| AAMOF |
As A Matter Of Fact |
| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AWGTHTGTTA |
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? Alternative form
is AWGTHTGTATA (...Through ALL This Again?) |
| BBFN |
Bye Bye For Now |
| BIOYIOP |
Blow It Out Your Input Output Port |
| BRB |
Be Right Back (generally used on chat systems) |
| BTA |
But Then Again |
| BTW |
By The Way |
| BYKT |
But You Knew That |
| BYKTA |
But You Knew That Already |
| CC |
Conference Coordinator |
| CH |
Conference Host |
| CMIIW |
Correct Me If I'm Wrong |
| CYL |
See You Later |
| DNPM |
Darn Near P***ed Myself |
| EOD |
End Of Discussion |
| EOL |
End Of Lecture |
| ESOSL |
Endless Snorts of Stupid Laughter |
| FDROTFL |
Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| FITB |
Fill In The Blank.... |
| FOTCL |
Falling Off The Chair Laughing |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
| FYI |
For Your Information |
| GD&R |
Grin, Duck & Run |
| GOK |
God Only Knows |
| IAC |
In Any Case |
| IMCDO |
In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO |
In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IOW |
In Other Words |
| IITYWYBMAB |
If I Tell You, Will You Buy Me A Beer |
| IITYWYBAD |
If I Tell You, Will You Buy Another Drink |
| INPO |
In No Particular Order |
| KCBIWIYWI |
Keep Coming Back, It Works If You Work It |
| L8R |
Later |
| LLTA |
Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause |
| LOL |
Laughing out loud |
| LMAO |
Laughing My A** Off |
| MUNG |
Mash Until No Good |
| NICBDAT |
Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes |
| NIMBY |
Not In My Backyard |
| NIMTO |
Not In My Term of Office |
| NPLU |
Not People Like Us |
| NQOS |
Not Quite Our Sort |
| OIC |
OH!, I See |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| PGY |
Post Graduate year PGY-1, PGY-2 etc. used in PGY Med. |
| PMETC |
Pardon Me Etc. |
| PMYMHMMFSWGAD |
Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A
Damn. |
| PTO |
Patent and Trademark Office (US Govt) |
| R/O |
Receiver Only |
| ROFL |
Rolling On Floor Laughing |
| ROFLAHMSL |
Rolling On Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing |
| ROTBA |
Reality On The Blink Again |
| ROTFL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
ROFLASTC
(or ROFLASC) |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat |
| ROTFLMAAOBPO |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** And Other Body Parts
Off |
| ROTM |
Right On The Money |
| ROY G. BIV |
An acronym for the colors of the spectrum-- Red Orange Yellow
Green Blue Indigo Violet |
| RSN |
Real Soon Now |
| RTFM |
Read The F**** Manual |
| SIG |
Special Interest Group |
| SWAG |
Simple Wild A** Guess |
| SYT |
Sweet Young Thing |
| TANJ |
There Ain't No Justice |
| TANSTAAFL |
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TTFN |
Ta Ta For Now |
| TIC |
Tongue In Cheek |
| TINALO |
This Is Not A Legal Opinion |
| TINAR |
This Is Not A Recommendation |
| TIWTGLGG |
This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes |
| TJATAW |
Truth, Justice, And The American Way |
| TLA |
Three Letter Acronym |
| TRDMC |
Tears Running Down My Cheeks |
| TTBOMK |
To The Best Of My Knowledge |
| TTFN |
Ta Ta For Now |
| TTMS |
Talk (Type) To Me Soon |
| TTYL |
Talk To You Later |
| TTYL(A) |
Talk (Type) To You Later (Alligator) |
| TYVM |
Thank You Very Much |
| WAMKSAM |
Why Are My Kids (or Kitties) Staring At Me? |
| WIBAMU |
Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle |
| WYSBYGI |
What You See Before You Get It |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
| YAP |
Yet Another Ploy |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
| BOHICA |
Bend Over Here It Comes Again |
| CATTAC |
Chief Assistant To The Assistant Chief |
| DILLIGAFF |
Do I Look Like I Give A Flying @#$% |
| FOAD |
Fall Over And Die |
| FUBAR |
F***** beyond All Reconigition |
| FUBB |
F***** Beyond Belief |
| HMFIC |
Head M** F** in Charge |
| HMFICC |
Head M** F** in COMPLETE Charge |
| KISS |
Keep It Simple Stupid |
| POETS |
"Pass" On Everything, Tomorrow's Saturday |
| POINTS |
