1$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.317 2025/03/28 13:31:13 riastradh 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 81BLUF bottom line up front 82BNYA burned now you are 83BOC but of course 84BOFH bastard operator from hell 85BOT back on topic 86BPM beam propagation method 87BPM beats per minute 88BRB [I'll] be right back 89BSD booze, sex, drugs 90BTDT been there, done that 91BTFT been there, fixed that 92BTTH boot to the head 93BTW by the way 94BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} 95CC credit card 96CEO chief executive officer 97CFV call for votes 98CFY calling for you 99CG center of gravity 100CHANOPS channel operator status 101CIA central intelligence agency 102CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong 103CNP continued [in my] next post 104COB close of business [day] 105COTS commercial off-the-shelf 106CPA cyproterone acetate 107CPC cost per click 108CPE customer premises equipment 109CPR car plate recognition 110CRM customer relationship management 111CTF capture the flag 112CTN can't talk now 113CU see you 114CUL see you later 115CYA see ya 116CYA see you around 117CYE check your email 118D/B/A doing business as 119D/L download 120DBA doing business as 121DBEYR don't believe everything you read 122DC Dreamcast 123DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? 124DIY do it yourself 125DKDC don't know, don't care 126DM direct message 127DM dungeon master 128DME durable medical equipment 129DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 130DMZ demilitarized zone 131DND do not disturb 132DNF did not finish 133DNFT do not feed troll 134DOA dead on arrival 135DOTADIW do one thing and do it well 136DRY don't repeat yourself 137DS Dual Screen 138DSTM don't shoot the messenger 139DTRT do the right thing 140DTWT do the wrong thing 141DW don't worry 142DWIM do what I mean 143DYAC damn you autocorrect 144DYK do you know? 145EA early adopter 146ECR electronic cash register 147EDS eternal downward spiral 148EEE eastern equine encephalitis 149EFT electronic funds transfer 150EG evil grin 151EIE enough is enough 152EMSG email message 153EOB end of business [day] 154EOD end of {day,discussion} 155EOL end of life 156EOM end of message 157EOS end of story 158ETA edited to add 159ETA estimated time of arrival 160ETLA extended three letter acronym 161ETR early to rise 162EWAG experienced wild-ass guess 163EZ easy 164EZPZ easy-peasy 165F9 fine 166FAQ frequently asked question 167FBOW for better or worse 168FCFS first come, first served 169FCOL for crying out loud 170FFS free for shipping 171FITB fill in the blank 172FNO for nerds only 173FNO from now on 174FOC free of charge 175FPS first person shooter 176FPS frames per second 177FQA frequently questioned answer 178FRAND fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory 179FSDO for some definition of 180FSVO for some value of 181FTBFS fails to build from source 182FTFY fixed that for you 183FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it 184FTL faster than light 185FTL for the loss 186FTR for the record 187FTTT from time to time 188FTW for the win 189FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt 190FWIW for what it's worth 191FYEO for your eyes only 192FYI for your information 193FYSA for your situational awareness 194G grin 195G/C garbage collect 196G2G got to go 197G2K good to know 198GA go ahead 199GAC get a clue 200GAL get a life 201GB Game Boy 202GBA Game Boy Advance 203GBC Game Boy Color 204GBTW get back to work 205GC GameCube 206GCD greatest common divisor 207GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters (UK) 208GDPR General Data Protection Regulation 209GF girlfriend 210GFCI ground-fault circuit interrupter 211GFU good for you 212GFY good for you 213GG good game 214GGA good game all 215GGP good game partner 216GGWP good game, well played 217GIGO garbage in, garbage out 218GIYF Google is your friend 219GJ good job 220GL good luck 221GLHF good luck, have fun 222GLINE global kill line 223GLWT good luck with that 224GM game master 225GMT Greenwich mean time 226GMTA great minds think alike 227GOK God only knows 228GOP Grand Old Party 229GOWI get on with it 230GPS global positioning system 231GR8 great 232GTG got to go 233GTH go to hell 234GTSY {glad,good} to see you 235GWS get well soon 236H8 hate 237HAND have a nice day 238HE how embarrassing 239HF have fun 240HHIS hanging head in shame 241HHOS ha ha, only serious 242HICA here it comes again 243HME home medical equipment 244HNY happy new year 245HOAS hold on a second 246HOPS half-operator status 247HTH hope this helps 248IAC in any case 249IAE in any event 250IANAL I am not a lawyer 251IAW in another window 252IAWTC I agree with this comment 253IAWTP I agree with this post 254IAY I adore you 255IB I'm back 256IC I see 257ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} 258ICCL I couldn't care less 259ICUR I see you are 260ICYMI in case you missed it 261IDC I don't care 262IDGI I don't get it 263IDGW in a good way 264IDI I doubt it 265IDIFTL I did it for the lulz 266IDK I don't know 267IDRC I don't really care 268IDTS I don't think so 269IDTT I drink to that 270IFF if and only if 271IFTTT if this then that 272IHBW I have been wrong 273IIANM if I am not mistaken 274IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly 275IIUC if I understand correctly 276IKR I know, right? 