acronyms revision 1.319
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.319 2025/10/19 21:38:38 wiz 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 CLM career-limiting move 103 CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 104 CNP continued [in my] next post 105 COB close of business [day] 106 COTS commercial off-the-shelf 107 CPA cyproterone acetate 108 CPC cost per click 109 CPE customer premises equipment 110 CPR car plate recognition 111 CRM customer relationship management 112 CTF capture the flag 113 CTN can't talk now 114 CU see you 115 CUL see you later 116 CYA see ya 117 CYA see you around 118 CYE check your email 119 D/B/A doing business as 120 D/L download 121 DBA doing business as 122 DBEYR don't believe everything you read 123 DC Dreamcast 124 DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 125 DIY do it yourself 126 DKDC don't know, don't care 127 DM direct message 128 DM dungeon master 129 DME durable medical equipment 130 DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 131 DMZ demilitarized zone 132 DND do not disturb 133 DNF did not finish 134 DNFT do not feed troll 135 DOA dead on arrival 136 DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 137 DRY don't repeat yourself 138 DS Dual Screen 139 DSTM don't shoot the messenger 140 DTRT do the right thing 141 DTWT do the wrong thing 142 DW don't worry 143 DWIM do what I mean 144 DYAC damn you autocorrect 145 DYK do you know? 146 EA early adopter 147 ECR electronic cash register 148 EDS eternal downward spiral 149 EEE eastern equine encephalitis 150 EFT electronic funds transfer 151 EG evil grin 152 EIE enough is enough 153 EMSG email message 154 EOB end of business [day] 155 EOD end of {day,discussion} 156 EOL end of life 157 EOM end of message 158 EOS end of story 159 ETA edited to add 160 ETA estimated time of arrival 161 ETLA extended three letter acronym 162 ETR early to rise 163 EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 164 EZ easy 165 EZPZ easy-peasy 166 F9 fine 167 FAQ frequently asked question 168 FBOW for better or worse 169 FCFS first come, first served 170 FCOL for crying out loud 171 FFS free for shipping 172 FITB fill in the blank 173 FKA formerly known as 174 FNO for nerds only 175 FNO from now on 176 FOC free of charge 177 FPS first person shooter 178 FPS frames per second 179 FQA frequently questioned answer 180 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 181 FSDO for some definition of 182 FSVO for some value of 183 FTBFS fails to build from source 184 FTFY fixed that for you 185 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 186 FTL faster than light 187 FTL for the loss 188 FTR for the record 189 FTTT from time to time 190 FTW for the win 191 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 192 FWIW for what it's worth 193 FYEO for your eyes only 194 FYI for your information 195 FYSA for your situational awareness 196 G grin 197 G/C garbage collect 198 G2G got to go 199 G2K good to know 200 GA go ahead 201 GAC get a clue 202 GAL get a life 203 GB Game Boy 204 GBA Game Boy Advance 205 GBC Game Boy Color 206 GBTW get back to work 207 GC GameCube 208 GCD greatest common divisor 209 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 210 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 211 GF girlfriend 212 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 213 GFU good for you 214 GFY good for you 215 GG good game 216 GGA good game all 217 GGP good game partner 218 GGWP good game, well played 219 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 220 GIYF Google is your friend 221 GJ good job 222 GL good luck 223 GLHF good luck, have fun 224 GLINE global kill line 225 GLWT good luck with that 226 GM game master 227 GMT Greenwich mean time 228 GMTA great minds think alike 229 GOK God only knows 230 GOP Grand Old Party 231 GOWI get on with it 232 GPS global positioning system 233 GR8 great 234 GTG got to go 235 GTH go to hell 236 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 237 GWS get well soon 238 H8 hate 239 HAND have a nice day 240 HE how embarrassing 241 HF have fun 242 HHIS hanging head in shame 243 HHOS ha ha, only serious 244 HICA here it comes again 245 HME home medical equipment 246 HNY happy new year 247 HOAS hold on a second 248 HOPS half-operator status 249 HTH hope this helps 250 IAC in any case 251 IAE in any event 252 IANAL I am not a lawyer 253 IAW in another window 254 IAWTC I agree with this comment 255 IAWTP I agree with this post 256 IAY I adore you 257 IB I'm back 258 IC I see 259 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 260 ICCL I couldn't care less 261 ICUR I see you are 262 ICYMI in case you missed it 263 IDC I don't care 264 IDGI I don't get it 265 IDGW in a good way 266 IDI I doubt it 267 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 268 IDK I don't know 269 IDRC I don't really care 270 IDTS I don't think so 271 IDTT I drink to that 272 IFF if and only if 273 IFTTT if this then that 274 IHBW I have been wrong 275 IIANM if I am not mistaken 276 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 277 IIUC if I understand correctly 278 IKR I know, right? 