1$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.316 2025/01/19 16:25:23 christos 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 192FYSA for your situational awareness 193G grin 194G/C garbage collect 195G2G got to go 196G2K good to know 197GA go ahead 198GAC get a clue 199GAL get a life 200GB Game Boy 201GBA Game Boy Advance 202GBC Game Boy Color 203GBTW get back to work 204GC GameCube 205GCD greatest common divisor 206GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 207GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 208GF girlfriend 209GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 210GFU good for you 211GFY good for you 212GG good game 213GGA good game all 214GGP good game partner 215GGWP good game, well played 216GIGO garbage in, garbage out 217GIYF Google is your friend 218GJ good job 219GL good luck 220GLHF good luck, have fun 221GLINE global kill line 222GLWT good luck with that 223GM game master 224GMT Greenwich mean time 225GMTA great minds think alike 226GOK God only knows 227GOP Grand Old Party 228GOWI get on with it 229GPS global positioning system 230GR8 great 231GTG got to go 232GTH go to hell 233GTSY {glad,good} to see you 234GWS get well soon 235H8 hate 236HAND have a nice day 237HE how embarrassing 238HF have fun 239HHIS hanging head in shame 240HHOS ha ha, only serious 241HICA here it comes again 242HME home medical equipment 243HNY happy new year 244HOAS hold on a second 245HOPS half-operator status 246HTH hope this helps 247IAC in any case 248IAE in any event 249IANAL I am not a lawyer 250IAW in another window 251IAWTC I agree with this comment 252IAWTP I agree with this post 253IAY I adore you 254IB I'm back 255IC I see 256ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 257ICCL I couldn't care less 258ICUR I see you are 259ICYMI in case you missed it 260IDC I don't care 261IDGI I don't get it 262IDGW in a good way 263IDI I doubt it 264IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 265IDK I don't know 266IDRC I don't really care 267IDTS I don't think so 268IDTT I drink to that 269IFF if and only if 270IFTTT if this then that 271IHBW I have been wrong 272IIANM if I am not mistaken 273IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 274IIUC if I understand correctly 275IKR I know, right? 276IKWYM I know what you mean 277ILU I love you 278ILY I love you 279IMAO in my arrogant opinion 280IMBO in my biased opinion 281IMCO in my considered opinion 282IME in my experience 283IMHO in my humble opinion 284IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 285IMO in my opinion 286INB4 in before 287INPO in no particular order 288IOW in other words 289IPML I pissed myself laughing 290IQ intelligence quotient 291IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 292IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 293IRL in real life 294IRT in real time 295IRT in regards to 296ISAGN I see a great need 297ISBN International Standard Book Number 298ISTM it seems to me 299ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 300ITC in this {channel,chat} 301ITT in this thread 302ITYM I think you mean 303IUD insert usual disclaimers 304IUSS if you say so 305IW it's worse 306IWBNI it would be nice if 307IYD in your dreams 308IYKWIM if you know what I mean 309IYSS if you say so 310IYSWIM if you see what I mean 311J/K just kidding 312JAM just a minute 313JAS just a second 314JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 315JFTR just for the record 316JFYI just for your information 317JGI just Google it 318JGI just got it 319JHD just hit delete 320JIC just in case 321JJA just joking around 322JK just kidding 323JMO just my opinion 324JSYK just so you know 325JTLYK just to let you know 326JW just wondering 327KISS keep it simple, stupid 328KITA kick in the ass 329KK okay, okay 330KLINE kill line 331KMA keep me advised 332KMA keep moving ahead 333KMA kill me already 334KNF kernel normal form 335KOS kill on sight 336KTHX okay, thanks 337KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 338KWIM know what I mean? 339L8 late 340L8R later 341LART luser attitude readjustment tool 342LBNL last but not least 343LGTM looks good to me 344LJBF let's just be friends 345LMAO laughing my ass off 346LMC let me check 347LMGTFY let me google that for you 348LMHO laughing my head off 349LMK let me know 350LMNO laughing my nuts off 351LMSO laughing my socks off 352LOIC low orbit ion cannon 353LOL laughing out loud 354LP long playing [record] 355LPR license plate recognition 356LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 357LTNS long time no see 358LWYL laugh with you later 359M&O management & operations 360M8 mate 361MAD mutually assured destruction 362MBA master of business administration 363MD Mega Drive 364MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 365MFW my face when 366MIA missing in action 367MLPR mobile license plate reader 368MMB message me back 369MO modus operandi 370MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 371MOTOS member of the opposite sex 372MOTSS member of the same sex 373MTF more to follow 374MVP minimum viable product 375MVP most valuable player 376MYOB mind your own business 377N/A not {applicable,available} 378N/M never mind 379NAFAIK not as far as I know 380NB nota bene 381NBD no big deal 382NE1 anyone 383NEDM not even Doom music 384NES Nintendo Entertainment System 385NFA no flaming allowed 386NFC no functional change 387NGP Neo Geo Pocket 388NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 389NIFOC naked in front of computer 390NIH not invented here 391NIMBY not in my backyard 392NM never mind 393NMF not my fault 394NMP not my problem 395NMU not much, you? 396NOM no offence meant 397NOOB newbie 398NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 399NOYB none of your business 400NP no problem 401NPC non-player character 402NRFPT not ready for prime time 403NRN no reply necessary 404NRN not right now 405NSFW not suitable for work 406NTBF not to be fixed 407NTN no thanks needed 408NUNP no users, no problems 409NVM never mind 410NVMM never mind mate 411NW no way 412NXT next 413NYPA not your personal army 414O2W off to work 415OAO over and out 416OBV obviously 417OBVS obviously 418ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 419OFC of course 420OH other half 421OIC oh, I see 422OMG oh my God 423OMW on my way 424ONNA oh no, not again 425ONNTA oh no, not this again 426OOB out of bounds 427OOC out of curiosity 428OOI out of interest 429OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 430OPS operator status 431OPS operators 432ORITE oh, right 433OT off topic 434OTL out to lunch 435OTOH on the other hand 436OTP one true pairing 437OTS off the shelf 438OTT over the top 439OTTOMH off the top of my head 440OWTTE or words to that effect 441PC player character 442PC politically correct 443PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 444PCE PC Engine 445PD police