acronyms revision 1.317
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.317 2025/03/28 13:31:13 riastradh 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 BLUF bottom line up front 82 BNYA burned now you are 83 BOC but of course 84 BOFH bastard operator from hell 85 BOT back on topic 86 BPM beam propagation method 87 BPM beats per minute 88 BRB [I'll] be right back 89 BSD booze, sex, drugs 90 BTDT been there, done that 91 BTFT been there, fixed that 92 BTTH boot to the head 93 BTW by the way 94 BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 95 CC credit card 96 CEO chief executive officer 97 CFV call for votes 98 CFY calling for you 99 CG center of gravity 100 CHANOPS channel operator status 101 CIA central intelligence agency 102 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 103 CNP continued [in my] next post 104 COB close of business [day] 105 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 106 CPA cyproterone acetate 107 CPC cost per click 108 CPE customer premises equipment 109 CPR car plate recognition 110 CRM customer relationship management 111 CTF capture the flag 112 CTN can't talk now 113 CU see you 114 CUL see you later 115 CYA see ya 116 CYA see you around 117 CYE check your email 118 D/B/A doing business as 119 D/L download 120 DBA doing business as 121 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 122 DC Dreamcast 123 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 124 DIY do it yourself 125 DKDC don't know, don't care 126 DM direct message 127 DM dungeon master 128 DME durable medical equipment 129 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 130 DMZ demilitarized zone 131 DND do not disturb 132 DNF did not finish 133 DNFT do not feed troll 134 DOA dead on arrival 135 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 136 DRY don't repeat yourself 137 DS Dual Screen 138 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 139 DTRT do the right thing 140 DTWT do the wrong thing 141 DW don't worry 142 DWIM do what I mean 143 DYAC damn you autocorrect 144 DYK do you know? 145 EA early adopter 146 ECR electronic cash register 147 EDS eternal downward spiral 148 EEE eastern equine encephalitis 149 EFT electronic funds transfer 150 EG evil grin 151 EIE enough is enough 152 EMSG email message 153 EOB end of business [day] 154 EOD end of {day,discussion} 155 EOL end of life 156 EOM end of message 157 EOS end of story 158 ETA edited to add 159 ETA estimated time of arrival 160 ETLA extended three letter acronym 161 ETR early to rise 162 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 163 EZ easy 164 EZPZ easy-peasy 165 F9 fine 166 FAQ frequently asked question 167 FBOW for better or worse 168 FCFS first come, first served 169 FCOL for crying out loud 170 FFS free for shipping 171 FITB fill in the blank 172 FNO for nerds only 173 FNO from now on 174 FOC free of charge 175 FPS first person shooter 176 FPS frames per second 177 FQA frequently questioned answer 178 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 179 FSDO for some definition of 180 FSVO for some value of 181 FTBFS fails to build from source 182 FTFY fixed that for you 183 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 184 FTL faster than light 185 FTL for the loss 186 FTR for the record 187 FTTT from time to time 188 FTW for the win 189 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 190 FWIW for what it's worth 191 FYEO for your eyes only 192 FYI for your information 193 FYSA for your situational awareness 194 G grin 195 G/C garbage collect 196 G2G got to go 197 G2K good to know 198 GA go ahead 199 GAC get a clue 200 GAL get a life 201 GB Game Boy 202 GBA Game Boy Advance 203 GBC Game Boy Color 204 GBTW get back to work 205 GC GameCube 206 GCD greatest common divisor 207 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 208 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 209 GF girlfriend 210 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 211 GFU good for you 212 GFY good for you 213 GG good game 214 GGA good game all 215 GGP good game partner 216 GGWP good game, well played 217 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 218 GIYF Google is your friend 219 GJ good job 220 GL good luck 221 GLHF good luck, have fun 222 GLINE global kill line 223 GLWT good luck with that 224 GM game master 225 GMT Greenwich mean time 226 GMTA great minds think alike 227 GOK God only knows 228 GOP Grand Old Party 229 GOWI get on with it 230 GPS global positioning system 231 GR8 great 232 GTG got to go 233 GTH go to hell 234 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 235 GWS get well soon 236 H8 hate 237 HAND have a nice day 238 HE how embarrassing 239 HF have fun 240 HHIS hanging head in shame 241 HHOS ha ha, only serious 242 HICA here it comes again 243 HME home medical equipment 244 HNY happy new year 245 HOAS hold on a second 246 HOPS half-operator status 247 HTH hope this helps 248 IAC in any case 249 IAE in any event 250 IANAL I am not a lawyer 251 IAW in another window 252 IAWTC I agree with this comment 253 IAWTP I agree with this post 254 IAY I adore you 255 IB I'm back 256 IC I see 257 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 258 ICCL I couldn't care less 259 ICUR I see you are 260 ICYMI in case you missed it 261 IDC I don't care 262 IDGI I don't get it 263 IDGW in a good way 264 IDI I doubt it 265 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 266 IDK I don't know 267 IDRC I don't really care 268 IDTS I don't think so 269 IDTT I drink to that 270 IFF if and only if 271 IFTTT if this then that 272 IHBW I have been wrong 273 IIANM if I am not mistaken 274 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 275 IIUC if I understand correctly 276 IKR I know, right? 