acronyms revision 1.315
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.315 2024/04/10 20:50:18 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 FYSA for your situational awareness 193 G grin 194 G/C garbage collect 195 G2G got to go 196 G2K good to know 197 GA go ahead 198 GAC get a clue 199 GAL get a life 200 GB Game Boy 201 GBA Game Boy Advance 202 GBC Game Boy Color 203 GBTW get back to work 204 GC GameCube 205 GCD greatest common divisor 206 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 207 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 208 GF girlfriend 209 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 210 GFU good for you 211 GFY good for you 212 GG good game 213 GGA good game all 214 GGP good game partner 215 GGWP good game, well played 216 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 217 GIYF Google is your friend 218 GJ good job 219 GL good luck 220 GLHF good luck, have fun 221 GLINE global kill line 222 GLWT good luck with that 223 GM game master 224 GMT Greenwich mean time 225 GMTA great minds think alike 226 GOK God only knows 227 GOP Grand Old Party 228 GOWI get on with it 229 GPS global positioning system 230 GR8 great 231 GTG got to go 232 GTH go to hell 233 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 234 GWS get well soon 235 H8 hate 236 HAND have a nice day 237 HE how embarrassing 238 HF have fun 239 HHIS hanging head in shame 240 HHOS ha ha, only serious 241 HICA here it comes again 242 HME home medical equipment 243 HNY happy new year 244 HOAS hold on a second 245 HOPS half-operator status 246 HTH hope this helps 247 IAC in any case 248 IAE in any event 249 IANAL I am not a lawyer 250 IAW in another window 251 IAWTC I agree with this comment 252 IAWTP I agree with this post 253 IAY I adore you 254 IB I'm back 255 IC I see 256 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 257 ICCL I couldn't care less 258 ICUR I see you are 259 ICYMI in case you missed it 260 IDC I don't care 261 IDGI I don't get it 262 IDGW in a good way 263 IDI I doubt it 264 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 265 IDK I don't know 266 IDRC I don't really care 267 IDTS I don't think so 268 IDTT I drink to that 269 IFF if and only if 270 IFTTT if this then that 271 IHBW I have been wrong 272 IIANM if I am not mistaken 273 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 274 IIUC if I understand correctly 275 IKR I know, right? 276 IKWYM I know what you mean 277 ILU I love you 278 ILY I love you 279 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 280 IMBO in my biased opinion 281 IMCO in my considered opinion 282 IME in my experience 283 IMHO in my humble opinion 284 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 285 IMO in my opinion 286 INB4 in before 287 INPO in no particular order 288 IOW in other words 289 IPML I pissed myself laughing 290 IQ intelligence quotient 291 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 292 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 293 IRL in real life 294 IRT in real time 295 IRT in regards to 296 ISAGN I see a great need 297 ISBN International Standard Book Number 298 ISTM it seems to me 299 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 300 ITC in this {channel,chat} 301 ITT in this thread 302 ITYM I think you mean 303 IUD insert usual disclaimers 304 IUSS if you say so 305 IW it's worse 306 IWBNI it would be nice if 307 IYD in your dreams 308 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 309 IYSS if you say so 310 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 311 J/K just kidding 312 JAM just a minute 313 JAS just a second 314 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 315 JFTR just for the record 316 JFYI just for your information 317 JGI just Google it 318 JGI just got it 319 JHD just hit delete 320 JIC just in case 321 JJA just joking around 322 JK just kidding 323 JMO just my opinion 324 JSYK just so you know 325 JTLYK just to let you know 326 JW just wondering 327 KISS keep it simple, stupid 328 KITA kick in the ass 329 KK okay, okay 330 KLINE kill line 331 KMA keep me advised 332 KMA keep moving ahead 333 KMA kill me already 334 KNF kernel normal form 335 KOS kill on sight 336 KTHX okay, thanks 337 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 338 KWIM know what I mean? 339 L8 late 340 L8R later 341 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 342 LBNL last but not least 343 LGTM looks good to me 344 LJBF let's just be friends 345 LMAO laughing my ass off 346 LMC let me check 347 LMGTFY let me google that for you 348 LMHO laughing my head off 349 LMK let me know 350 LMNO laughing my nuts off 351 LMSO laughing my socks off 352 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 353 LOL laughing out loud 354 LP long playing [record] 355 LPR license plate recognition 356 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 357 LTNS long time no see 358 LWYL laugh with you