WHT Acronyms For Newbies (Insider Translations).

Acronym Meaning
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD =
BTW =
B-Broker = *****
***** = B-Broker
FFS = Free For All
LOL =
MOD(s) = Moderator(s)

WHT Addicts, please feel free to up your posts here by contributing your Acronyms and knowledge, its to help Newbies.

:eek: :eek: :eek:


FFS = Free For All? Aha.

BTW = by the way
LOL = laugh out loud

FFS = free for some? :laugh:

BUMP = Posting something useless...


:stickout

I PM'd You == A good way to get on Chicken's good side

Originally posted by Deb
I PM'd You == A good way to get on Chicken's good side


Hahaha.
Please check your email.. :cool:

Some useful acronyms:
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger (aim.aol.com)
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices (www.amd.com)
AOL - America Online (www.aol.com)
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASP - Active Server Pages
AUP - Acceptable Use Policy
CC - Credit Card
CGI - Common Gateway Interface
DNS - Domain Name Service
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FYI - For Your Information
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
ICQ - I Seek You (www.icq.com)
IM - Instant Message
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IP - Internet Protocol
KDE - Kool Desktop Environment (www.kde.org)
MRTG - Multi Router Traffic Gatherer
NAC - Net Access Corporation (www.nac.net)
OS - Operating System
PC - Personal Computer
PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (www.php.net)
PM - Private Message
POP - Post Office Protocol
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
RPM - Red Hat Package Manager
SDRAM - Syncronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SM - Service Mark
SQL - Structured Query Language
SSH - Secure Shell
SSL - Secure Socket Layer
TM - Trademark
TOS - Terms of Service
UK - United Kingdom
UPS - Universal Power Supply
UPS - United Parcel Service
VDI - Virtual Development, Inc. (www.vdi.net)
VDS - Virtual Dedicated Server
VO - Ventures Online (www.venturesonline.com)
VPS - Virtual Private Server
WHM - WebHost Manager
WHT - WebHostingTalk

These are from the top of my head so please correct me if I messed up somewhere. :)

PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

WYSIWYG

What you see, is what you get :)

Pronounced
"Wizzy Wig" :)

mustnt forget the important ones


RTFM = Read The F**ing Manual
STFW = Search The F**ing Web
STFU = Shut the F*** Up
UATOB = Useless As Tits On A Bull

And now that we've been moved into the lounge...

CDS - Chicken Death Squad

Originally posted by ToastyX
These are from the top of my head so please correct me if I messed up somewhere. :)

Off the top of your head and in alphabetical order - very tidy ;)

I see no-one's mentioned the most important one of all yet.

BYO - Bring Your Own

Greg Moore

GoAT Go Away Troll
ECP Excessive Cross-Posting
EMP Excessive Multi-Posting
HAND Have A Nice Day
HTH Happy To Help or Hope That Helped, and the always popular (and believed by many to be the original) Hope This Helps
KotM Kook Of The Month
NEYS Never Eat Yellow Snow
TIA Thanks In Advance
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
YM You Mean
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary

WHR : Web Hosting Radio

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
HAND Have A Nice Day
HTH Happy To Help
KotM Kook Of The Month
Wait a minute. Having been there when the usenet group alt.usenet.kooks was formed, and having voted for the first KotM, and having at one time been a EMF in a.r.k (look those up), I can't let HTH be misidentified. It's Hope This Helps. Always has been, always will.

Or, HIBT?

ya all forgot one the most important word used ;)

WTF = What the ****.

*Looking at the post of ToastyX*
USA = United States of America (this is most common )
no time to send a long post :angry:

IIRC = If I recall correctly , IIRC

Originally posted by ToastyX
POP - Post Office Protocol

Also: Point Of Presence

oh...and, well, since *I* am using this one:
THG - The Hosting Group :blush:

These two are closely related... ;)
Originally posted by Deb
I PM'd You == A good way to get on Chicken's good side
Originally posted by Abu Mami
CDS - Chicken Death Squad

Originally posted by JayC
. . . . . . . .It's Hope This Helps. Always has been, always will.

Or, HIBT? Hmmm . . . . I've always known it as Hope That Helped. :D

I guess I better add the two variations to the other post.

But, while I'm at it, I have to mention WHTC WebHostingTalk Cartel Don't Ask :rolleyes:

Well… shucks, I just want to say thank you to the MOD that had the vision to flag this thread as “Important”. It makes me feel good (I started the thread RANT RANT).

