acronyms revision 1.321
1 $NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.321 2025/11/19 10:15:52 nia 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 FR for real 181 FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 182 FSDO for some definition of 183 FSVO for some value of 184 FTBFS fails to build from source 185 FTFY fixed that for you 186 FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 187 FTL faster than light 188 FTL for the loss 189 FTR for the record 190 FTTT from time to time 191 FTW for the win 192 FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 193 FWIW for what it's worth 194 FYEO for your eyes only 195 FYI for your information 196 FYSA for your situational awareness 197 G grin 198 G/C garbage collect 199 G2G got to go 200 G2K good to know 201 GA go ahead 202 GAC get a clue 203 GAL get a life 204 GB Game Boy 205 GBA Game Boy Advance 206 GBC Game Boy Color 207 GBTW get back to work 208 GC GameCube 209 GCD greatest common divisor 210 GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 211 GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 212 GF girlfriend 213 GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 214 GFU good for you 215 GFY good for you 216 GG good game 217 GGA good game all 218 GGP good game partner 219 GGWP good game, well played 220 GIGO garbage in, garbage out 221 GIYF Google is your friend 222 GJ good job 223 GL good luck 224 GLHF good luck, have fun 225 GLINE global kill line 226 GLWT good luck with that 227 GM game master 228 GMT Greenwich mean time 229 GMTA great minds think alike 230 GOK God only knows 231 GOP Grand Old Party 232 GOWI get on with it 233 GPS global positioning system 234 GR8 great 235 GTG got to go 236 GTH go to hell 237 GTSY {glad,good} to see you 238 GWS get well soon 239 H8 hate 240 HAND have a nice day 241 HE how embarrassing 242 HF have fun 243 HHIS hanging head in shame 244 HHOS ha ha, only serious 245 HICA here it comes again 246 HME home medical equipment 247 HNY happy new year 248 HOAS hold on a second 249 HOPS half-operator status 250 HTH hope this helps 251 IAC in any case 252 IAE in any event 253 IANAL I am not a lawyer 254 IAW in another window 255 IAWTC I agree with this comment 256 IAWTP I agree with this post 257 IAY I adore you 258 IB I'm back 259 IC I see 260 ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 261 ICCL I couldn't care less 262 ICUR I see you are 263 ICYMI in case you missed it 264 IDC I don't care 265 IDGI I don't get it 266 IDGW in a good way 267 IDI I doubt it 268 IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 269 IDK I don't know 270 IDRC I don't really care 271 IDTS I don't think so 272 IDTT I drink to that 273 IFF if and only if 274 IFTTT if this then that 275 IHBW I have been wrong 276 IIANM if I am not mistaken 277 IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 278 IIUC if I understand correctly 279 IKR I know, right? 280 IKWYM I know what you mean 281 ILU I love you 282 ILY I love you 283 IMAO in my arrogant opinion 284 IMBO in my biased opinion 285 IMCO in my considered opinion 286 IME in my experience 287 IMHO in my humble opinion 288 IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 289 IMO in my opinion 290 INB4 in before 291 INPO in no particular order 292 IOW in other words 293 IPML I pissed myself laughing 294 IQ intelligence quotient 295 IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 296 IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 297 IRL in real life 298 IRT in real time 299 IRT in regards to 300 ISAGN I see a great need 301 ISBN International Standard Book Number 302 ISTM it seems to me 303 ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 304 ITC in this {channel,chat} 305 ITT in this thread 306 ITYM I think you mean 307 IUD insert usual disclaimers 308 IUSS if you say so 309 IW it's worse 310 IWBNI it would be nice if 311 IYD in your dreams 312 IYKWIM if you know what I mean 313 IYKYK if you know you know 314 IYSS if you say so 315 IYSWIM if you see what I mean 316 J/K just kidding 317 JAM just a minute 318 JAS just a second 319 JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 320 JFTR just for the record 321 JFYI just for your information 322 JGI just Google it 323 JGI just got it 324 JHD just hit delete 325 JIC just in case 326 JJA just joking around 327 JK just kidding 328 JMO just my opinion 329 JSYK just so you know 330 JTLYK just to let you know 331 JW just wondering 332 KISS keep it simple, stupid 333 KITA kick in the ass 334 KK okay, okay 335 KLINE kill line 336 KMA keep me advised 337 KMA keep moving ahead 338 KMA kill me already 339 KNF kernel normal form 340 KOS kill on sight 341 KTHX okay, thanks 342 KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 343 KWIM know what I mean? 344 L8 late 345 L8R later 346 LART luser attitude readjustment tool 347 LBNL last but not least 348 LGTM looks good to me 349 LJBF let's just be friends 350 LMAO laughing my ass off 351 LMC let me check 352 LMGTFY let me google that for you 353 