| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ADN | Any day now |
| AFK | Away from keyboard |
| B4N | Bye for now |
| BAK | Back at the keyboard |
| BBIAB | Be back in a bit |
| BBL | Be back later |
| BBS | Bulletin board system |
| BEG | Big evil grin |
| BPS | Bits Per Second |
| BFD | Big fine (f*) deal |
| BFN | Bye for now |
| BG | Big grin |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
| BL | Belly laughing |
| BRB | Be right back |
| BTA | But then again... |
| BTSOOM | Beats The Stuffing (s*) Out Of Me |
| BTW | By the way |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CDROM | Compact Disk/Read Only Memory |
| CDT | Central Daylight Time |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface, Computer Generated Images, Computer Graphics Interface |
| CPI | Characters Per Inch |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| CST | Central Standard Time |
| CU | See you |
| CUL | See you later |
| CUL8ER | See you later |
| CYO | See you online |
| D&D | Dungeons & Dragons |
| DIKU | Do I know you? |
| DITYID | Did I tell you I'm distressed? |
| DPI | Dots Per Inch |
| EDT | Eastern Daylight Time |
| EG | Evil grin |
| EMFBI | Excuse me for butting in |
| EOF | End of file |
| EOT | End of thread (meaning: end of discussion) |
| EST | Eastern Standard Time |
| ETLA | Enhanced three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA) |
| F2F | Face to face |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions |
| FAQL | Frequently asked question list |
| FIFO | First in, first out |
| FILO | First in, last out |
| FISH | First in, still here |
| FLA | Four-letter acronym |
| FOMCL | Falling off my chair laughing |
| FUBAR | Fouled (F*) up beyond all repair or recognition |
| FUD | Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt/(Disinformation) |
| FWIW | For what it's worth |
| FYI | For your information |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| G | Grin |
| GA | Go ahead |
| GAL | Get a life |
| GD&R | Grinning, ducking, and running |
| GIWIST | Gee, I wish I'd said that |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GMTA | Great minds think alike |
| GOL | Giggling out loud |
| GTRM | Going to read mail |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| IAC | In any case |
| IANAL | I am not a lawyer (but) |
| IC | I see |
| IDE | Imbedded Drive Electronics, Integrated Development Environment[Borlund], Integrated Drive Electronics, Intelligent Drive Electronics, Interactive Design and Engineering, Interface Design Enhancement, Interplanetary Dust Experiment |
| IEEE | (pronounced "I tripple E") Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IIRC | If I recall/remember/recollect correctly |
| IKT | I knew that |
| ILU or ILY | I love you |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion |
| IMNSHO | In my not so humble opinion |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| IOW | In other words |
| IPN | I'm posting naked |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| IRL | In real life |
| ISO | In search of |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
| JIC | Just in case |
| JIT | Just in time |
| JK | Just kidding |
| KISS | Keep it simple, stupid |
| KSH | Korne Shell (UNIX) |
| L8R | Later |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LD | Later Dude |
| LDR | Long-distance relationship |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LIFO | Last in, first out |
| LLTA | Lots and lots of thunderous applause |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| LTM | Laugh to myself |
| LTNS | Long Time No See |
| MorF | Male or female |
| MIPS | Million Instructions Per Second |
| MOSS | Member of the same sex |
| MOTOS | Member of the opposite sex |
| MDT | Mountain Daylight Time |
| MST | Mountain Standard Time |
| MUD | Multiple user dimension |
| MYOB | Mind Your Own Business |
| NFW | No feasible (f*) way |
| NRN | No response necessary |
| OIC | Oh, I see |
| OLL | Online love |
| OTOH | On the other hand |
| OTF | Off the floor |
| OTOH | On the other hand |
| OTTOMH | Off the top of my head |
| PANS | Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS") |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PDA | Public display of affection |
| PERL | Practical Extraction and Report Language |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PEBCAK | Problem exists between chair and keyboard |
| PD | Public domain |
| PMFJIB | Pardon me for jumping in but... |
| ::POOF:: | Goodbye (leaving the room) |
| POTS | Plain old telephone service |
| PU | That stinks! |
| PDT | Pacific Daylight Time |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| PPPPPP | Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance |
| PST | Pacific Standard Time |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| ROTFL | Rolling on the floor laughing |
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling on the floor laughing my arms (a*) off |
| ROTFLMAOWPIMP | Rolling on the floor laughing my arms (a*) off while peeing in my pants |
| ROTFLMBO | Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off |
| RPG | Role-playing games |
| RSN | Real soon now |
| RTFM | Read the fine (f*) manual |
| RYO | Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper) |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SCSI | (pronounced "scuzzy") Small Computer System Interface |
| SIG | Special Interest Group |
| SITD | Still In The Dark |
| SNAFU | Situation normal, all fouled (f*) up |
| SO | Significant other |
| SOL | Smilling out loud, or still (s*) out of luck |
| SOMY | Sick of me yet? |
| SQL | (pronounced "seequel") Structured Query Language |
| TAFN | That's all for now |
| TANSTAAFL | There ain't no such thing as a free lunch |
| TCP/IP | Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol |
| TEOTWAWKI | The end of the world as we know it |
| TFH | Thread from hell (a discussion that just won't die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group) |
| TGIF | Thank goodness (G*) it's Friday |
| TIC | Tongue In Cheek |
| TLA | Three-letter acronym |
| TLC | Tender loving care |
| TPTB | The powers that be |
| TTFN | Ta-Ta for now |
| TTYL | Talk to you later |
| Txs | Thanks |
| UT | Universal time (same as GMT) |
| VBG | Very big grin |
| VGA | Video Graphics Adapter |
| W3 | World wide web |
| W/O | Without |
| WDAMYK | Who died and made you king? |
| WFM | Works for me |
| WRT | With respect to |
| WT? | What/who the ? |
| WTGP? | Want to go private? |
| WU? | What's up? |
| WUF? | Where are you from? |
| WWW | World wide web |
| WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get |
| YMMV | Your mileage may vary. |