1$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.314 2022/09/26 17:55:35 jschauma Exp $ 210Q thank you 310X thanks 41337 elite ("leet") 5224 today, tomorrow, forever 631337 elite ("eleet") 74TW for the win 8A/S/L age/sex/location 9AAMOF as a matter of fact 10ABD all but dissertation 11AC audible chuckle 12ACAB all cats are beautiful 13ADD attention deficit disorder 14ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder 15ADN any day now 16ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! 17AEAP as early as possible 18AFAIAC as far as I am concerned 19AFAIC as far as I'm concerned 20AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} 21AFAICS as far as I can see 22AFAICT as far as I can tell 23AFAIK as far as I know 24AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} 25AFAIU as far as I understand 26AFD away from desktop 27AFK away from keyboard 28AFW away from window 29AGM annual general meeting 30AINEC and it's not even close 31AISE as I see it 32AIU as I understand 33AIUI as I understand it 34AKA also known as 35ALPR automatic license plate recognition 36AM ante meridiem 37AMA ask me anything 38AMOL a mountain of love 39ANPR automatic number plate recognition 40APM alternative payment model 41ASAIC as soon as I can 42ASAP as soon as possible 43ASL age/sex/location 44ATEOTD at the end of the day 45ATM at the moment 46ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine 47ATW around the world 48ABV alcohol by volume 49AVI automatic vehicle identification 50AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan 51AWOL absent without official leave 52AYBABTU all your base are belong to us 53AYF all your fault 54AYOR at your own risk 55AYT are you there 56B& banned 57B/C because 58B/W bandwidth 59B/W between 60BAI goodbye 61BAK back at keyboard 62BAU business as usual 63BBIAB be back in a bit 64BBL [I'll] be back later 65BBR burnt beyond repair 66BBS be back soon 67BBT be back tomorrow 68BCNU be seeing you 69BCNUL8R be seeing you later 70BCP best current practice 71BDFL benevolent dictator for life 72BF best friend 73BF boyfriend 74BFF best {friend,friends} forever 75BIAB back in a bit 76BIAF back in a few 77BIALW back in a little while 78BIAS back in a second 79BIAW back in a while 80BIDI boy, I did it 81BNYA burned now you are 82BOC but of course 83BOFH bastard operator from hell 84BOT back on topic 85BPM beam propagation method 86BPM beats per minute 87BRB [I'll] be right back 88BSD booze, sex, drugs 89BTDT been there, done that 90BTFT been there, fixed that 91BTTH boot to the head 92BTW by the way 93BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 94CC credit card 95CEO chief executive officer 96CFV call for votes 97CFY calling for you 98CG center of gravity 99CHANOPS channel operator status 100CIA central intelligence agency 101CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 102CNP continued [in my] next post 103COB close of business [day] 104COTS commercial off-the-shelf 105CPA cyproterone acetate 106CPC cost per click 107CPE customer premises equipment 108CPR car plate recognition 109CRM customer relationship management 110CTF capture the flag 111CTN can't talk now 112CU see you 113CUL see you later 114CYA see ya 115CYA see you around 116CYE check your email 117D/B/A doing business as 118D/L download 119DBA doing business as 120DBEYR don't believe everything you read 121DC Dreamcast 122DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 123DIY do it yourself 124DKDC don't know, don't care 125DM direct message 126DM dungeon master 127DME durable medical equipment 128DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 129DMZ demilitarized zone 130DND do not disturb 131DNF did not finish 132DNFT do not feed troll 133DOA dead on arrival 134DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 135DRY don't repeat yourself 136DS Dual Screen 137DSTM don't shoot the messenger 138DTRT do the right thing 139DTWT do the wrong thing 140DW don't worry 141DWIM do what I mean 142DYAC damn you autocorrect 143DYK do you know? 144EA early adopter 145ECR electronic cash register 146EDS eternal downward spiral 147EEE eastern equine encephalitis 148EFT electronic funds transfer 149EG evil grin 150EIE enough is enough 151EMSG email message 152EOB end of business [day] 153EOD end of {day,discussion} 154EOL end of life 155EOM end of message 156EOS end of story 157ETA edited to add 158ETA estimated time of arrival 159ETLA extended three letter acronym 160ETR early to rise 161EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 162EZ easy 163EZPZ easy-peasy 164F9 fine 165FAQ frequently asked question 166FBOW for better or worse 167FCFS first come, first served 168FCOL for crying out loud 169FFS free for shipping 170FITB fill in the blank 171FNO