AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASP - Active Server Page
AKA - Also Known As
BTW - By the Way
CMS - Content management system
CPM - Cost Per Thousand (Roman Numeral M for 1,000)
CU - See You
DIIK - Damned If I Know
DNS - Domain Name System
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
F2F - Face To Face
FAWOMPT Frequently Argued Waste Of My Precious Time
FIOS - Fiber Optic Services
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FOAF - Friend of a friend. Used to imply that information was obtained third-hand, or worse.
FOTCL - Falling off the chair laughing.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FTR - For the Record
FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
FYA - For Your Amusement
FYI - For Your Information
GIG - Short for gigabyte. Usually used as a measurement of bandwidth.
GTI - Gateway Transaction Interface
HHOK - Ha ha only kidding.
HHOJ - Ha ha only joking. May also substitute "jokes" to indicate you were only kidding.
HHOS - Ha ha only serious (used with ironic jokes and satire that contain some truth).
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Server
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IE - Internet Explorer
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IWBNI - It would be nice if
IYFEG - Insert your favorite ethnic group. Used in off-color and offensive jokes and stories to avoid insulting any particular ethnic group, race, religion, or sex. You'll sometimes see "ethnic" instead.
KB - Kilobytes or Knowledge Base. There are 1024 Kilobytes in a Megabyte. |
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
MB - Short for megabytes. There are 1,024 megabytes in a gigabyte.
MEGO - My eyes glaze over
MOTAS - Member of the appropriate sex
MOTOS - Member of the opposite sex
MOTSS - Member of the same sex
NRN - No Response Necessary
OIC - Oh, I see
OS - Operating system
OTOH - On the other hand
PD - Public Domain
PMJI - Pardon my jumping in.
PPC - Pay Per Click
RSS - Really Simple Syndication
ROFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RSN - Real soon now (read: never)
RTFM - Read The F*cking Manual
SE - Search Engine
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SO - Significant Other
SPAM - Self Promotional Advertising Message or
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SQL - Structured Query Language
STF - Search the Forum
TFS - Thanks for sharing
THX - Thanks
TFS - Thanks For Sharing
TIA - Thanks in advance
TIC - Tongue in cheek
TTYL - Talk to you later
URL - Short for Uniform Resource Locator, the URL is the actual address of a Web site.
WOBTAM -Waste of both time and money.
WTF - What The F*ck
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
XML -eXtensible Markup Language
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary. (This acronym means the advice/info/instructions just given might not work for you exactly as described.)
Zzzz - Sleeping |
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