But more importantly, I would like to add that I admire the wisdom of this MOD. He/She has demonstrated that they fear not. By not only allowing, but also by prominently flagging-displaying this thread for all to see. It opens up and ensures that all the Insider lingo-jargon used in all WHT forums is made available to all, and shared by all – Addicts and Newbie’s alike.

Hopefully this Acronym thread-reference will continue to be available to all, now and always.

Salute and Thanks again,
John B.

aloha = saying Hi to friends (learned from honu)
graciais = thank you
ROFLOL = Rooling on the floor laughing out loud
ROFLMAO = Rooling on the floor laughing my ass off
BG = Bill Gates
WHTR = web hosting talk radio
dude = respected and very busy person. :D
RS = rack shack - rackshack.net

:cartman:

Originally posted by mahinder
aloha = saying Hi to friends (learned from honu)
graciais = thank you
:cartman:

Correction :)
Its Gracias, and its not an acronyms, its "thanks" in spanish

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
But, while I'm at it, I have to mention WHTC WebHostingTalk CartelYou misspelled "cabal." Hope this helps.

Originally posted by Jedito


Correction :)
Its Gracias, and its not an acronyms, its "thanks" in spanish

well, for me it looks like acronyms, i don't know spanish. :D

"Aloha" isn't an acronym either.

A very nice acronym:

K -> yes it's an shortened version of "OK"! :D

In addition to CDS (Chicken Death Squad), I guess we also need CGS (Chicken's Good Side). We all want to stay on CGS.

omg cant belive no-ones posted this one yet, in light of recent events:

shang = 15 year old prick thats ripped off many people on this board, thats going to get what he deserves very sooooooooon if i remember correctly (shang if ur reading this please do not beat me up, im not threatening you dude, i mean i dont want you to kill me or anything!!!!! {hails shang})

skunk = shang

(thanks to the dude that came up with this ;) )

dude = respected and very busy person.

not to be confused with


d00d = dispicable and irritating by-product of the internet. Usually identifed by nimrods who type LiKE THeiR KEYboaRDS are bROKEN and use various l33ts43@k in their communications.

Originally posted by JayC
You misspelled "cabal." Hope this helps. Correction noted. :blush:

1337 = elite
h4x0r = hacker

erm, ok, back to playing counter strike me thinks :)

I've searched the thread.

Maybe missed it.

What does this mean?

LMAO =

Originally posted by almex
I've searched the thread.

Maybe missed it.

What does this mean?

LMAO = mahinder explained that ROFLMAO = Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off.
So it's just without the "Rolling on the floor."

CITBM: Chicken Is The Best Moderator
CIMF: Chicken Is My Friend
CIPY: Chicken I PM-ed You

And why nobody said KFC?
...
or Chicken didn't like this one?:erm:

All of us WHTers need to keep on top of industry developments. So we need to make sure that we all get enough Special High Intensity Training everyday. I know that that my customers make sure that I get my dose of this each and every day!

I'll let you all figure out the acronym for this one... ;)

Originally posted by 4solutions
I'll let you all figure out the acronym for this one...It wasn't easy, because your big red letters were so subtle.

Originally posted by JayC
It wasn't easy, because your big red letters were so subtle. Thanks, subtlety is my specialty.

