acronyms revision 1.318
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.318 2025/10/15 15:09:33 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 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 FKA formerly known as 173 FNO for nerds only 174 FNO from now on 175 FOC free of charge 176 FPS first person shooter 177 FPS frames per second 178 FQA frequently questioned answer 179 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 180 FSDO for some definition of 181 FSVO for some value of 182 FTBFS fails to build from source 183 FTFY fixed that for you 184 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 185 FTL faster than light 186 FTL for the loss 187 FTR for the record 188 FTTT from time to time 189 FTW for the win 190 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 191 FWIW for what it's worth 192 FYEO for your eyes only 193 FYI for your information 194 FYSA for your situational awareness 195 G grin 196 G/C garbage collect 197 G2G got to go 198 G2K good to know 199 GA go ahead 200 GAC get a clue 201 GAL get a life 202 GB Game Boy 203 GBA Game Boy Advance 204 GBC Game Boy Color 205 GBTW get back to work 206 GC GameCube 207 GCD greatest common divisor 208 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 209 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 210 GF girlfriend 211 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 212 GFU good for you 213 GFY good for you 214 GG good game 215 GGA good game all 216 GGP good game partner 217 GGWP good game, well played 218 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 219 GIYF Google is your friend 220 GJ good job 221 GL good luck 222 GLHF good luck, have fun 223 GLINE global kill line 224 GLWT good luck with that 225 GM game master 226 GMT Greenwich mean time 227 GMTA great minds think alike 228 GOK God only knows 229 GOP Grand Old Party 230 GOWI get on with it 231 GPS global positioning system 232 GR8 great 233 GTG got to go 234 GTH go to hell 235 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 236 GWS get well soon 237 H8 hate 238 HAND have a nice day 239 HE how embarrassing 240 HF have fun 241 HHIS hanging head in shame 242 HHOS ha ha, only serious 243 HICA here it comes again 244 HME home medical equipment 245 HNY happy new year 246 HOAS hold on a second 247 HOPS half-operator status 248 HTH hope this helps 249 IAC in any case 250 IAE in any event 251 IANAL I am not a lawyer 252 IAW in another window 253 IAWTC I agree with this comment 254 IAWTP I agree with this post 255 IAY I adore you 256 IB I'm back 257 IC I see 258 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 259 ICCL I couldn't care less 260 ICUR I see you are 261 ICYMI in case you missed it 262 IDC I don't care 263 IDGI I don't get it 264 IDGW in a good way 265 IDI I doubt it 266 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 267 IDK I don't know 268 IDRC I don't really care 269 IDTS I don't think so 270 IDTT I drink to that 271 IFF if and only if 272 IFTTT if this then that 273 IHBW I have been wrong 274 IIANM if I am not mistaken 275 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 276 IIUC if I understand correctly 277 IKR I know, right? 278 IKWYM I know what you mean 279 ILU I love you 280 ILY I love you 281 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 282 IMBO in my biased opinion 283 IMCO in my considered opinion 284 IME in my experience 285 IMHO in my humble opinion 286 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 287 IMO in my opinion 288 INB4 in before 289 INPO in no particular order 290 IOW in other words 291 IPML I pissed myself laughing 292 IQ intelligence quotient 293 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 294 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 295 IRL in real life 296 IRT in real time 297 IRT in regards to 298 ISAGN I see a great need 299 ISBN International Standard Book Number 300 ISTM it seems to me 301 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 302 ITC in this {channel,chat} 303 ITT in this thread 304 ITYM I think you mean 305 IUD insert usual disclaimers 306 IUSS if you say so 307 IW it's worse 308 IWBNI it would be nice if 309 IYD in your dreams 310 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 311 IYSS if you say so 312 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 313 J/K just kidding 314 JAM just a minute 315 JAS just a second 316 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 317 JFTR just for the record 318 JFYI just for your information 319 JGI just Google it 320 JGI just got it 321 JHD just hit delete 322 JIC just in case 323 JJA just joking around 324 JK just kidding 325 JMO just my opinion 326 JSYK just so you know 327 JTLYK just to let you know 328 JW just wondering 329 KISS keep it simple, stupid 330 KITA kick in the ass 331 KK okay, okay 332 KLINE kill line 333 KMA keep me advised 334 KMA keep moving ahead 335 KMA kill me already 336 KNF kernel normal form 337 KOS kill on sight 338 KTHX okay, thanks 339 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 340 KWIM know what I mean? 341 L8 late 342 L8R later 343 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 344 LBNL last but not least 345 LGTM looks good to me 346 