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Abbreviations and Acronyms Glossary

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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

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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

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