for nerds only 172FNO from now on 173FOC free of charge 174FPS first person shooter 175FPS frames per second 176FQA frequently questioned answer 177FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 178FSDO for some definition of 179FSVO for some value of 180FTBFS fails to build from source 181FTFY fixed that for you 182FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 183FTL faster than light 184FTL for the loss 185FTR for the record 186FTTT from time to time 187FTW for the win 188FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 189FWIW for what it's worth 190FYEO for your eyes only 191FYI for your information 192G grin 193G/C garbage collect 194G2G got to go 195G2K good to know 196GA go ahead 197GAC get a clue 198GAL get a life 199GB Game Boy 200GBA Game Boy Advance 201GBC Game Boy Color 202GBTW get back to work 203GC GameCube 204GCD greatest common divisor 205GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 206GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 207GF girlfriend 208GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 209GFU good for you 210GFY good for you 211GG good game 212GGA good game all 213GGP good game partner 214GGWP good game, well played 215GIGO garbage in, garbage out 216GIYF Google is your friend 217GJ good job 218GL good luck 219GLHF good luck, have fun 220GLINE global kill line 221GLWT good luck with that 222GM game master 223GMT Greenwich mean time 224GMTA great minds think alike 225GOK God only knows 226GOP Grand Old Party 227GOWI get on with it 228GPS global positioning system 229GR8 great 230GTG got to go 231GTH go to hell 232GTSY {glad,good} to see you 233GWS get well soon 234H8 hate 235HAND have a nice day 236HE how embarrassing 237HF have fun 238HHIS hanging head in shame 239HHOS ha ha, only serious 240HICA here it comes again 241HME home medical equipment 242HNY happy new year 243HOAS hold on a second 244HOPS half-operator status 245HTH hope this helps 246IAC in any case 247IAE in any event 248IANAL I am not a lawyer 249IAW in another window 250IAWTC I agree with this comment 251IAWTP I agree with this post 252IAY I adore you 253IB I'm back 254IC I see 255ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 256ICCL I couldn't care less 257ICUR I see you are 258ICYMI in case you missed it 259IDC I don't care 260IDGI I don't get it 261IDGW in a good way 262IDI I doubt it 263IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 264IDK I don't know 265IDRC I don't really care 266IDTS I don't think so 267IDTT I drink to that 268IFF if and only if 269IFTTT if this then that 270IHBW I have been wrong 271IIANM if I am not mistaken 272IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 273IIUC if I understand correctly 274IKR I know, right? 275IKWYM I know what you mean 276ILU I love you 277ILY I love you 278IMAO in my arrogant opinion 279IMBO in my biased opinion 280IMCO in my considered opinion 281IME in my experience 282IMHO in my humble opinion 283IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 284IMO in my opinion 285INB4 in before 286INPO in no particular order 287IOW in other words 288IPML I pissed myself laughing 289IQ intelligence quotient 290IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 291IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 292IRL in real life 293IRT in real time 294IRT in regards to 295ISAGN I see a great need 296ISBN International Standard Book Number 297ISTM it seems to me 298ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 299ITC in this {channel,chat} 300ITT in this thread 301ITYM I think you mean 302IUD insert usual disclaimers 303IUSS if you say so 304IW it's worse 305IWBNI it would be nice if 306IYD in your dreams 307IYKWIM if you know what I mean 308IYSS if you say so 309IYSWIM if you see what I mean 310J/K just kidding 311JAM just a minute 312JAS just a second 313JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 314JFTR just for the record 315JFYI just for your information 316JGI just Google it 317JGI just got it 318JHD just hit delete 319JIC just in case 320JJA just joking around 321JK just kidding 322JMO just my opinion 323JSYK just so you know 324JTLYK just to let you know 325JW just wondering 326KISS keep it simple, stupid 327KITA kick in the ass 328KK okay, okay 329KLINE kill line 330KMA keep me advised 331KMA keep moving ahead 332KMA kill me already 333KNF kernel normal form 334KOS kill on sight 335KTHX okay, thanks 336KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 337KWIM know what I mean? 338L8 late 339L8R later 340LART luser attitude readjustment tool 341LBNL last but not least 342LGTM looks good to me 343LJBF let's just be friends 344LMAO laughing my ass off 345LMC let me check 346LMGTFY let me google that for you 347LMHO laughing my