LJBF let's just be friends 347 LMAO laughing my ass off 348 LMC let me check 349 LMGTFY let me google that for you 350 LMHO laughing my head off 351 LMK let me know 352 LMNO laughing my nuts off 353 LMSO laughing my socks off 354 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 355 LOL laughing out loud 356 LP long playing [record] 357 LPR license plate recognition 358 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 359 LTNS long time no see 360 LWYL laugh with you later 361 M&O management & operations 362 M8 mate 363 MAD mutually assured destruction 364 MBA master of business administration 365 MD Mega Drive 366 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 367 MFW my face when 368 MIA missing in action 369 MLPR mobile license plate reader 370 MMB message me back 371 MO modus operandi 372 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 373 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 374 MOTSS member of the same sex 375 MTF more to follow 376 MVP minimum viable product 377 MVP most valuable player 378 MYOB mind your own business 379 N/A not {applicable,available} 380 N/M never mind 381 NAFAIK not as far as I know 382 NB nota bene 383 NBD no big deal 384 NE1 anyone 385 NEDM not even Doom music 386 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 387 NFA no flaming allowed 388 NFC no functional change 389 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 390 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 391 NIFOC naked in front of computer 392 NIH not invented here 393 NIMBY not in my backyard 394 NM never mind 395 NMF not my fault 396 NMP not my problem 397 NMU not much, you? 398 NOM no offence meant 399 NOOB newbie 400 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 401 NOYB none of your business 402 NP no problem 403 NPC non-player character 404 NRFPT not ready for prime time 405 NRN no reply necessary 406 NRN not right now 407 NSFW not suitable for work 408 NTBF not to be fixed 409 NTN no thanks needed 410 NUNP no users, no problems 411 NVM never mind 412 NVMM never mind mate 413 NW no way 414 NXT next 415 NYPA not your personal army 416 O2W off to work 417 OAO over and out 418 OBV obviously 419 OBVS obviously 420 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 421 OFC of course 422 OH other half 423 OIC oh, I see 424 OMG oh my God 425 OMW on my way 426 ONNA oh no, not again 427 ONNTA oh no, not this again 428 OOB out of bounds 429 OOC out of curiosity 430 OOI out of interest 431 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 432 OPS operator status 433 OPS operators 434 ORITE oh, right 435 OT off topic 436 OTL out to lunch 437 OTOH on the other hand 438 OTP one true pairing 439 OTS off the shelf 440 OTT over the top 441 OTTOMH off the top of my head 442 OWTTE or words to that effect 443 PC player character 444 PC politically correct 445 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 446 PCE PC Engine 447 PD police department 448 PDA public display of affection 449 PDQ pretty darn quick 450 PDS please don't shout 451 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 452 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 453 PFA please find attached 454 PFI pay for inclusion 455 PFY pimply faced youth 456 PHB pointy haired boss 457 PIN personal identification number 458 PITA pain in the ass 459 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 460 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 461 PM post meridiem 462 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 463 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 464 PMSL pissing myself laughing 465 PNG persona non grata 466 PNP plug and pray 467 POC point of contact 468 POC proof of concept 469 POLA principle of least astonishment 470 POLS principle of least surprise 471 POS point of sale 472 POV point of view 473 PPL people 474 PPL pretty please 475 PPP petty pet peeve 476 PPS pulse per second (signal) 477 PR public relations 478 PSA prostate-specific antigen 479 PSA public service announcement 480 PSX PlayStation 481 PTA parent-teacher association 482 PTO {paid,personal} time off 483 PTO parent-teacher organization 484 PTO please turn over 485 PTO power takeoff 486 PTT push-to-talk 487 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 488 PTV parental tunnel vision 489 QED quod erat demonstrandum 490 QFT quoted for truth 491 QOI quality of information 492 RA residential advisor 493 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 494 RCD residual current device 495 RFC request for comments 496 RFD request for discussion 497 RFE request for enhancements 498 RFI request for information 499 RFP request for proposal 500 RIF reduction in force 501 RIP rest in peace 502 RL real life 503 RLC rod length check 504 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 505 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 506 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 507 ROM rough order of magnitude 508 ROI return on investment 509 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 510 RP responsible person 511 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 512 RR railroad 513 RSI repetitive strain injury 514 RSN real soon now 515 