Cyber
Slang Guide AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ATM At The Moment (or Asynchronous Transfer Mode, or possibly Automatic Teller Machine). bbias Be Back In A Second (also see brb) brb Be right back (also see bbias) BFN Bye For Now BBS Bulletin Board Systems BRB Be Right Back BTDTGTS Been There, Done That, Got the T-Shirt BTW By The Way BUG A problem in software CLI Command Line Interface CFV Call For Voting CU See You CUA Commonly Used Acronym(s) OR Common User Access cul8er See You Later cul8er allig8or See You Later Alligator cya See ya DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover DETLA Double Extended Three Letter Abbreviation DH Dear Husband (also Dear Hubby or Duh Hubby) DIY Do It Yourself EAK Eating At Keyboard FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FLA Four/Five Letter Abbreviation FOFL Falling On Floor Laughing FTP File Transfer Protocol FTF Face-To-Face (as in person) FUD (spreading) Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation FWIW For What it's Worth FYI For Your Information GAL Get A Life GG Gota Go GIF Graphics Interchange Format (a picture) GR&D Grinning, Running, & Ducking (alternatively GD&R) GUI Graphical User Interface HAGD Have A Great Day HAND Have A Nice Day HTH Hope This Helps HTML HyperText Markup Language HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol IAE In Any Event ICBW I Could Be Wrong (sometimes It Could Be Worse) IIRC If I Recall Correctly IMAO In My Arrogrant Opinion IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IOW In Other Words IP Internet Protocol IRL In Real Life ISDN It Still Does Nothing ISWYM I See What You Mean ISTR I Seem To Recall jk Just Kidding (also known as j/k or j.k.) k OK l8er Later LOL Laughing Out Loud lylab love ya like a bub or love ya like a bro lylas love ya like a sis MHBFY My Heart Bleeds For You MHOTY My Hat's Off To You MUD Multi-User Domain/Dungeon newbie A user on the Internet that is either new to the Internet or new to a part of the Internet. (for example an Internet newbie, or a chat newbie). NRN No Reply Necessary NYCTMI Now You Come To Mention It OIC Oh, I See! OOI Out Of Interest OOTB Out Of The Box (brand new) OTOH On The Other Hand OTTH On The Third Hand PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms PDA Public Display of Affection PDQ Pretty Darn Quick pic a picture PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In PKB Pot, Kettle Black (as in "Look at the pot calling the kettle black.") FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers.) ROFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing ROLF Basically ROFL, but laugh and floor are switched, meaning an unfunny, offensive, corny, stupid joke. ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing RFC Request For Comment RSN Real Soon Now (can be meant sarcastically) shareware Type of software that usually may be used for a certain amount of days (for example 30 days) before you must buy and/or register it. Usually contains less features than the registered version. Always read the license of software to make sure you know the conditions and other important information about the software. SFAIAA So Far As I Am Aware SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist SITD Still In The Dark sniper Primarely used in multiplayer action games. Sometimes the same as camper. A sniper is a player (usually in an action game) standing on the same spot, hidden, and from there shooting other players. Like campers usually not appreciated by other players (depending on game). TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIA Thanks In Advance TIC Tongue In Cheek trojan horse A trojan horse is a software application meant to harm your system and/or open a back door (for example: allowing people to control your PC through a network, or the Internet) in your system without you knowing it. Usually spread through E-mail, IRC or Messengers. TTFN Ta ta For Now TTYL Talk To You Later TWIMC To Whom It May Concern TYVM Thank You Very Much UCE Unsolicited Commerical E-mail URL Universal Resource Locator (sometimes called Uniform Resource Locator) WWW World-Wide Web WYSIAYG What You See Is All You Get WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get YHBT You Have Been Trolled YKYHBxTLW You Know You Have Been x Too Long When (eg, YKYHBPDTLW - You Know You Have Been Playing Something Too Long When...) YMMV Your Mileage May Vary Don't see it
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