head off 348LMK let me know 349LMNO laughing my nuts off 350LMSO laughing my socks off 351LOIC low orbit ion cannon 352LOL laughing out loud 353LP long playing [record] 354LPR license plate recognition 355LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 356LTNS long time no see 357LWYL laugh with you later 358M&O management & operations 359M8 mate 360MAD mutually assured destruction 361MBA master of business administration 362MD Mega Drive 363MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 364MFW my face when 365MIA missing in action 366MLPR mobile license plate reader 367MMB message me back 368MO modus operandi 369MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 370MOTOS member of the opposite sex 371MOTSS member of the same sex 372MTF more to follow 373MVP minimum viable product 374MVP most valuable player 375MYOB mind your own business 376N/A not {applicable,available} 377N/M never mind 378NAFAIK not as far as I know 379NB nota bene 380NBD no big deal 381NE1 anyone 382NEDM not even Doom music 383NES Nintendo Entertainment System 384NFA no flaming allowed 385NFC no functional change 386NGP Neo Geo Pocket 387NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 388NIFOC naked in front of computer 389NIH not invented here 390NIMBY not in my backyard 391NM never mind 392NMF not my fault 393NMP not my problem 394NMU not much, you? 395NOM no offence meant 396NOOB newbie 397NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 398NOYB none of your business 399NP no problem 400NPC non-player character 401NRFPT not ready for prime time 402NRN no reply necessary 403NRN not right now 404NSFW not suitable for work 405NTBF not to be fixed 406NTN no thanks needed 407NUNP no users, no problems 408NVM never mind 409NVMM never mind mate 410NW no way 411NXT next 412NYPA not your personal army 413O2W off to work 414OAO over and out 415OBV obviously 416OBVS obviously 417ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 418OFC of course 419OH other half 420OIC oh, I see 421OMG oh my God 422OMW on my way 423ONNA oh no, not again 424ONNTA oh no, not this again 425OOB out of bounds 426OOC out of curiosity 427OOI out of interest 428OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 429OPS operator status 430OPS operators 431ORITE oh, right 432OT off topic 433OTL out to lunch 434OTOH on the other hand 435OTP one true pairing 436OTS off the shelf 437OTT over the top 438OTTOMH off the top of my head 439OWTTE or words to that effect 440PC player character 441PC politically correct 442PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 443PCE PC Engine 444PD police department 445PDA public display of affection 446PDQ pretty darn quick 447PDS please don't shout 448PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 449PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 450PFA please find attached 451PFI pay for inclusion 452PFY pimply faced youth 453PHB pointy haired boss 454PIN personal identification number 455PITA pain in the ass 456PITR {parent,parents} in the room 457PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 458PM post meridiem 459PMFI problem magically fixed itself 460PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 461PMSL pissing myself laughing 462PNG persona non grata 463PNP plug and pray 464POC point of contact 465POC proof of concept 466POLA principle of least astonishment 467POLS principle of least surprise 468POS point of sale 469POV point of view 470PPL people 471PPL pretty please 472PPP petty pet peeve 473PPS pulse per second (signal) 474PR public relations 475PSA prostate-specific antigen 476PSA public service announcement 477PSX PlayStation 478PTA parent-teacher association 479PTO {paid,personal} time off 480PTO parent-teacher organization 481PTO please turn over 482PTO power takeoff 483PTT push-to-talk 484PTT post-telephone-telegraph 485PTV parental tunnel vision 486QED quod erat demonstrandum 487QFT quoted for truth 488QOI quality of information 489RA residential advisor 490RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 491RCD residual current device 492RFC request for comments 493RFD request for discussion 494RFE request for enhancements 495RFI request for information 496RFP request for proposal 497RIF reduction in force 498RIP rest in peace 499RL real life 500RLC rod length check 501RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 502ROFL rolling on floor laughing 503ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 504ROM rough order of magnitude 505ROI return on investment 506ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 507RP responsible person 508RPG rocket-propelled grenade 509RR railroad 510RSI repetitive strain injury 511RSN real soon now 512RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 