279 IKWYM I know what you mean 280 ILU I love you 281 ILY I love you 282 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 283 IMBO in my biased opinion 284 IMCO in my considered opinion 285 IME in my experience 286 IMHO in my humble opinion 287 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 288 IMO in my opinion 289 INB4 in before 290 INPO in no particular order 291 IOW in other words 292 IPML I pissed myself laughing 293 IQ intelligence quotient 294 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 295 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 296 IRL in real life 297 IRT in real time 298 IRT in regards to 299 ISAGN I see a great need 300 ISBN International Standard Book Number 301 ISTM it seems to me 302 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 303 ITC in this {channel,chat} 304 ITT in this thread 305 ITYM I think you mean 306 IUD insert usual disclaimers 307 IUSS if you say so 308 IW it's worse 309 IWBNI it would be nice if 310 IYD in your dreams 311 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 312 IYSS if you say so 313 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 314 J/K just kidding 315 JAM just a minute 316 JAS just a second 317 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 318 JFTR just for the record 319 JFYI just for your information 320 JGI just Google it 321 JGI just got it 322 JHD just hit delete 323 JIC just in case 324 JJA just joking around 325 JK just kidding 326 JMO just my opinion 327 JSYK just so you know 328 JTLYK just to let you know 329 JW just wondering 330 KISS keep it simple, stupid 331 KITA kick in the ass 332 KK okay, okay 333 KLINE kill line 334 KMA keep me advised 335 KMA keep moving ahead 336 KMA kill me already 337 KNF kernel normal form 338 KOS kill on sight 339 KTHX okay, thanks 340 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 341 KWIM know what I mean? 342 L8 late 343 L8R later 344 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 345 LBNL last but not least 346 LGTM looks good to me 347 LJBF let's just be friends 348 LMAO laughing my ass off 349 LMC let me check 350 LMGTFY let me google that for you 351 LMHO laughing my head off 352 LMK let me know 353 LMNO laughing my nuts off 354 LMSO laughing my socks off 355 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 356 LOL laughing out loud 357 LP long playing [record] 358 LPR license plate recognition 359 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 360 LTNS long time no see 361 LWYL laugh with you later 362 M&O management & operations 363 M8 mate 364 MAD mutually assured destruction 365 MBA master of business administration 366 MD Mega Drive 367 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 368 MFW my face when 369 MIA missing in action 370 MLPR mobile license plate reader 371 MMB message me back 372 MO modus operandi 373 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 374 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 375 MOTSS member of the same sex 376 MTF more to follow 377 MVP minimum viable product 378 MVP most valuable player 379 MYOB mind your own business 380 N/A not {applicable,available} 381 N/M never mind 382 NAFAIK not as far as I know 383 NB nota bene 384 NBD no big deal 385 NE1 anyone 386 NEDM not even Doom music 387 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 388 NFA no flaming allowed 389 NFC no functional change 390 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 391 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 392 NIFOC naked in front of computer 393 NIH not invented here 394 NIMBY not in my backyard 395 NM never mind 396 NMF not my fault 397 NMP not my problem 398 NMU not much, you? 399 NOM no offence meant 400 NOOB newbie 401 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 402 NOYB none of your business 403 NP no problem 404 NPC non-player character 405 NRFPT not ready for prime time 406 NRN no reply necessary 407 NRN not right now 408 NSFW not suitable for work 409 NTBF not to be fixed 410 NTN no thanks needed 411 NUNP no users, no problems 412 NVM never mind 413 NVMM never mind mate 414 NW no way 415 NXT next 416 NYPA not your personal army 417 O2W off to work 418 OAO over and out 419 OBV obviously 420 OBVS obviously 421 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 422 OFC of course 423 OH other half 424 OIC oh, I see 425 OMG oh my God 426 OMW on my way 427 ONNA oh no, not again 428 ONNTA oh no, not this again 429 OOB out of bounds 430 OOC out of curiosity 431 OOI out of interest 432 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 433 OPS operator status 434 OPS operators 435 ORITE oh, right 436 OT off topic 437 OTL out to lunch 438 OTOH on the other hand 439 OTP one true pairing 440 OTS off the shelf 441 OTT over the top 442 OTTOMH off the top of my head 443 OWTTE or words to that effect 444 PC player character 445 PC politically correct 446 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 447 PCE PC Engine 448 PD police department 449 PDA public display of affection 450 PDQ pretty darn quick 451 PDS please don't shout 452 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 453 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 454 PFA please find attached 455 PFI pay for inclusion 456 PFY pimply faced youth 457 PHB pointy haired boss 458 PIN personal identification number 459 PITA pain in the ass 460 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 461 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 462 PM post meridiem 463 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 464 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 465 PMSL pissing myself laughing 466 PNG persona non grata 467 PNP plug and pray 468 POC point of contact 469 POC proof of concept 470 POLA principle of least astonishment 471 POLS principle of least surprise 472 POS point of sale 473 POV point of view 474 PPL people 475 PPL pretty please 476 PPP petty pet peeve 477 PPS pulse per second (signal) 478 PR public relations 479 PSA prostate-specific antigen 480 PSA public service announcement 481 PSX PlayStation 482 PTA parent-teacher association 483 PTO {paid,personal} time off 484 PTO parent-teacher organization 485 PTO please turn over 486 PTO power takeoff 487 PTT push-to-talk 488 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 489 PTV parental tunnel vision 490 QED quod erat demonstrandum 491 QFT quoted for truth 492 QOI quality of information 493 RA residential advisor 494 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 495 RCD residual current device 496 RFC request for comments 497 