277 IKWYM I know what you mean 278 ILU I love you 279 ILY I love you 280 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 281 IMBO in my biased opinion 282 IMCO in my considered opinion 283 IME in my experience 284 IMHO in my humble opinion 285 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 286 IMO in my opinion 287 INB4 in before 288 INPO in no particular order 289 IOW in other words 290 IPML I pissed myself laughing 291 IQ intelligence quotient 292 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 293 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 294 IRL in real life 295 IRT in real time 296 IRT in regards to 297 ISAGN I see a great need 298 ISBN International Standard Book Number 299 ISTM it seems to me 300 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 301 ITC in this {channel,chat} 302 ITT in this thread 303 ITYM I think you mean 304 IUD insert usual disclaimers 305 IUSS if you say so 306 IW it's worse 307 IWBNI it would be nice if 308 IYD in your dreams 309 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 310 IYSS if you say so 311 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 312 J/K just kidding 313 JAM just a minute 314 JAS just a second 315 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 316 JFTR just for the record 317 JFYI just for your information 318 JGI just Google it 319 JGI just got it 320 JHD just hit delete 321 JIC just in case 322 JJA just joking around 323 JK just kidding 324 JMO just my opinion 325 JSYK just so you know 326 JTLYK just to let you know 327 JW just wondering 328 KISS keep it simple, stupid 329 KITA kick in the ass 330 KK okay, okay 331 KLINE kill line 332 KMA keep me advised 333 KMA keep moving ahead 334 KMA kill me already 335 KNF kernel normal form 336 KOS kill on sight 337 KTHX okay, thanks 338 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 339 KWIM know what I mean? 340 L8 late 341 L8R later 342 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 343 LBNL last but not least 344 LGTM looks good to me 345 LJBF let's just be friends 346 LMAO laughing my ass off 347 LMC let me check 348 LMGTFY let me google that for you 349 LMHO laughing my head off 350 LMK let me know 351 LMNO laughing my nuts off 352 LMSO laughing my socks off 353 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 354 LOL laughing out loud 355 LP long playing [record] 356 LPR license plate recognition 357 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 358 LTNS long time no see 359 LWYL laugh with you later 360 M&O management & operations 361 M8 mate 362 MAD mutually assured destruction 363 MBA master of business administration 364 MD Mega Drive 365 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 366 MFW my face when 367 MIA missing in action 368 MLPR mobile license plate reader 369 MMB message me back 370 MO modus operandi 371 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 372 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 373 MOTSS member of the same sex 374 MTF more to follow 375 MVP minimum viable product 376 MVP most valuable player 377 MYOB mind your own business 378 N/A not {applicable,available} 379 N/M never mind 380 NAFAIK not as far as I know 381 NB nota bene 382 NBD no big deal 383 NE1 anyone 384 NEDM not even Doom music 385 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 386 NFA no flaming allowed 387 NFC no functional change 388 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 389 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 390 NIFOC naked in front of computer 391 NIH not invented here 392 NIMBY not in my backyard 393 NM never mind 394 NMF not my fault 395 NMP not my problem 396 NMU not much, you? 397 NOM no offence meant 398 NOOB newbie 399 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 400 NOYB none of your business 401 NP no problem 402 NPC non-player character 403 NRFPT not ready for prime time 404 NRN no reply necessary 405 NRN not right now 406 NSFW not suitable for work 407 NTBF not to be fixed 408 NTN no thanks needed 409 NUNP no users, no problems 410 NVM never mind 411 NVMM never mind mate 412 NW no way 413 NXT next 414 NYPA not your personal army 415 O2W off to work 416 OAO over and out 417 OBV obviously 418 OBVS obviously 419 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 420 OFC of course 421 OH other half 422 OIC oh, I see 423 OMG oh my God 424 OMW on my way 425 ONNA oh no, not again 426 ONNTA oh no, not this again 427 OOB out of bounds 428 OOC out of curiosity 429 OOI out of interest 430 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 431 OPS operator status 432 OPS operators 433 ORITE oh, right 434 OT off topic 435 OTL out to lunch 436 OTOH on the other hand 437 OTP one true pairing 438 OTS off the shelf 439 OTT over the top 440 OTTOMH off the top of my head 441 OWTTE or words to that effect 442 PC player character 443 PC politically correct 444 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 445 PCE PC Engine 446 PD police department 447 PDA public display of affection 448 PDQ pretty darn quick 449 PDS please don't shout 450 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 451 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 452 PFA please find attached 453 PFI pay for inclusion 454 PFY pimply faced youth 455 PHB pointy haired boss 456 PIN personal identification number 457 PITA pain in the ass 458 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 459 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 460 PM post meridiem 461 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 462 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 463 PMSL pissing myself laughing 464 PNG persona non grata 465 PNP plug and pray 466 POC point of contact 467 POC proof of concept 468 POLA principle of least astonishment 469 POLS principle of least surprise 470 POS point of sale 471 POV point of view 472 PPL people 473 PPL pretty please 474 PPP petty pet peeve 475 PPS pulse per second (signal) 476 PR public relations 477 PSA prostate-specific antigen 478 PSA public service announcement 479 PSX PlayStation 480 PTA parent-teacher association 481 PTO {paid,personal} time off 482 PTO parent-teacher organization 483 PTO please turn over 484 PTO power takeoff 485 PTT push-to-talk 486 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 487 PTV parental tunnel vision 488 QED quod erat demonstrandum 489 