513S/T self titled 514SAR search and rescue 515SAR some assembly required 516SCNR sorry, could not resist 517SEP someone else's problem 518SERP search engine results page 519SFAICT so far as I can tell 520SGTM sounds good to me 521SHID slaps head in disgust 522SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 523SITD still in the dark 524SJW social justice warrior 525SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 526SMH shaking my head 527SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 528SMOP simple matter of programming 529SMS Sega Master System 530SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 531SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 532SNMP sorry, not my problem 533SO significant other 534SOP standard operating procedure 535SRS serious 536SRSLY seriously 537SSIA subject says it all 538SSTO single stage to orbit 539STW search the web 540SUS stupid user syndrome 541SUX sucks 542SUX2BU sucks to be you 543SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 544SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 545SWMBO she who must be obeyed 546SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 547SYS see you soon 548TA teaching assistant 549TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 550TBA to be announced 551TBC to be continued 552TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 553TBH to be honest 554TBOMK the best of my knowledge 555TCB taking care of business 556TCO taken care of 557TCO total cost of ownership 558TFOA things falling off aircraft 559TFW that feeling when 560TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 561THNX thanks 562THX thanks 563TIA thanks in advance 564TIAVP this is a volunteer project 565TIC tongue in cheek 566TIL today I learned 567TINC there is no cabal 568TINLA this is not legal advice 569TINWIS this is not what I said 570TJM that's just me 571TLA three letter acronym 572TLA true love always 573TLC tender loving care 574TLDR too long, didn't read 575TLDW too long, didn't watch 576TM trademark 577TM trust me 578TMA too many abbreviations 579TMG too much government 580TMI too much information 581TMJ temporomandibular joint 582TMK to my knowledge 583TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 584TNF The NetBSD Foundation 585TOC table of contents 586TOCTOU time of check to time of use 587TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 588TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 589TOH to other half 590TP toilet paper 591TPTB the powers that be 592TRT the right thing 593TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 594TTFN ta ta for now 595TTM to the moderator 596TTT thought that too 597TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 598TTYL talk to you later 599TTYS talk to you soon 600TWAIN thing without an interesting name 601TWDT the whole damn thing 602TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 603TY thank you 604TYVM thank you very much 605U/L upload 606UGT universal greeting time 607UPC Universal Product Code 608UR your 609UR {you're, you are} 610URM underrepresented minority 611UTSL use the source, Luke 612VCR video cassette recorder 613VEG very evil grin 614VIP very important person 615VLA variable length array 616VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 617VRI vehicle recognition identification 618W/ with 619W/E whatever 620W/O without 621W8 wait 622WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 623WAG wild-ass guess 624WB welcome back 625WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 626WDYMBT what do you mean by that 627WELC working effectively with legacy code 628WFH working from home 629WFM works for me 630WGACA what goes around comes around 631WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 632WIP work in progress 633WLW women-loving women 634WMNC watch me not care 635WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 636WP well played 637WRR weighted round robin 638WRT with respect to 639WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 640WTF where's the food 641WTG way to go 642WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 643WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 644WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 645WWJD what would Jesus do? 646YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 647YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 648YAOTM yet another off-topic message 649YCTAT you can't troll a troll 650YGM you got mail 651YHBT you have been trolled 652YHL you have lost 653YKWIM you know what I mean 654YMMV your mileage may vary 655YMMD you made my day 656YOLO you only live once 657YW you're welcome 658YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 659ZIP zoning improvement plan 660