ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AFAIK - As far as I know (mainly used in chatrooms)
AFK - Away From Keyboard (mainly used in chatrooms)
AI - Artificial Intelligence
AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger (a competitor to ICQ)
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
AOL - America OnLine
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP - Active Server Page (by Micro$oft. Kinda like a dynamic web page. For example: it can receives parameters from you, such as stocks you want to look up, and it will display them with nice graphs besides them)
AUP - Acceptable Use Policy
AVI - Audio Visual Interface (an extremely lame computer video format, used mainly by Micro$oft... Surprise, surprise)
AWG - American Wire Gauge
BBS - Bulletin Board System
BL - Belly laughing (mainly used in chatrooms)
BTW - By The way (mainly used in chatrooms and ICQ)
BWC - Because We Can
CNID - Calling Number IDentification
CU - See you (mainly used in chatrooms)
CUL - See you later (mainly used in chatrooms)
CYA - Cover your ass / See ya (mainly used in chatrooms)
CYO - See you online (mainly used in chatrooms)
DBA - Doing business as (mainly used in chatrooms)
DND - Do Not Disturb (mainly used in chatrooms and ICQ)
DQMOT - Don't quote me on this (mainly used in chatrooms)
EG - Evil grin (mainly used in chatrooms)
EMFBI - Excuse me for butting in (mainly used in chatrooms)
F2F - Face to face (mainly used in chatrooms)
FOMCL - Falling off my chair laughing (mainly used in chatrooms)
FWIW - For what it's worth (mainly used in chatrooms)
FYI - For your information (mainly used in chatrooms)
GD&R - Grinning, ducking, and running (mainly used in chatrooms)
GL - Good Luck (mainly used in chatrooms)
GMTA - Great minds think alike (mainly used in chatrooms)
HTH - Happy To Help / Hope This/That helped (mainly used in chatrooms)
IAC - In any case (mainly used in chatrooms)
IHA - I hate acronyms (mainly used in chatrooms)
IMHO - In my humble opinion (mainly used in chatrooms)
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion (mainly used in chatrooms)
IOW - In other words (mainly used in chatrooms)
IRL - In real life (that is, when not chatting) (mainly used in chatrooms)
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network (a faster phone line. Supports multi-usage, which means you can use your modem and your phone on the same line simultaneously, each getting 6.4KPS)
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IYSWIM - If you see what I mean (mainly used in chatrooms)
JIC - Just in case (mainly used in chatrooms)
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KWIM? - Know what I mean? (mainly used in chatrooms)
LOL - Laughing Out Loud / Lots of Laughs
LTM - Laugh to myself (mainly used in chatrooms)
MorF - Male or female (mainly used in chatrooms)
MOSS - Member of the same sex (mainly used in chatrooms)
MOTD - Message Of The Day (mainly used in chatrooms)
MOTM - Message Of The Month (mainly used in chatrooms)
MOTOS - Member of the opposite sex (mainly used in chatrooms)
NFW - No feasible way / no bleeping way (mainly used in chatrooms)
NM - Never Mind (mainly used in chatrooms)
NRN - No response necessary (mainly used in chatrooms)
OIC - Oh, I see (mainly used in chatrooms)
OTF - Off The Floor (mainly used in chatrooms)
OTOH - On the other hand (mainly used in chatrooms)
OTTOMH - Off the top of my head (mainly used in chatrooms)
PITA - Pain in the ass (mainly used in chatrooms)
RL - Real life (that is, when not chatting) (mainly used in chatrooms)
ROFL / ROTFL - Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO / ROTFLMAO - Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing My Ass Out
ROFLMBO / ROTFMBO - Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing My Butt Out (mainly used in chatrooms)
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing (mainly used in chatrooms)
ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off (mainly used in chatrooms)
ROTFLMAOWPIMP - Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing My Ass Out While Peeing In My Pants (mainly used in chatrooms)
RTFM - Read the f***ing/fine manual (mainly used in chatrooms)
RYO - Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper) (mainly used in chatrooms)
SNAFU - Situation normal, all f***ed up (mainly used in chatrooms)
SO - Significant other (mainly used in chatrooms)
SOL - Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck (mainly used in chatrooms)
STFW - Search the f*****g Web (mainly used in chatrooms)
STW - Search the Web (mainly used in chatrooms)
SWAG - Stupid wild-a** guess (mainly used in chatrooms)
TAFN - That's all for now (mainly used in chatrooms)
TGIF - Thank God it's Friday (mainly used in chatrooms)
TIA - Thanks in advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply) (mainly used in chatrooms)
TPTB - The powers that be (mainly used in chatrooms)
TTFN - Ta-Ta for now (mainly used in chatrooms)
TTYL - Talk to you later (mainly used in chatrooms)
TU - Thank you (mainly used in chatrooms)
TY - Thank You (mainly used in chatrooms)
UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error (program crash)
UAPITA - You're a pain in the ass (mainly used in chatrooms)
VBG - Very big grin (mainly used in chatrooms)
WB - Welcome Back
WFM - Works for me (mainly used in chatrooms)
WTF - What the F***!
WTG - Way to go! (mainly used in chatrooms)
WUF? - Where are you from? (mainly used in chatrooms)
WYPIWYG - Where You Point Is Where You Go
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get (for example, Micro$oft Word is a WYSIWYG editor because it shows you what you'll get when you'll print your document. Old UNIX or DOS editors are mostly not WYSIWYG editors)
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get (mainly used in chatrooms)
YBWC - Why? Because We Can

you dont have the following


ATB

Steve




perhaps I should get that trademarked

I used to run a pub, years ago - we had a little sign above a charity bos which said...

