 L8 late 339 L8R later 340 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 341 LBNL last but not least 342 LGTM looks good to me 343 LJBF let's just be friends 344 LMAO laughing my ass off 345 LMC let me check 346 LMGTFY let me google that for you 347 LMHO laughing my head off 348 LMK let me know 349 LMNO laughing my nuts off 350 LMSO laughing my socks off 351 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 352 LOL laughing out loud 353 LP long playing [record] 354 LPR license plate recognition 355 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 356 LTNS long time no see 357 LWYL laugh with you later 358 M&O management & operations 359 M8 mate 360 MAD mutually assured destruction 361 MBA master of business administration 362 MD Mega Drive 363 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 364 MFW my face when 365 MIA missing in action 366 MLPR mobile license plate reader 367 MMB message me back 368 MO modus operandi 369 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 370 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 371 MOTSS member of the same sex 372 MTF more to follow 373 MVP minimum viable product 374 MVP most valuable player 375 MYOB mind your own business 376 N/A not {applicable,available} 377 N/M never mind 378 NAFAIK not as far as I know 379 NB nota bene 380 NBD no big deal 381 NE1 anyone 382 NEDM not even Doom music 383 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 384 NFA no flaming allowed 385 NFC no functional change 386 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 387 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 388 NIFOC naked in front of computer 389 NIH not invented here 390 NIMBY not in my backyard 391 NM never mind 392 NMF not my fault 393 NMP not my problem 394 NMU not much, you? 395 NOM no offence meant 396 NOOB newbie 397 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 398 NOYB none of your business 399 NP no problem 400 NPC non-player character 401 NRFPT not ready for prime time 402 NRN no reply necessary 403 NRN not right now 404 NSFW not suitable for work 405 NTBF not to be fixed 406 NTN no thanks needed 407 NUNP no users, no problems 408 NVM never mind 409 NVMM never mind mate 410 NW no way 411 NXT next 412 NYPA not your personal army 413 O2W off to work 414 OAO over and out 415 OBV obviously 416 OBVS obviously 417 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 418 OFC of course 419 OH other half 420 OIC oh, I see 421 OMG oh my God 422 OMW on my way 423 ONNA oh no, not again 424 ONNTA oh no, not this again 425 OOB out of bounds 426 OOC out of curiosity 427 OOI out of interest 428 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 429 OPS operator status 430 OPS operators 431 ORITE oh, right 432 OT off topic 433 OTL out to lunch 434 OTOH on the other hand 435 OTP one true pairing 436 OTS off the shelf 437 OTT over the top 438 OTTOMH off the top of my head 439 OWTTE or words to that effect 440 PC player character 441 PC politically correct 442 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 443 PCE PC Engine 444 PD police department 445 PDA public display of affection 446 PDQ pretty darn quick 447 PDS please don't shout 448 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 449 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 450 PFA please find attached 451 PFI pay for inclusion 452 PFY pimply faced youth 453 PHB pointy haired boss 454 PIN personal identification number 455 PITA pain in the ass 456 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 457 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 458 PM post meridiem 459 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 460 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 461 PMSL pissing myself laughing 462 PNG persona non grata 463 PNP plug and pray 464 POC point of contact 465 POC proof of concept 466 POLA principle of least astonishment 467 POLS principle of least surprise 468 POS point of sale 469 POV point of view 470 PPL people 471 PPL pretty please 472 PPP petty pet peeve 473 PPS pulse per second (signal) 474 PR public relations 475 PSA prostate-specific antigen 476 PSA public service announcement 477 PSX PlayStation 478 PTA parent-teacher association 479 PTO {paid,personal} time off 480 PTO parent-teacher organization 481 PTO please turn over 482 PTO power takeoff 483 PTT push-to-talk 484 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 485 PTV parental tunnel vision 486 QED quod erat demonstrandum 487 QFT quoted for truth 488 QOI quality of information 489 RA residential advisor 490 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 491 RCD residual current device 492 RFC request for comments 493 RFD request for discussion 494 RFE request for enhancements 495 RFI request for information 496 RFP request for proposal 497 RIF reduction in force 498 RIP rest in peace 499 RL real life 500 RLC rod length check 501 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 502 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 503 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 504 ROM rough order of magnitude 505 ROI return on investment 506 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 507 RP responsible person 508 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 