:D

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[list=]
Acronym = Meaning
1337 = elite (Rarely used, from beyond WHT boarders i.e. not real WHT insider stuff)
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD =
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AIM = AOL Instant Messenger (aim.aol.com)
AMD = Advanced Micro Devices (www.amd.com)
ATFN = Any Time From Now
AOL = America Online (www.aol.com)
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
ASP = Active Server Pages
AUP = Acceptable Use Policy
B-Broker = *****
BG = Bill Gates
BTW = By The Way
BUMP = Posting Something Useless = PSU (When you PSU you get BUMP)
BYO = Bring Your Own
CC = Credit Card
CDS = Chicken Death Squad
CGI = Common Gateway Interface
CGS = Chicken's Good Side (You better learn this one right off – first thing, or well, sorry for you buddy)
***** = B-Broker
DNS - Domain Name Service
DUDE = Respected and Very busy person (popular, but insider definition, not than acronym)
ECP = Excessive Cross-Posting (real serious insider stuff – don’t dare do this ever)
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FFA = Free For All
FFS = Free For Some
FTP = File Transfer Protocol
FYI = For Your Information
GoAT = Go Away Troll
H4x0r = Hacker (from beyond WHT boarders i.e. not real WHT insider stuff, usually just Hacker)
HAND = Have A Nice Day
HTH = Happy To Help & Hope That Helped & the always popular (and believed by many to be the original)
Hope This Helps (much disputed by the big guns – but you get the general idea of it)
HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
I PM'd You = Sent You a Private Message
I PM'd You = A good way to get on Chicken's good side (this one is Real serious insider stuff)
ICQ = I Seek You (www.icq.com)
IM = Instant Message
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IP = Internet Protocol
IIRC = If I recall correctly
KDE = Kool Desktop Environment (www.kde.org)
KotM = Kook Of The Month (Needs definition)
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
MOD(s) = Moderator(s)
MRTG = Multi Router Traffic Gatherer
NAC - Net Access Corporation (www.nac.net)
NEYS = Never Eat Yellow Snow (Dam good advice – no matter where you are in the World)
NIC =
NOC =
OS = Operating System
PC = Personal Computer
PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PHP = PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (www.php.net)
PM = Private Message (PM’d = sent a PM)
POP = Point Of Presence also Post Office Protocol (you must make your own choice here – sorry)
ROFLMAO = Rooling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLOL = Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
RTFM = Read The F**ing Manual
RPM = Revolutions Per Minute
RPM = Red Hat Package Manager
RS = Rack Shack
SDRAM = Syncronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
Skunk = Shang (Requires knowledge of history, or search WHT for Shang to catch up)
SM = Service Mark
SNAFU = Situation Normal All F***ed Up (famous military acronym – it’s in most English dictionary’s)
SQL = Structured Query Language
SSH = Secure Shell
SSL = Secure Socket Layer
STFU = Shut the F*** Up
STFW = Search The F**ing Web
TANSTAAFL = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (One of life’s most important lessons)
TM = Trademark
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TOS = Terms of Service
UATOB = Useless As Tits On A Bull (for Texan’s Useless As Tits On A BoarHog)
UK = United Kingdom
UPS = Universal Power Supply
UPS = United Parcel Service
USA = United States of America (and Proud of it!)
VDI = Virtual Development, Inc. (www.vdi.net)
VDS = Virtual Dedicated Server
VO = Ventures Online (www.venturesonline.com)
VPS = Virtual Private Server
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
WHM = WebHost Manager
WHR = Web Hosting Radio
WHT = WebHostingTalk
WHTC = WebHostingTalk Cartel (one of my personal favorites)
WTF = What the **** (This one’s tough - hint - use your imagination for meaning of ****)
YM = You Mean
[/list=a]

Rev-00

ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
NIC = Network Interface Card/Chip
NOC = Network Operation Center

and from another thread...
CPB - Chicken Post Bot
(that's how he ended up with so many posts :-)

Yeah, and keep in mind that NOC - Network Operations Center is NOT the same as a data center - they can be located in the same place, but do not have the same functionality.

DC - data center?

TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocl
NAT = Network Address Translation
Perl = Practical Extraction and Report Language

Sombody also mentioned YMMV, didn't make it to the list.

And if you see one you don't know.....: http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Douglas

Originally posted by DougBTX
And if you see one you don't know.....: http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Douglas Thanks, Douglas! :)

That's actually a pretty cool resource. Not just for forums either. Who knew that "lol" also means "Lower Orange Lodge".

Seriously, that's a cool site, thanks!

:cool:

uh, back in my gaming days, ffs means "for f**ks sake"

Originally posted by almex
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* So far, here’s what we have (without credits, but with thanks to all). Note there's a few missing? *
[list=]
Acronym = Meaning

UPS = Universal Power Supply
[/list=a]

Rev-00


Wouldn't that be Uninterruptible Power Supply?

IDGAS = I Dont Give A Sh*t

Originally posted by ccreighton
IDGAS = I Dont Give A Sh*t NDI - Neither Do I

Heres another one:

PITA = Pain In The As*

Originally posted by Mike the newbie



Wouldn't that be Uninterruptible Power Supply?