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 516 S/T self titled 517 SAR search and rescue 518 SAR some assembly required 519 SCNR sorry, could not resist 520 SEP someone else's problem 521 SERP search engine results page 522 SFAICT so far as I can tell 523 SGTM sounds good to me 524 SHID slaps head in disgust 525 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 526 SITD still in the dark 527 SJW social justice warrior 528 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 529 SMH shaking my head 530 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 531 SMOP simple matter of programming 532 SMS Sega Master System 533 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 534 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 535 SNMP sorry, not my problem 536 SO significant other 537 SOP standard operating procedure 538 SRS serious 539 SRSLY seriously 540 SSIA subject says it all 541 SSTO single stage to orbit 542 STW search the web 543 SUS stupid user syndrome 544 SUX sucks 545 SUX2BU sucks to be you 546 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 547 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 548 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 549 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 550 SYS see you soon 551 TA teaching assistant 552 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 553 TBA to be announced 554 TBC to be continued 555 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 556 TBH to be honest 557 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 558 TCB taking care of business 559 TCO taken care of 560 TCO total cost of ownership 561 TFOA things falling off aircraft 562 TFW that feeling when 563 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 564 THNX thanks 565 THX thanks 566 TIA thanks in advance 567 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 568 TIC tongue in cheek 569 TIL today I learned 570 TINC there is no cabal 571 TINLA this is not legal advice 572 TINWIS this is not what I said 573 TJM that's just me 574 TLA three letter acronym 575 TLA true love always 576 TLC tender loving care 577 TLDR too long, didn't read 578 TLDW too long, didn't watch 579 TM trademark 580 TM trust me 581 TMA too many abbreviations 582 TMG too much government 583 TMI too much information 584 TMJ temporomandibular joint 585 TMK to my knowledge 586 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 587 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 588 TOC table of contents 589 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 590 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 591 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 592 TOH to other half 593 TP toilet paper 594 TPTB the powers that be 595 TRT the right thing 596 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 597 TTFN ta ta for now 598 TTM to the moderator 599 TTT thought that too 600 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 601 TTYL talk to you later 602 TTYS talk to you soon 603 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 604 TWDT the whole damn thing 605 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 606 TY thank you 607 TYVM thank you very much 608 U/L upload 609 UGT universal greeting time 610 UPC Universal Product Code 611 UR your 612 UR {you're, you are} 613 URM underrepresented minority 614 UTSL use the source, Luke 615 VCR video cassette recorder 616 VEG very evil grin 617 VIP very important person 618 VLA variable length array 619 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 620 VPS virtual private server 621 VRI vehicle recognition identification 622 W/ with 623 W/E whatever 624 W/O without 625 W8 wait 626 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 627 WAG wild-ass guess 628 WB welcome back 629 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 630 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 631 WELC working effectively with legacy code 632 WFH working from home 633 WFM works for me 634 WGACA what goes around comes around 635 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 636 WIP work in progress 637 WLW women-loving women 638 WMNC watch me not care 639 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 640 WP well played 641 WRR weighted round robin 642 WRT with respect to 643 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 644 WTF where's the food 645 WTG way to go 646 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 647 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 648 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 649 WWJD what would Jesus do? 650 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 651 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 652 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 653 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 654 YGM you got mail 655 YHBT you have been trolled 656 YHL you have lost 657 YKWIM you know what I mean 658 YMMV your mileage may vary 659 YMMD you made my day 660 YOLO you only live once 661 YW you're welcome 662 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 663 ZIP zoning improvement plan 664
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