QFT quoted for truth 490 QOI quality of information 491 RA residential advisor 492 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 493 RCD residual current device 494 RFC request for comments 495 RFD request for discussion 496 RFE request for enhancements 497 RFI request for information 498 RFP request for proposal 499 RIF reduction in force 500 RIP rest in peace 501 RL real life 502 RLC rod length check 503 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 504 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 505 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 506 ROM rough order of magnitude 507 ROI return on investment 508 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 509 RP responsible person 510 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 511 RR railroad 512 RSI repetitive strain injury 513 RSN real soon now 514 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 515 S/T self titled 516 SAR search and rescue 517 SAR some assembly required 518 SCNR sorry, could not resist 519 SEP someone else's problem 520 SERP search engine results page 521 SFAICT so far as I can tell 522 SGTM sounds good to me 523 SHID slaps head in disgust 524 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 525 SITD still in the dark 526 SJW social justice warrior 527 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 528 SMH shaking my head 529 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 530 SMOP simple matter of programming 531 SMS Sega Master System 532 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 533 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 534 SNMP sorry, not my problem 535 SO significant other 536 SOP standard operating procedure 537 SRS serious 538 SRSLY seriously 539 SSIA subject says it all 540 SSTO single stage to orbit 541 STW search the web 542 SUS stupid user syndrome 543 SUX sucks 544 SUX2BU sucks to be you 545 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 546 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 547 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 548 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 549 SYS see you soon 550 TA teaching assistant 551 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 552 TBA to be announced 553 TBC to be continued 554 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 555 TBH to be honest 556 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 557 TCB taking care of business 558 TCO taken care of 559 TCO total cost of ownership 560 TFOA things falling off aircraft 561 TFW that feeling when 562 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 563 THNX thanks 564 THX thanks 565 TIA thanks in advance 566 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 567 TIC tongue in cheek 568 TIL today I learned 569 TINC there is no cabal 570 TINLA this is not legal advice 571 TINWIS this is not what I said 572 TJM that's just me 573 TLA three letter acronym 574 TLA true love always 575 TLC tender loving care 576 TLDR too long, didn't read 577 TLDW too long, didn't watch 578 TM trademark 579 TM trust me 580 TMA too many abbreviations 581 TMG too much government 582 TMI too much information 583 TMJ temporomandibular joint 584 TMK to my knowledge 585 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 586 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 587 TOC table of contents 588 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 589 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 590 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 591 TOH to other half 592 TP toilet paper 593 TPTB the powers that be 594 TRT the right thing 595 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 596 TTFN ta ta for now 597 TTM to the moderator 598 TTT thought that too 599 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 600 TTYL talk to you later 601 TTYS talk to you soon 602 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 603 TWDT the whole damn thing 604 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 605 TY thank you 606 TYVM thank you very much 607 U/L upload 608 UGT universal greeting time 609 UPC Universal Product Code 610 UR your 611 UR {you're, you are} 612 URM underrepresented minority 613 UTSL use the source, Luke 614 VCR video cassette recorder 615 VEG very evil grin 616 VIP very important person 617 VLA variable length array 618 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 619 VPS virtual private server 620 VRI vehicle recognition identification 621 W/ with 622 W/E whatever 623 W/O without 624 W8 wait 625 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 626 WAG wild-ass guess 627 WB welcome back 628 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 629 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 630 WELC working effectively with legacy code 631 WFH working from home 632 WFM works for me 633 WGACA what goes around comes around 634 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 635 WIP work in progress 636 WLW women-loving women 637 WMNC watch me not care 638 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 639 WP well played 640 WRR weighted round robin 641 WRT with respect to 642 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 643 WTF where's the food 644 WTG way to go 645 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 646 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 647 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 648 WWJD what would Jesus do? 649 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 650 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 651 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 652 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 653 YGM you got mail 654 YHBT you have been trolled 655 YHL you have lost 656 YKWIM you know what I mean 657 YMMV your mileage may vary 658 YMMD you made my day 659 YOLO you only live once 660 YW you're welcome 661 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 662 ZIP zoning improvement plan 663
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