department 446PDA public display of affection 447PDQ pretty darn quick 448PDS please don't shout 449PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 450PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 451PFA please find attached 452PFI pay for inclusion 453PFY pimply faced youth 454PHB pointy haired boss 455PIN personal identification number 456PITA pain in the ass 457PITR {parent,parents} in the room 458PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 459PM post meridiem 460PMFI problem magically fixed itself 461PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 462PMSL pissing myself laughing 463PNG persona non grata 464PNP plug and pray 465POC point of contact 466POC proof of concept 467POLA principle of least astonishment 468POLS principle of least surprise 469POS point of sale 470POV point of view 471PPL people 472PPL pretty please 473PPP petty pet peeve 474PPS pulse per second (signal) 475PR public relations 476PSA prostate-specific antigen 477PSA public service announcement 478PSX PlayStation 479PTA parent-teacher association 480PTO {paid,personal} time off 481PTO parent-teacher organization 482PTO please turn over 483PTO power takeoff 484PTT push-to-talk 485PTT post-telephone-telegraph 486PTV parental tunnel vision 487QED quod erat demonstrandum 488QFT quoted for truth 489QOI quality of information 490RA residential advisor 491RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 492RCD residual current device 493RFC request for comments 494RFD request for discussion 495RFE request for enhancements 496RFI request for information 497RFP request for proposal 498RIF reduction in force 499RIP rest in peace 500RL real life 501RLC rod length check 502RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 503ROFL rolling on floor laughing 504ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 505ROM rough order of magnitude 506ROI return on investment 507ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 508RP responsible person 509RPG rocket-propelled grenade 510RR railroad 511RSI repetitive strain injury 512RSN real soon now 513RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 514S/T self titled 515SAR search and rescue 516SAR some assembly required 517SCNR sorry, could not resist 518SEP someone else's problem 519SERP search engine results page 520SFAICT so far as I can tell 521SGTM sounds good to me 522SHID slaps head in disgust 523SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 524SITD still in the dark 525SJW social justice warrior 526SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 527SMH shaking my head 528SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 529SMOP simple matter of programming 530SMS Sega Master System 531SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 532SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 533SNMP sorry, not my problem 534SO significant other 535SOP standard operating procedure 536SRS serious 537SRSLY seriously 538SSIA subject says it all 539SSTO single stage to orbit 540STW search the web 541SUS stupid user syndrome 542SUX sucks 543SUX2BU sucks to be you 544SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 545SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 546SWMBO she who must be obeyed 547SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 548SYS see you soon 549TA teaching assistant 550TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 551TBA to be announced 552TBC to be continued 553TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 554TBH to be honest 555TBOMK the best of my knowledge 556TCB taking care of business 557TCO taken care of 558TCO total cost of ownership 559TFOA things falling off aircraft 560TFW that feeling when 561TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 562THNX thanks 563THX thanks 564TIA thanks in advance 565TIAVP this is a volunteer project 566TIC tongue in cheek 567TIL today I learned 568TINC there is no cabal 569TINLA this is not legal advice 570TINWIS this is not what I said 571TJM that's just me 572TLA three letter acronym 573TLA true love always 574TLC tender loving care 575TLDR too long, didn't read 576TLDW too long, didn't watch 577TM trademark 578TM trust me 579TMA too many abbreviations 580TMG too much government 581TMI too much information 582TMJ temporomandibular joint 583TMK to my knowledge 584TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 585TNF The NetBSD Foundation 586TOC table of contents 587TOCTOU time of check to time of use 588TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 589TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 590TOH to other half 591TP toilet paper 592TPTB the powers that be 593TRT the right thing 594TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 595TTFN ta ta for now 596TTM to the moderator 597TTT thought that too 598TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 599TTYL talk to you later 600TTYS talk to you soon 601TWAIN thing without an interesting name 602TWDT the whole damn thing 603TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 604TY thank you 605TYVM thank you very much 606U/L upload 607UGT universal greeting time 608UPC Universal Product Code 609UR your 610UR {you're, you are} 611URM underrepresented minority 612UTSL use the source, Luke 613VCR video cassette recorder 614VEG very evil grin 615VIP very important person 616VLA variable length array 617VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 618VPS virtual private server 619VRI vehicle recognition identification 620W/ with 621W/E whatever 622W/O without 623W8 wait 624WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 625WAG wild-ass guess 626WB welcome back 627WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 628WDYMBT what do you mean by that 629WELC working effectively with legacy code 630WFH working from home 631WFM works for me 632WGACA what goes around comes around 633WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 634WIP work in progress 635WLW women-loving women 636WMNC watch me not care 637WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 638WP well played 639WRR weighted round robin 640WRT with respect to 641WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 642WTF where's the food 643WTG way to go 644WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 645WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 646WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 647WWJD what would Jesus do? 648YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 649YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 650YAOTM yet another off-topic message 651YCTAT you can't troll a troll 652YGM you got mail 653YHBT you have been trolled 654YHL you have lost 655YKWIM you know what I mean 656YMMV your mileage may vary 657YMMD you made my day 658YOLO you only live once 659YW you're welcome 660YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 661ZIP zoning improvement plan 662