later 359 M&O management & operations 360 M8 mate 361 MAD mutually assured destruction 362 MBA master of business administration 363 MD Mega Drive 364 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 365 MFW my face when 366 MIA missing in action 367 MLPR mobile license plate reader 368 MMB message me back 369 MO modus operandi 370 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 371 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 372 MOTSS member of the same sex 373 MTF more to follow 374 MVP minimum viable product 375 MVP most valuable player 376 MYOB mind your own business 377 N/A not {applicable,available} 378 N/M never mind 379 NAFAIK not as far as I know 380 NB nota bene 381 NBD no big deal 382 NE1 anyone 383 NEDM not even Doom music 384 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 385 NFA no flaming allowed 386 NFC no functional change 387 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 388 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 389 NIFOC naked in front of computer 390 NIH not invented here 391 NIMBY not in my backyard 392 NM never mind 393 NMF not my fault 394 NMP not my problem 395 NMU not much, you? 396 NOM no offence meant 397 NOOB newbie 398 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 399 NOYB none of your business 400 NP no problem 401 NPC non-player character 402 NRFPT not ready for prime time 403 NRN no reply necessary 404 NRN not right now 405 NSFW not suitable for work 406 NTBF not to be fixed 407 NTN no thanks needed 408 NUNP no users, no problems 409 NVM never mind 410 NVMM never mind mate 411 NW no way 412 NXT next 413 NYPA not your personal army 414 O2W off to work 415 OAO over and out 416 OBV obviously 417 OBVS obviously 418 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 419 OFC of course 420 OH other half 421 OIC oh, I see 422 OMG oh my God 423 OMW on my way 424 ONNA oh no, not again 425 ONNTA oh no, not this again 426 OOB out of bounds 427 OOC out of curiosity 428 OOI out of interest 429 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 430 OPS operator status 431 OPS operators 432 ORITE oh, right 433 OT off topic 434 OTL out to lunch 435 OTOH on the other hand 436 OTP one true pairing 437 OTS off the shelf 438 OTT over the top 439 OTTOMH off the top of my head 440 OWTTE or words to that effect 441 PC player character 442 PC politically correct 443 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 444 PCE PC Engine 445 PD police department 446 PDA public display of affection 447 PDQ pretty darn quick 448 PDS please don't shout 449 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 450 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 451 PFA please find attached 452 PFI pay for inclusion 453 PFY pimply faced youth 454 PHB pointy haired boss 455 PIN personal identification number 456 PITA pain in the ass 457 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 458 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 459 PM post meridiem 460 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 461 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 462 PMSL pissing myself laughing 463 PNG persona non grata 464 PNP plug and pray 465 POC point of contact 466 POC proof of concept 467 POLA principle of least astonishment 468 POLS principle of least surprise 469 POS point of sale 470 POV point of view 471 PPL people 472 PPL pretty please 473 PPP petty pet peeve 474 PPS pulse per second (signal) 475 PR public relations 476 PSA prostate-specific antigen 477 PSA public service announcement 478 PSX PlayStation 479 PTA parent-teacher association 480 PTO {paid,personal} time off 481 PTO parent-teacher organization 482 PTO please turn over 483 PTO power takeoff 484 PTT push-to-talk 485 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 486 PTV parental tunnel vision 487 QED quod erat demonstrandum 488 QFT quoted for truth 489 QOI quality of information 490 RA residential advisor 491 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 492 RCD residual current device 493 RFC request for comments 494 RFD request for discussion 495 RFE request for enhancements 496 RFI request for information 497 RFP request for proposal 498 RIF reduction in force 499 RIP rest in peace 500 RL real life 501 RLC rod length check 502 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 503 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 504 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 505 ROM rough order of magnitude 506 ROI return on investment 507 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 508 RP responsible person 509 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 510 RR railroad 511 RSI repetitive strain injury 512 RSN real soon now 513 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 514 S/T self titled 515 SAR search and rescue 516 SAR some assembly required 517 SCNR sorry, could not resist 518 SEP someone else's problem 519 SERP search engine results