277IKWYM I know what you mean 278ILU I love you 279ILY I love you 280IMAO in my arrogant opinion 281IMBO in my biased opinion 282IMCO in my considered opinion 283IME in my experience 284IMHO in my humble opinion 285IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion 286IMO in my opinion 287INB4 in before 288INPO in no particular order 289IOW in other words 290IPML I pissed myself laughing 291IQ intelligence quotient 292IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} 293IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status 294IRL in real life 295IRT in real time 296IRT in regards to 297ISAGN I see a great need 298ISBN International Standard Book Number 299ISTM it seems to me 300ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} 301ITC in this {channel,chat} 302ITT in this thread 303ITYM I think you mean 304IUD insert usual disclaimers 305IUSS if you say so 306IW it's worse 307IWBNI it would be nice if 308IYD in your dreams 309IYKWIM if you know what I mean 310IYSS if you say so 311IYSWIM if you see what I mean 312J/K just kidding 313JAM just a minute 314JAS just a second 315JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy 316JFTR just for the record 317JFYI just for your information 318JGI just Google it 319JGI just got it 320JHD just hit delete 321JIC just in case 322JJA just joking around 323JK just kidding 324JMO just my opinion 325JSYK just so you know 326JTLYK just to let you know 327JW just wondering 328KISS keep it simple, stupid 329KITA kick in the ass 330KK okay, okay 331KLINE kill line 332KMA keep me advised 333KMA keep moving ahead 334KMA kill me already 335KNF kernel normal form 336KOS kill on sight 337KTHX okay, thanks 338KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. 339KWIM know what I mean? 340L8 late 341L8R later 342LART luser attitude readjustment tool 343LBNL last but not least 344LGTM looks good to me 345LJBF let's just be friends 346LMAO laughing my ass off 347LMC let me check 348LMGTFY let me google that for you 349LMHO laughing my head off 350LMK let me know 351LMNO laughing my nuts off 352LMSO laughing my socks off 353LOIC low orbit ion cannon 354LOL laughing out loud 355LP long playing [record] 356LPR license plate recognition 357LSD lysergic acid diethylamide 358LTNS long time no see 359LWYL laugh with you later 360M&O management & operations 361M8 mate 362MAD mutually assured destruction 363MBA master of business administration 364MD Mega Drive 365MDMA methylenedioxy methamphetamine 366MFW my face when 367MIA missing in action 368MLPR mobile license plate reader 369MMB message me back 370MO modus operandi 371MOTAS member of the appropriate sex 372MOTOS member of the opposite sex 373MOTSS member of the same sex 374MTF more to follow 375MVP minimum viable product 376MVP most valuable player 377MYOB mind your own business 378N/A not {applicable,available} 379N/M never mind 380NAFAIK not as far as I know 381NB nota bene 382NBD no big deal 383NE1 anyone 384NEDM not even Doom music 385NES Nintendo Entertainment System 386NFA no flaming allowed 387NFC no functional change 388NGP Neo Geo Pocket 389NGPC Neo Geo Pocket Color 390NIFOC naked in front of computer 391NIH not invented here 392NIMBY not in my backyard 393NM never mind 394NMF not my fault 395NMP not my problem 396NMU not much, you? 397NOM no offence meant 398NOOB newbie 399NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person 400NOYB none of your business 401NP no problem 402NPC non-player character 403NRFPT not ready for prime time 404NRN no reply necessary 405NRN not right now 406NSFW not suitable for work 407NTBF not to be fixed 408NTN no thanks needed 409NUNP no users, no problems 410NVM never mind 411NVMM never mind mate 412NW no way 413NXT next 414NYPA not your personal army 415O2W off to work 416OAO over and out 417OBV obviously 418OBVS obviously 419ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") 420OFC of course 421OH other half 422OIC oh, I see 423OMG oh my God 424OMW on my way 425ONNA oh no, not again 426ONNTA oh no, not this again 427OOB out of bounds 428OOC out of curiosity 429OOI out of interest 430OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind 431OPS operator status 432OPS operators 433ORITE oh, right 434OT off topic 435OTL out to lunch 436OTOH on the other hand 437OTP one true pairing 438OTS off the shelf 439OTT over the top 440OTTOMH off the top of my head 441OWTTE or words to that effect 442PC player character 443PC politically correct 444PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) 445PCE PC Engine 446PD police department 447PDA public display of affection 448PDQ pretty darn quick 449PDS please don't shout 450PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard 451PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair 452PFA please find attached 453PFI pay for inclusion 454PFY pimply faced youth 455PHB pointy haired boss 456PIN personal identification number 457PITA pain in the ass 458PITR {parent,parents} in the room 459PKSP pound keys and spew profanity 460PM post meridiem 461PMFI problem magically fixed itself 462PMFJI pardon me for jumping in 463PMSL pissing myself laughing 464PNG persona non grata 465PNP plug and pray 466POC point of contact 467POC proof of concept 468POLA principle of least astonishment 469POLS principle of least surprise 470POS point of sale 471POV point of view 472PPL people 473PPL pretty please 474PPP petty pet peeve 475PPS pulse per second (signal) 476PR public relations 477PSA prostate-specific antigen 478PSA public service announcement 479PSX PlayStation 480PTA parent-teacher association 481PTO {paid,personal} time off 482PTO parent-teacher organization 483PTO please turn over 484PTO power takeoff 