RFD request for discussion 498 RFE request for enhancements 499 RFI request for information 500 RFP request for proposal 501 RIF reduction in force 502 RIP rest in peace 503 RL real life 504 RLC rod length check 505 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 506 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 507 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 508 ROM rough order of magnitude 509 ROI return on investment 510 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 511 RP responsible person 512 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 513 RR railroad 514 RSI repetitive strain injury 515 RSN real soon now 516 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 517 S/T self titled 518 SAR search and rescue 519 SAR some assembly required 520 SCNR sorry, could not resist 521 SEP someone else's problem 522 SERP search engine results page 523 SFAICT so far as I can tell 524 SGTM sounds good to me 525 SHID slaps head in disgust 526 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 527 SITD still in the dark 528 SJW social justice warrior 529 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 530 SMH shaking my head 531 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 532 SMOP simple matter of programming 533 SMS Sega Master System 534 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 535 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 536 SNMP sorry, not my problem 537 SO significant other 538 SOP standard operating procedure 539 SRS serious 540 SRSLY seriously 541 SSIA subject says it all 542 SSTO single stage to orbit 543 STW search the web 544 SUS stupid user syndrome 545 SUX sucks 546 SUX2BU sucks to be you 547 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 548 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 549 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 550 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 551 SYS see you soon 552 TA teaching assistant 553 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 554 TBA to be announced 555 TBC to be continued 556 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 557 TBH to be honest 558 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 559 TCB taking care of business 560 TCO taken care of 561 TCO total cost of ownership 562 TFOA things falling off aircraft 563 TFW that feeling when 564 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 565 THNX thanks 566 THX thanks 567 TIA thanks in advance 568 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 569 TIC tongue in cheek 570 TIL today I learned 571 TINC there is no cabal 572 TINLA this is not legal advice 573 TINWIS this is not what I said 574 TJM that's just me 575 TLA three letter acronym 576 TLA true love always 577 TLC tender loving care 578 TLDR too long, didn't read 579 TLDW too long, didn't watch 580 TM trademark 581 TM trust me 582 TMA too many abbreviations 583 TMG too much government 584 TMI too much information 585 TMJ temporomandibular joint 586 TMK to my knowledge 587 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 588 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 589 TOC table of contents 590 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 591 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 592 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 593 TOH to other half 594 TP toilet paper 595 TPTB the powers that be 596 TRT the right thing 597 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 598 TTFN ta ta for now 599 TTM to the moderator 600 TTT thought that too 601 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 602 TTYL talk to you later 603 TTYS talk to you soon 604 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 605 TWDT the whole damn thing 606 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 607 TY thank you 608 TYVM thank you very much 609 U/L upload 610 UGT universal greeting time 611 UPC Universal Product Code 612 UR your 613 UR {you're, you are} 614 URM underrepresented minority 615 UTSL use the source, Luke 616 VCR video cassette recorder 617 VEG very evil grin 618 VIP very important person 619 VLA variable length array 620 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 621 VPS virtual private server 622 VRI vehicle recognition identification 623 W/ with 624 W/E whatever 625 W/O without 626 W8 wait 627 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 628 WAG wild-ass guess 629 WB welcome back 630 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 631 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 632 WELC working effectively with legacy code 633 WFH working from home 634 WFM works for me 635 WGACA what goes around comes around 636 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 637 WIP work in progress 638 WLW women-loving women 639 WMNC watch me not care 640 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 641 WP well played 642 WRR weighted round robin 643 WRT with respect to 644 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 645 WTF where's the food 646 WTG way to go 647 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 648 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 649 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 650 WWJD what would Jesus do? 651 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 652 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 653 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 654 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 655 YGM you got mail 656 YHBT you have been trolled 657 YHL you have lost 658 YKWIM you know what I mean 659 YMMV your mileage may vary 660 YMMD you made my day 661 YOLO you only live once 662 YW you're welcome 663 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 664 ZIP zoning improvement plan 665
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