page 520 SFAICT so far as I can tell 521 SGTM sounds good to me 522 SHID slaps head in disgust 523 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 524 SITD still in the dark 525 SJW social justice warrior 526 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 527 SMH shaking my head 528 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 529 SMOP simple matter of programming 530 SMS Sega Master System 531 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 532 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 533 SNMP sorry, not my problem 534 SO significant other 535 SOP standard operating procedure 536 SRS serious 537 SRSLY seriously 538 SSIA subject says it all 539 SSTO single stage to orbit 540 STW search the web 541 SUS stupid user syndrome 542 SUX sucks 543 SUX2BU sucks to be you 544 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 545 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 546 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 547 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 548 SYS see you soon 549 TA teaching assistant 550 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 551 TBA to be announced 552 TBC to be continued 553 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 554 TBH to be honest 555 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 556 TCB taking care of business 557 TCO taken care of 558 TCO total cost of ownership 559 TFOA things falling off aircraft 560 TFW that feeling when 561 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 562 THNX thanks 563 THX thanks 564 TIA thanks in advance 565 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 566 TIC tongue in cheek 567 TIL today I learned 568 TINC there is no cabal 569 TINLA this is not legal advice 570 TINWIS this is not what I said 571 TJM that's just me 572 TLA three letter acronym 573 TLA true love always 574 TLC tender loving care 575 TLDR too long, didn't read 576 TLDW too long, didn't watch 577 TM trademark 578 TM trust me 579 TMA too many abbreviations 580 TMG too much government 581 TMI too much information 582 TMJ temporomandibular joint 583 TMK to my knowledge 584 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 585 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 586 TOC table of contents 587 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 588 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 589 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 590 TOH to other half 591 TP toilet paper 592 TPTB the powers that be 593 TRT the right thing 594 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 595 TTFN ta ta for now 596 TTM to the moderator 597 TTT thought that too 598 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 599 TTYL talk to you later 600 TTYS talk to you soon 601 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 602 TWDT the whole damn thing 603 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 604 TY thank you 605 TYVM thank you very much 606 U/L upload 607 UGT universal greeting time 608 UPC Universal Product Code 609 UR your 610 UR {you're, you are} 611 URM underrepresented minority 612 UTSL use the source, Luke 613 VCR video cassette recorder 614 VEG very evil grin 615 VIP very important person 616 VLA variable length array 617 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 618 VRI vehicle recognition identification 619 W/ with 620 W/E whatever 621 W/O without 622 W8 wait 623 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 624 WAG wild-ass guess 625 WB welcome back 626 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 627 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 628 WELC working effectively with legacy code 629 WFH working from home 630 WFM works for me 631 WGACA what goes around comes around 632 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 633 WIP work in progress 634 WLW women-loving women 635 WMNC watch me not care 636 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 637 WP well played 638 WRR weighted round robin 639 WRT with respect to 640 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 641 WTF where's the food 642 WTG way to go 643 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 644 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 645 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 646 WWJD what would Jesus do? 647 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 648 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 649 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 650 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 651 YGM you got mail 652 YHBT you have been trolled 653 YHL you have lost 654 YKWIM you know what I mean 655 YMMV your mileage may vary 656 YMMD you made my day 657 YOLO you only live once 658 YW you're welcome 659 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 660 ZIP zoning improvement plan 661
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