YCWCYAQFTB

Your Curiocity Will Cost You A Quid For The Blind

Worked every time, no-one would be as tight not to donate to the worthy cause, especially with all the knowing locals watching!!

Here's a couple of more amusing ones :

TWAIN - tool without an interesting name
PCMCIA - People can't memorise computer industry acronyms

And one that has always caused much confusion :

ISO - International organisation for standardisation

Kingr

Don't you hate nit picking bastards......

but......

very few of those listed are acronyms...most are abbreviations

An acronym has to create a new/separate word..

NASA
TWAIN
SNAFU
ASCII
FUBAR

are acronyms....they are said as words

but....

BTW
ATB
ROTFLMAO
WTF

etc are not, they are abbreviations because you sound each letter and don't say them as a word.

Right...where else can I go to annoy someone...

ATB TTFN YMMV

Guys, I was only having a nit-pick BTW...sorry...

No critisism (sp?) of Rob or anyone else implied....who are here helping others....

Just ignore me and I'll go away....

Perhaps...

NLSA

nobody likes a smartarse....

A few more:

NFG No f*****g good
BTF Bent to f**k
RTFM Read the f*****g manual
MIL-TFP-41 Make it like the f****g print for once (there is a story behind this one)
TWIGPTBB That's why I get paid the big bucks

Better go and wash my mouth out now....

Yeah RTFM is great one,i've got it on the box that the SVA manual came in.

Perfect place for it i think.

NFG!

You certainly didn't RTFL (read the f****g list) as RTFM is on it.

It wasn't a comprehensive list, that one I have and it's over 10 pages long.

ymmfswgas - youv'e mistaken me for someone who gives a sh*t

quote:

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Originally posted by Rob Lane
You certainly didn't RTFL (read the f****g list) as RTFM is on it.

It wasn't a comprehensive list, that one I have and it's over 10 pages long.

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Got a bit of time on your hands there, Rob?

LOL

Cheers

Chris

If Rob had time we would have 10 pages of it

Ahhh Time, that elusive element, the more you look for it, the less there is!

What with business, home jobs, wish list for the car, sons business, garden etc etc. I need a infinite probability drive to get me back to where I started

I like

IDGAF

I dont give a f

atb

(trademarked)

steve

NORWICH

is also a good one

Apart from the fact that knickers starts with a K, not an N!!

Kingr

quote:

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Originally posted by Alan B

An acronym has to create a new/separate word..

NASA
TWAIN
SNAFU
ASCII
FUBAR

are acronyms....they are said as words

but....

BTW
ATB
ROTFLMAO
WTF

etc are not, they are abbreviations because you sound each letter and don't say them as a word.

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How do you type AFK ?

Ok I'll get my coat!

Terry

Kingr...

"ac·ro·nym [ ákrnim ] (plural ac·ro·nyms)
noun

word formed from initials: a word formed from the initials or other parts of several words, for example, “NATO,” from the initial letters of “North Atlantic Treaty Organization”

Taken from Encarta World dictionary....I'm convinced..

Sorry to bring back an old thread but TWAIN is - TECHNOLOGY without an interesting name

PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

When i worked in BT my job title was
Customer
Underground
Network
Technician


or how about
Fine
Art
Restoration
Technicians

[Edited on 23/2/2005 by dave1888]

[Edited on 23/2/2005 by dave1888]

DNA - National Dyslexia Association

DILLIGAF - Do I look like I give a f***?

one of my favourites which people often don't know is an acronym is

Scuba as in "scuba diver"
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Another is LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

quote:

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Originally posted by pbura
DILLIGAF - Do I look like I give a f***?

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Or even the famous (amongst geeks) recursive acronym GNU, which forms part of Linux.

GNU = GNU's Not Unix

I said it was geeky!

David

quote:

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Originally posted by chunkielad
Sorry to bring back an old thread but TWAIN is - TECHNOLOGY without an interesting name

PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

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What does 'IIRC' stand for, this forum uses it a lot and stumped as to what it means.

If I Recall Correcty

I had trouble working out what SWMBO was, until the missus came up to me and had a go, telling me to take the rubbish out, which I duly did.

She Who Must Be Obeyed.

So true, so true.

Better get back to cleaning the kitchen.....

When I look at acronyms, I just think, FIIK.










F*ck*ed If I Know