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Sun Dec 24 1995 04:16:95 EST
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David Louis Harter — Moderator — Intelec Technical Conference |
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news.newusers.questions
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BBS: Online Systems/World-Wide Data 519-642-0700 Date: Sun, 12-24-95 (04:16) Number: 1311 Refer: 0 To: HENRY OLIVER From: DAVID LOUIS HARTER Subj: ABBREVIATIONS Conf: I-TECHNICAL (461) Read: No Status: Public HO> I am just starting out in the conferences and have noticed that I am HO> missing a vital document to understand messages that are left.
HENRY: Allow me to officially welcome you to the Intelec Technical Conference. Here is a small list of acronyms which should satisfy your quest for a time:
| ABBREV | Explanation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B4N | Bye for Now | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BAD | Broken as Designed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BBS | Bulletin Board System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BRB | Be right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BBR | Burnt Beyond Repair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BRS | Big Red Switch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BTA | But then Again (in response to IOW) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BTW | By the way | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BWQ | Buzz Word Quotient | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIS | Compuserve Information System | CU | See you
| CUL8R | See you later
| DL or D/L | Download, transmit to you
| DTRT | Do The Right Thing
| DWIMC | Do What I Mean, Correctly
| ETLA | Extended Three Letter Acronym
| FISH | First In, Still Here
| FOAF | Friend of A Friend
| FUBAR | "Fixed" up beyond all recognition
| FURTB | Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!)
| FWIW | For what it's worth
| FYI | For your information
| GDW | Grin, Duck and Weave
| GFR | Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer)
| GIGO | Garbage in, Garbage Out
| GIGO | Garbage In, Gospel Out | (people accepting blindly what the computer says) GLGH | Good Luck and Good Hunting
| GR&D | Grinning, running, and ducking
| IAE | In any event
| IMAO | In My Arrogant Opinion
| IMHO | In my humble opinion
| IMO | In my opinion
| IOW | In other words
| IWBNI | If would Be Nice If
| IYFEG | Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group
| MLA | Multiple Letter Acronym
| MOTAS | Member of the Appropriate Sex
| MOTOS | Member of the Opposite Sex
| MOTSS | Member of the Same Sex
| NSS | No S..., Shylock
| OIC | Oh, I see
| OTOH | On the other hand
| PITA | Pain in the ...
| PLOKTA | Press Lots of keys to abort
| POSSLQ | Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters
| PMFBI | Pardon Me for butting in
| ROF,L | Rolling on floor, laughing
| RPG | Role Playing Games
| RSN | Real soon now
| SFLA | Stupid Four Letter Acronym
| SMOP | Small Matter of Programming
| SNAFU | Situation normal, all "fixed" up
| SO | Significant Other
| SWMBO | She who must be obeyed
| TAFN | Thats all for Now
| TDM | Too Damn Many
| TGIF | Thank God Its Friday
| TIA | Thanks in advance
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA)
| TTL4N | Thats the lot for now
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now
| UL or U/L | Upload, send to the BBS
| WIMP | Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing | (to describe Windows & other similar interfaces) WOFTAM | Waste of Flaming time and money
| WYGIWYPF | What you get is what you pay for
| WYSBYGI | What you see before you get it
| WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get
| YABA | Yet Another Bloody Acronym
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