Abbreviations and Acronyms Glossary
Alphabetical Index:
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
Q R S T
U V W X
Y Z
A
- addy -- Address
- AFAIK -- As Far As I Know
- AFAICR -- As Far As I Can Remember
- afk -- Away From Keyboard
- ASAP -- As Soon As Possible
- atm -- At The Moment
B
- bbiaf -- Be Back In A Few [minutes]
- bbiah -- Be Back In An Hour
- bbiam -- Be Back In A Minute
- bbias -- Be Back In A Second
- bbs -- Be Back Soon
- brb -- Be Right Back
- BTW -- By The Way
C
- CTCP -- Client To Client Protocol
D
- DCC -- Direct Client to Client
- d/l -- Download
E
- EFnet -- Eris-Free net [the largest IRC network]
- ETLA -- Extended Three Letter Acronym (an acronym of more than three letters)
F
- fubar -- f***ed up beyond all repair
- FYI -- For Your Information
- FWIW -- For What It's Worth
G
H
- HTML -- HyperText Mark-up Language
I
- IMHO -- In My Humble Opinion [In My Honest Opinion]
- IMO -- In My Opinion
- IP -- Internet Protocol [IP address: numerical internet adddress]
- IRL -- In Real Life
J
- j/k -- Just Kidding
K
L
- LTNS -- Long Time No See
M
- MHO -- My Humble Opinion [My Honest Opinion]
- MYOB -- Mind Your Own Business
N
- NMF -- Not My Fault (or "Not My Footnote" - this is a newsgroup TLA)
O
P
Q
R
- re -- short for "re-hi"; hello again (sometimes also used to mean "about")
- RL -- Real Life
S
T
- TCP/IP -- Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol
- thx -- Thanks
- TLA -- Three Letter Acronym
- tyt -- Take Your Time
U
- u/l -- Upload
- URL -- Uniform Resourse Locator [Address suitable for a web browser]
V
W
- w/ -- With
- wb -- Welcome Back
- Web -- see WWW
- w/o -- Without
- wrt -- With Respect To [With Regard To]
- WWW -- World Wide Web
X
Y
- YMMV -- Your Mileage May Vary
Z