LMHO laughing my head off 354 LMK let me know 355 LMNO laughing my nuts off 356 LMSO laughing my socks off 357 LOIC low orbit ion cannon 358 LOL laughing out loud 359 LP long playing [record] 360 LPR license plate recognition 361 LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 362 LTNS long time no see 363 LWYL laugh with you later 364 M&O management & operations 365 M8 mate 366 MAD mutually assured destruction 367 MBA master of business administration 368 MD Mega Drive 369 MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 370 MFW my face when 371 MIA missing in action 372 ML Marxism-Leninism 373 MLM men-loving-men 374 MLM multi-level marketing 375 MLM Marxism-Leninism-Maoism 376 MLPR mobile license plate reader 377 MMB message me back 378 MO modus operandi 379 MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 380 MOTOS member of the opposite sex 381 MOTSS member of the same sex 382 MTF more to follow 383 MVP minimum viable product 384 MVP most valuable player 385 MYOB mind your own business 386 N/A not {applicable,available} 387 N/M never mind 388 NAFAIK not as far as I know 389 NB nota bene 390 NBD no big deal 391 NE1 anyone 392 NEDM not even Doom music 393 NES Nintendo Entertainment System 394 NFA no flaming allowed 395 NFC no functional change 396 NGP Neo Geo Pocket 397 NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 398 NIFOC naked in front of computer 399 NIH not invented here 400 NIMBY not in my backyard 401 NM never mind 402 NMF not my fault 403 NMP not my problem 404 NMU not much, you? 405 NOM no offence meant 406 NOOB newbie 407 NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 408 NOYB none of your business 409 NP no problem 410 NPC non-player character 411 NRFPT not ready for prime time 412 NRN no reply necessary 413 NRN not right now 414 NSFW not suitable for work 415 NTBF not to be fixed 416 NTN no thanks needed 417 NUNP no users, no problems 418 NVM never mind 419 NVMM never mind mate 420 NW no way 421 NXT next 422 NYPA not your personal army 423 O2W off to work 424 OAO over and out 425 OBV obviously 426 OBVS obviously 427 ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 428 OFC of course 429 OH other half 430 OIC oh, I see 431 OMG oh my God 432 OMW on my way 433 ONNA oh no, not again 434 ONNTA oh no, not this again 435 OOB out of bounds 436 OOC out of curiosity 437 OOI out of interest 438 OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 439 OPS operator status 440 OPS operators 441 ORITE oh, right 442 OT off topic 443 OTL out to lunch 444 OTOH on the other hand 445 OTP one true pairing 446 OTS off the shelf 447 OTT over the top 448 OTTOMH off the top of my head 449 OWTTE or words to that effect 450 PC player character 451 PC politically correct 452 PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 453 PCE PC Engine 454 PD police department 455 PDA public display of affection 456 PDQ pretty darn quick 457 PDS please don't shout 458 PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 459 PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 460 PFA please find attached 461 PFI pay for inclusion 462 PFY pimply faced youth 463 PHB pointy haired boss 464 PIN personal identification number 465 PITA pain in the ass 466 PITR {parent,parents} in the room 467 PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 468 PM post meridiem 469 PMFI problem magically fixed itself 470 PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 471 PMSL pissing myself laughing 472 PNG persona non grata 473 PNP plug and pray 474 POC point of contact 475 POC proof of concept 476 POLA principle of least astonishment 477 POLS principle of least surprise 478 POS point of sale 479 POV point of view 480 PPL people 481 PPL pretty please 482 PPP petty pet peeve 483 PPS pulse per second (signal) 484 PR public relations 485 PSA prostate-specific antigen 486 PSA public service announcement 487 PSX PlayStation 488 PTA parent-teacher association 489 PTO {paid,personal} time off 490 PTO parent-teacher organization 491 PTO please turn over 492 PTO power takeoff 493 PTT push-to-talk 494 PTT post-telephone-telegraph 495 PTV parental tunnel vision 496 QED quod erat demonstrandum 497 QFT quoted for truth 498 QOI quality of information 499 RA residential advisor 500 RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 501 RCD residual current device 502 RFC request for comments 503 RFD request for discussion 504 RFE request for enhancements 505 RFI request for information 506 RFP request for proposal 507 RIF reduction in force 508 RIP rest in peace 509 RL real life 510 RLC rod length check 511 RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 512 ROFL rolling on floor laughing 513 ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 514 ROM rough order of magnitude 515 ROI return on investment 516 ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 517 RP responsible person 518 RPG rocket-propelled grenade 519 RR railroad 520 RSI repetitive strain injury 521 RSN real soon now 522 RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 523 S/T self titled 524 SAR search and rescue 525 SAR some assembly required 526 SCNR sorry, could not resist 527 SEP someone else's problem 528 SERP search engine results page 529 SFAICT so far as I can tell 530 SGTM sounds good to me 531 SHID slaps head in disgust 532 SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 533 SITD still in the dark 534 SJW social justice warrior 535 SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 536 SMH shaking my head 537 SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 538 SMOP simple matter of programming 539 SMS Sega Master System 540 SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 541 SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 542 SNMP sorry, not my problem 543 SO significant other 544 SOP standard operating procedure 545 SRS serious 546 SRSLY seriously 547 SSIA subject says it all 548 SSTO single stage to orbit 549 STW search the web 550 SUS stupid user syndrome 551 SUX sucks 552 SUX2BU sucks to be you 553 SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 554 SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 555 SWMBO she who must be obeyed 556 SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 557 SYS see you soon 558 TA teaching assistant 559 TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 560 TBA to be announced 561 TBC to be continued 562 TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 563 TBH to be honest 564 TBOMK the best of my knowledge 565 TCB taking care of business 566 TCO taken care of 567 TCO total cost of ownership 568 TFOA things falling off aircraft 569 TFW that feeling when 570 TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 571 THNX thanks 572 THX thanks 573 TIA thanks in advance 574 TIAVP this is a volunteer project 575 TIC tongue in cheek 576 TIL today I learned 577 TINC there is no cabal 578 TINLA this is not legal advice 579 TINWIS this is not what I said 580 TJM that's just me 581 TLA three letter acronym 582 TLA true love always 583 TLC tender loving care 584 TLDR too long, didn't read 585 TLDW too long, didn't watch 586 TM trademark 587 TM trust me 588 TMA too many abbreviations 589 TMG too much government 590 TMI too much information 591 TMJ temporomandibular joint 592 TMK to my knowledge 593 TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 594 TNF The NetBSD Foundation 595 TOC table of contents 596 TOCTOU time of check to time of use 597 TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 598 TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 599 TOH to other half 600 TP toilet paper 601 TPTB the powers that be 602 TRT the right thing 603 TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 604 TTFN ta ta for now 605 TTM to the moderator 606 TTT thought that too 607 TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 608 TTYL talk to you later 609 TTYS talk to you soon 610 TWAIN thing without an interesting name 611 TWDT the whole damn thing 612 TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 613 TY thank you 614 TYVM thank you very much 615 U/L upload 616 UGT universal greeting time 617 UPC Universal Product Code 618 UR your 619 UR {you're, you are} 620 URM underrepresented minority 621 UTSL use the source, Luke 622 VCR video cassette recorder 623 VEG very evil grin 624 VIP very important person 625 VLA variable length array 626 VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 627 VPS virtual private server 628 VRI vehicle recognition identification 629 W/ with 630 W/E whatever 631 W/O without 632 W8 wait 633 WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 634 WAG wild-ass guess 635 WB welcome back 636 WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 637 WDYMBT what do you mean by that 638 WELC working effectively with legacy code 639 WFH working from home 640 WFM works for me 641 WGACA what goes around comes around 642 WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 643 WIP work in progress 644 WLW women-loving women 645 WMNC watch me not care 646 WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 647 WP well played 648 WRR weighted round robin 649 WRT with respect to 650 WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 651 WTF where's the food 652 WTG way to go 653 WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 654 WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 655 WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 656 WWJD what would Jesus do? 657 YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 658 YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 659 YAOTM yet another off-topic message 660 YCTAT you can't troll a troll 661 YGM you got mail 662 YHBT you have been trolled 663 YHL you have lost 664 YKWIM you know what I mean 665 YMMV your mileage may vary 666 YMMD you made my day 667 YOLO you only live once 668 YW you're welcome 669 YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 670 ZIP zoning improvement plan 671
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