509 RR railroad 510 RSI repetitive strain injury 511 RSN real soon now 512 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 513 S/T self titled 514 SAR search and rescue 515 SAR some assembly required 516 SCNR sorry, could not resist 517 SEP someone else's problem 518 SERP search engine results page 519 SFAICT so far as I can tell 520 SGTM sounds good to me 521 SHID slaps head in disgust 522 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 523 SITD still in the dark 524 SJW social justice warrior 525 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 526 SMH shaking my head 527 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 528 SMOP simple matter of programming 529 SMS Sega Master System 530 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 531 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 532 SNMP sorry, not my problem 533 SO significant other 534 SOP standard operating procedure 535 SRS serious 536 SRSLY seriously 537 SSIA subject says it all 538 SSTO single stage to orbit 539 STW search the web 540 SUS stupid user syndrome 541 SUX sucks 542 SUX2BU sucks to be you 543 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 544 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 545 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 546 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 547 SYS see you soon 548 TA teaching assistant 549 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 550 TBA to be announced 551 TBC to be continued 552 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 553 TBH to be honest 554 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 555 TCB taking care of business 556 TCO taken care of 557 TCO total cost of ownership 558 TFOA things falling off aircraft 559 TFW that feeling when 560 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 561 THNX thanks 562 THX thanks 563 TIA thanks in advance 564 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 565 TIC tongue in cheek 566 TIL today I learned 567 TINC there is no cabal 568 TINLA this is not legal advice 569 TINWIS this is not what I said 570 TJM that's just me 571 TLA three letter acronym 572 TLA true love always 573 TLC tender loving care 574 TLDR too long, didn't read 575 TLDW too long, didn't watch 576 TM trademark 577 TM trust me 578 TMA too many abbreviations 579 TMG too much government 580 TMI too much information 581 TMJ temporomandibular joint 582 TMK to my knowledge 583 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 584 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 585 TOC table of contents 586 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 587 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 588 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 589 TOH to other half 590 TP toilet paper 591 TPTB the powers that be 592 TRT the right thing 593 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 594 TTFN ta ta for now 595 TTM to the moderator 596 TTT thought that too 597 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 598 TTYL talk to you later 599 TTYS talk to you soon 600 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 601 TWDT the whole damn thing 602 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 603 TY thank you 604 TYVM thank you very much 605 U/L upload 606 UGT universal greeting time 607 UPC Universal Product Code 608 UR your 609 UR {you're, you are} 610 URM underrepresented minority 611 UTSL use the source, Luke 612 VCR video cassette recorder 613 VEG very evil grin 614 VIP very important person 615 VLA variable length array 616 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 617 VRI vehicle recognition identification 618 W/ with 619 W/E whatever 620 W/O without 621 W8 wait 622 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 623 WAG wild-ass guess 624 WB welcome back 625 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 626 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 627 WELC working effectively with legacy code 628 WFH working from home 629 WFM works for me 630 WGACA what goes around comes around 631 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 632 WIP work in progress 633 WLW women-loving women 634 WMNC watch me not care 635 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 636 WP well played 637 WRR weighted round robin 638 WRT with respect to 639 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 640 WTF where's the food 641 WTG way to go 642 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 643 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 644 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 645 WWJD what would Jesus do? 646 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 647 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 648 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 649 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 650 YGM you got mail 651 YHBT you have been trolled 652 YHL you have lost 653 YKWIM you know what I mean 654 YMMV your mileage may vary 655 YMMD you made my day 656 YOLO you only live once 657 YW you're welcome 658 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 659 ZIP zoning improvement plan 660
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