I've seen it used both ways, although Universal could be wrong, and also as Uninterruptible Power Source. Maybe I was confusing it with USB. :)

Some more off the top of my head:

CD - Compact Disc
CPU - Central Processing Unit
DDR - Double Data Rate
HD - Hard Disk/Drive
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
IBM - International Business Machines (www.ibm.com)
IDE - Integrated Development Environment
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
PS/2 - Personal System 2 (IBM)
PS2 - PlayStation 2
PSU - Power Supply Unit
PSX - PlayStation
RAM - Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDR - Single Data Rate
TFT - Thin Film Transistor
USB - Universal Serial Bus
WD - Western Digital (www.westerndigital.com)

HNSP = hungry, need some pasta :D

Originally posted by mahinder
ROFLOL = Rooling on the floor laughing out loud
ROFLMAO = Rooling on the floor laughing my ass off


ROFLMAOTRROTGDOWBICD = Rolling on floor laughing my ass off turning red running off to get a drink of water before I choke and die

Originally posted by UKName
WYSIWYG

What you see, is what you get :)

Pronounced
"Wizzy Wig" :)

I must be confused,

I thought it was "Wussy" wig. :)

Originally posted by 4solutions
All of us WHTers need to keep on top of industry developments. So we need to make sure that we all get enough Special High Intensity Training everyday. I know that that my customers make sure that I get my dose of this each and every day!

I'll let you all figure out the acronym for this one... ;)

Know what you mean, in my job we get many RTFM customers which just make us want to say IDGAS :D

Originally posted by DougBTX


ROFLMAOTRROTGDOWBICD = Rolling on floor laughing my ass off turning red running off to get a drink of water before I choke and die Then; wouldn't that be ROFLMAOTRROTGADOWBICAD??:D

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
Then; wouldn't that be ROFLMAOTRROTGADOWBICAD??

I didn't write it..but I'd only keep the second a :D the first is just boring! :cool:

POV = point of view
IYT = Its your turn (http://itsyourturn.com/)
PCP = PCPlus (http://www.pcplus.co.uk/)

Douglas

Someone put IBM in, so erm...

M$ - Microsoft

And the one off the top of my head, if its already been suggested sowwy!!!

RH - RedHat

COME ON, I should have my own!

Acronym: YPA
Meaning: YUPAPA

dont forget:

MILF - Mother i'd like to f***
AOL - Alcoholics OnLine
IRCD - packet magnet
UNLIMITED - DDoS
DoS - Denial of Service attack
DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service attack

Originally posted by YUPAPA
COME ON, I should have my own!

Acronym: YPA
Meaning: YUPAPA Oh sure.:eek2:

And SWR could mean SoftWareRevue. :rolleyes:



:D

Originally posted by DougBTX
. . . . I'd only keep the second a :D the first is just boring!. . . . .Good point, Douglas. ;)

Dont forget BNC - British aNal Connector (microsoft's perferred translation), anyone know wtf it was named after the british navy anyhow?!

AOL - A**holes On Line

(It's a lot better today, but a few years ago, a typical AOLer was a real pain in the tush on USENET, forums, etc. They never RTFM, they always asked stupid questions, etc. )

Originally posted by Abu Mami
AOL - A**holes On Line

(It's a lot better today, but a few years ago, a typical AOLer was a real pain in the tush on USENET, forums, etc. They never RTFM, they always asked stupid questions, etc. )

Better? :eek: It sure looks a lot worse... :(

Originally posted by porcupine
Dont forget BNC - British aNal Connector (microsoft's perferred translation), anyone know wtf it was named after the british navy anyhow?!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, wtfit? ROFLMAOTRROTGDOWBICD. That's the best one yet. Silly british people. :D

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
Oh sure.:eek2:

And SWR could mean SoftWareRevue. :rolleyes:


SMART, you didn't use him. ----> :eek: ............................. :D

Originally posted by Abu Mami
AOL - A**holes On Line

Better yet: AOL - America Off Line

I don't know if this has been posted (i didn't look at all them)
ROFL- Roll on the floor laughting
ROFLMFAO- Roll on the floor laughting my f*cking a$$ off

YGBSM - You gotta be s***tin' me!
WTFO - What the F***! Over!
WDALYIC - Who died and left you in charge?
VBSEG - Very big s***-eating grin
TFH - Thread from hell

ROFLMFAO- Roll on the floor laughting my f*cking a$$ off


ROTFLMAOWPIMP
Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants

You guys forgot the most important (or may be I missed it in thread):