485PTT push-to-talk 486PTT post-telephone-telegraph 487PTV parental tunnel vision 488QED quod erat demonstrandum 489QFT quoted for truth 490QOI quality of information 491RA residential advisor 492RAND reasonable and non-discriminatory 493RCD residual current device 494RFC request for comments 495RFD request for discussion 496RFE request for enhancements 497RFI request for information 498RFP request for proposal 499RIF reduction in force 500RIP rest in peace 501RL real life 502RLC rod length check 503RMS Richard Matthew Stallman 504ROFL rolling on floor laughing 505ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off 506ROM rough order of magnitude 507ROI return on investment 508ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing 509RP responsible person 510RPG rocket-propelled grenade 511RR railroad 512RSI repetitive strain injury 513RSN real soon now 514RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") 515S/T self titled 516SAR search and rescue 517SAR some assembly required 518SCNR sorry, could not resist 519SEP someone else's problem 520SERP search engine results page 521SFAICT so far as I can tell 522SGTM sounds good to me 523SHID slaps head in disgust 524SIMCA sitting in my chair amused 525SITD still in the dark 526SJW social justice warrior 527SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive 528SMH shaking my head 529SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets 530SMOP simple matter of programming 531SMS Sega Master System 532SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager 533SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System 534SNMP sorry, not my problem 535SO significant other 536SOP standard operating procedure 537SRS serious 538SRSLY seriously 539SSIA subject says it all 540SSTO single stage to orbit 541STW search the web 542SUS stupid user syndrome 543SUX sucks 544SUX2BU sucks to be you 545SWAG silly, wild-assed guess 546SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea 547SWMBO she who must be obeyed 548SWOT strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 549SYS see you soon 550TA teaching assistant 551TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch 552TBA to be announced 553TBC to be continued 554TBD to be {decided,determined,done} 555TBH to be honest 556TBOMK the best of my knowledge 557TCB taking care of business 558TCO taken care of 559TCO total cost of ownership 560TFOA things falling off aircraft 561TFW that feeling when 562TGIF thank goodness it's Friday 563THNX thanks 564THX thanks 565TIA thanks in advance 566TIAVP this is a volunteer project 567TIC tongue in cheek 568TIL today I learned 569TINC there is no cabal 570TINLA this is not legal advice 571TINWIS this is not what I said 572TJM that's just me 573TLA three letter acronym 574TLA true love always 575TLC tender loving care 576TLDR too long, didn't read 577TLDW too long, didn't watch 578TM trademark 579TM trust me 580TMA too many abbreviations 581TMG too much government 582TMI too much information 583TMJ temporomandibular joint 584TMK to my knowledge 585TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it 586TNF The NetBSD Foundation 587TOC table of contents 588TOCTOU time of check to time of use 589TOEFL test of english as a foreign language 590TOFU text over, fullquote under (in email) 591TOH to other half 592TP toilet paper 593TPTB the powers that be 594TRT the right thing 595TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge 596TTFN ta ta for now 597TTM to the moderator 598TTT thought that too 599TTTR time-tagged time-resolved 600TTYL talk to you later 601TTYS talk to you soon 602TWAIN thing without an interesting name 603TWDT the whole damn thing 604TWIAVBP the world is a very big place 605TY thank you 606TYVM thank you very much 607U/L upload 608UGT universal greeting time 609UPC Universal Product Code 610UR your 611UR {you're, you are} 612URM underrepresented minority 613UTSL use the source, Luke 614VCR video cassette recorder 615VEG very evil grin 616VIP very important person 617VLA variable length array 618VLPR vehicle license plate recognition 619VPS virtual private server 620VRI vehicle recognition identification 621W/ with 622W/E whatever 623W/O without 624W8 wait 625WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time 626WAG wild-ass guess 627WB welcome back 628WCPGW what could possibly go wrong 629WDYMBT what do you mean by that 630WELC working effectively with legacy code 631WFH working from home 632WFM works for me 633WGACA what goes around comes around 634WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if 635WIP work in progress 636WLW women-loving women 637WMNC watch me not care 638WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time 639WP well played 640WRR weighted round robin 641WRT with respect to 642WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy 643WTF where's the food 644WTG way to go 645WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell 646WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell 647WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade 648WWJD what would Jesus do? 649YAGNI you ain't gonna need it 650YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion 651YAOTM yet another off-topic message 652YCTAT you can't troll a troll 653YGM you got mail 654YHBT you have been trolled 655YHL you have lost 656YKWIM you know what I mean 657YMMV your mileage may vary 658YMMD you made my day 659YOLO you only live once 660YW you're welcome 661YWSYLS you win some, you lose some 662ZIP zoning improvement plan 663