"Pass" On It Now, Tomorrow's Saturday |
| REMF |
Rear Echelon M** F** |
| SNAFU |
Situation Normal All F***** up |
| SOP |
Standing Operational Proceedures |
| TLAM |
Tomahawk Land-Air Missile...aka Cruise Missile |
| TPTB |
The Powers That Be |
| TGBOTG |
The Great Bird Of The Galaxy (Gene Roddenberry, himself) |
| LLAP |
Live Long And Prosper |
| YATI |
Yet Another Trek Inconsistency |
| LA |
Laughing Aloud |
| ST |
Star Trek |
| AAA |
Amazingly Appropriate Abbreviation. |
| FTL |
Faster Than Light |
| ILM |
Industrial Light and Magic |
| RPG |
Role Playing Game |
| SFX |
Special Effect |
| TAS |
The Animated Series |
| TFF |
The Final Frontier (Star Trek 5) |
| TNG |
The Next Generation |
| TMP |
The Motion Picture (Star Trek 1) |
| TOS |
The Original Series |
| TVH |
The Voyage Home (Star Trek 4) |
| UFP |
United Federation of Planets |
| YAP |
Yet Another Ploy |
| YAR |
Yet Another Rumor |
| FASA |
FAntaSimulations Associates |
| GMTA |
Great Minds Think Alike |
| IDIC |
Infinite diversity in infinite combinations |
| TSFS |
The Search for Spock (Star Trek 3) |
| TTFN |
Ta Ta For Now |
| TTYL |
Talk To Ya Later |
| TWOK |
The Wrath of Kahn (Star Trek 2) |
| YASQ |
Yet Another Stupid Question |
| YATI |
Yet Another Trek Inconsistancy |
| BOBW1 |
Best of Both Worlds part 1 (Season Finale for third
season) |
| BOBW2 |
Conclusion to Best of Both Worlds |
| DQOTD |
Dumb Question Of The Day |
| ROBTA |
Reality On the Blink Again |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BASIC |
Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
(programming) |
| BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal (programming) |
| BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
| BPS |
Bits Per Second (communication) |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CAE |
Computer Aided Engineering |
| CAM |
Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CASE |
Computer Aided Software Engineering (programming) |
| CCITT |
Consultative Committee for International Telephony &
Telegraphy |
| CD-ROM |
Compact Disk-Read Only Memory |
| CGA |
Color Graphics Adapter (screen) |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (memory) |
| CPI |
Characters Per Inch (printer) |
| CPL |
Characters Per Line (printer) |
| CPS |
Characters Per Second (communication) |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (screen) |
| DD |
Double Density (floppy disk) |
| DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
| DIF |
Device Input Format |
| DIP |
Dual In-line Package (memory) |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DS |
Double Sided (floppy disk) |
| DV |
DESQview (multitasking program) |
| EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Adapter (screen) |
| EMM |
Expanded Memory Manager (memory) |
| EMS |
Expanded Memory Specification (memory) |
| EOF |
End Of File |
| EOL |
End Of Line |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (memory) |
| ESDI |
Enhanced Small Device Interface (hard disk) |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table (disk) |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission (communication) |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface (screen) |
| HD |
High Density (floppy disk) |
| HGC |
Hercules Graphics Card (screen) |
| I/F |
Interface |
| I/O |
Input/Output |
| IDE |
Intergrated Drive Electronics (hard disk) |
| KB |
Kilo Byte 1,024 bytes |
| LIM |
Lotus Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification |
| LPI |
Lines Per Inch (printer) |
| MB |
Mega Byte 1,048,576 bytes |
| MDA |
Monochrome Display Adapter (screen) |
| MFM |
Modified Frequency Modulation (hard disk) |
| MIPS |
Millions of Instructions Per Second |
| MIS |
Management Information Systems |
| MMU |
Memory Management Unit |
| MNP |
Microcom Network Protocol (communication) |
| MS |
Microsoft |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| POST |
Power On Self Test |
| PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory (memory) |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory (memory) |
| RLL |
Run Length Limited (hard disk) |
| TPA |
Third Party Applications |