BW = bandwidth

and a new one

UBW = Unlimited Bandwidth ;)

and yet another one

/dev/null = unlimited disk space :stickout

***** = Best Host Ever

Not one of my sites, but one I helped "feed" - www.geek2geek.org

d#$% sucking lips
d#@$ sucking program

KMA - Kiss My @ss
WTF - What The F*** (sorry if doubled)
WTH - What The Hell
AOHell - America Online :P
Monopoly - Microsoft (ok, maybe thats pushing it...)
PSP - Paint Shop Pro
GG - Good Game
CTN - Check The Network

DC : DefCon :D
WHC : WebHostingChat.net
HD : HostingDiscussions.com OR HardDisk
IMO : In My Opinion
IRL : In Real Life
VPS : Virtual Private Server
VDS : Virtual Dedicated Server

;)

"u suck" = you suck :D :rolleyes: :D

I always wondered about this, but could not figure it out from the various contexts I read it in. What does OT stand for (in the WHT forums)?

(... and I don't mean overtime and old testament)

OT = Off Topic

Thanks! :)

This is what I have so far (only REAL acronyms included):


AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
AAA - Automobile Association of America
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AIM - AOL Instant Messenger
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
AOL - America OnLine
AOL - Acoholics OnLine
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASP - Active Server Pages
ATFN - Any Time From Now
AUP - Acceptable Use Policy
AVI - Audio Video Interleaved

BG - Bill Gates
BTW - By The Way
BW - BandWidth
BYOB - Bring Your Own Beverages

CC - Credit Card
CD - Compact Disc
CDR+W - Compact Disc Recordable + reWritable
CDS - Chicken Death Squad
CGI - Common Gateway Interface
CGS - Chicken's Good Side
CPB - Chicken Post Bot
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CTN - Check The Network

DC - Data center
DC - District of Columbia
DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service attack
DDR - Double Data Rate
DMCA - Digital Millenium Copyright Act
DNS - Domain Name Service
DoS - Denial of Service attack
DVD - Digital Video Disc
DVDR+W - Digital Video Disc Recordable + reWritable

ECP - Excessive Cross-Posting
EMP - Excessive Multi-Posting
EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FFA - Free For All
FFS - Free For Some
FFS - For F**ks Sake
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FYI - For Your Information

GG - Good Game
GNU - GNU's Not Unix
GoAT - Go Away Troll
GPF - General Protection Fault

HAND - Have A Nice Day
HD - Hard Drive
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HTH - Hope This Helps
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

IBM - International Business Machines
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
IDE - Integrated Development Environment
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
IDGAS - I Don't Give A S**t
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
IM - Instant Message
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IP - Internet Protocol
IP - Intellectual Property
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRCD - Internet Relay Chat Daemon
IRL - In Real Life
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
IYT - It's Your Turn

KDE - Kool Desktop Environment
KMA - Kiss My Ass
KotM - Kook Of The Month

LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LINUX - LINUs's miniX || Linux Is Not UNIX

MHz - MegaHertz
MP3 - Moving Picture experts group layer-3 audio
MPG - Moving Picture experts Group
MRTG - Multi Router Traffic Gatherer
M$ - Micro$oft
MILF - Mother I'd Like To F**k

NAC - Net Access Corporation
NAT - Network Address Translation
NDI - Neither Do I
NEYS - Never Eat Yellow Snow
NIC - Network Interface Card
NOC - Network Operations Center

OS - Operating System
OT - Off Topic
OMDB - Over My Dead Body
ODBC - Open DataBase Connectivity

PC - Personal Computer
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms || Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language
PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PITA - Pain In The Ass
PM - Private Message || Personal Message
POP - Post Office Protocol || Point Of Presence
POV - Point Of View || Persistence Of Vision
PS/2 - Personal System / 2 (IBM)
PS2 - PlayStation 2
PSP - Paint Shop Pro
PSU - Power Supply Unit

RAM - Random Access Memory
RH - Red Hat
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute || Red Hat Package Manager
ROM - Read Only Memory
ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RS - Rack Shack
RTFM - Read The F**king Manual

SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDK - Software Development Kit
SDR - Single Data Rate
SDRAM - Syncronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
S.H.I.T. - Special High Intensity Training (acronym is not an actual word, so no foul ;)
SM - Service Mark
SNAFU - Situation Normal All F**ked Up
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
SQL - Structured Query Language
SSH - Secure Shell
SSI - Server Side Include
SSL - Secure Socket Layer
STFW = Search The F**king Web
STFU = Shut the F**k Up

TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TFH - Thread From Hell
TFT - Thin Film Transistor
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TM - Trademark
TOS - Terms of Service

UATOB = Useless As Tits On A Bull
UK - United Kingdom
UNIX - Uniplexed Information and Computing System
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply || United Parcel Service
USA - United States of America
USB - Universal Serial Bus

VBSEG - Very Big S**t Eating Grin
VDI - Virtual Development, Inc.
VDS - Virtual Dedicated Server
VO - Ventures Online
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VPS - Virtual Private Server

WD - Western Digital
WDALYIC - Who Died And Left You In Charge
WHM - WebHost Manager
WHR - Web Hosting Radio
WHT - WebHosting Talk
WHTC - WebHosting Talk Cartel
WTF - What The F**k
WTH - What The Hell
WWW - World Wide Web
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

YGBSM - You Gotta Be S**ttin Me
YM - You Mean
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

WTFKOTIT - what the f*** kind of thread is this? :D

IATLTRTWT - i am too lazy to read the whole thread!

LOL = laughing out loud*

PN = Pearl Network (www.pearlnetwork.com) :blush:

FOB - Friend of Bill
FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition

I don't know if anyone got these:

brb = Be right back
bbl = Be back later
gg = Gotta go :)
g2g = Got to go

I hope someone already got these..

In some multi player games gg is used for good game / great game. :cool:

Don't forget.....

KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid).

Chris

Originally posted by TopDog21
In some multi player games gg is used for good game / great game. :cool:

They were talking about for WHT ;) But you are right

The All Classic

IANAL = I am not a lawyer

Originally posted by randynov
BYOB - Bring Your Own Beverages

BYOB - Bring Your Own Booz (American way)

WHT = Cool Web Hosting Forum :cool:

JTYWLTK - Just Thought You Would Like To Know

A/C = Account
TZ = TimeZone
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
cc = c compiler
gcc = GNU C Compiler
GNU = GNU's Not Unix
JSP = Java Server Pages
J2EE = Java 2 Enterprise Edition
EJB = Enterprise Java Beans
vB = vBulletin

Originally posted by masood
A/C = AccountHow about Air Conditioning? :-)

GMT = Greenwich Mean TimeAlso, don't forget:
UT - Universal Time (same as GMT more or less)

BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution

:)

Originally posted by Abu Mami
How about Air Conditioning? :-)



Sounds good to me. :)

CPAN - Comprehensive Perl Archive Network ( www.cpan.org )

And an important acronym for tech support/help desk ppl is:

PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

Oh so that's another one:

ppl - people

Originally posted by freakysid
PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
A variation on a theme:
PEBE - problem exists between ears

bump

Originally posted by roly
bump

:eek:

A couple that I didn't see listed:

FWIW - For What It's Worth
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
WLA - We Love Acronyms (a personal favorite) :)

Another one I find interesting:

IMVHO = in my very humble opinion :blush:

np=no problem
nm=never mind

Seems that this threat is goeing to be the biggest ever :)
I'll call the people of the Guinnes Book of Records

not quite :)

even this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42920) is bigger!

Douglas

Originally posted by DougBTX
not quite :)

even this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42920) is bigger!

Douglas If you want to read a long thread; try this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10134). :D

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
If you want to read a long thread; try this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10134). :D

I was just lazy :)

Didn't bother searching... give this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26124) a try :)

How Original can we be?

Originally posted by DougBTX


I was just lazy :)

Didn't bother searching... give this (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26124) a try :)

Yeah.... but, those threads didn't turn into this thread is longer than this thread threads....:D :D

t.. tttt... t's... I think I wore out that key in this post....

Only 19 t's (twenty now)... (twenty-one(22 actually... arg... 23... Bad t(24) bad bad letter(26)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:angry:

Originally posted by FiberOptic

HOCWB? - How Original can we be? (for posting in responce to newbie's "what do you think of my host" posts)

Douglas

Why is this threat always being on top,
even if he's not the latest where is responded to?

Originally posted by FiberOptic
Why is this threat always being on top,
even if he's not the latest where is responded to?

It's tagged as "Important:"

Ce thrd is OT btw ;)

How about?

TTHGSLTWSPTPAITFTEL

This thread has gotten so long that we start posting telling people about it then find threads even longer?

:D

SWAK - Sealed With A Kiss
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid

(my favs and up 'ing my pissy post counts, of course!)

FBI - Father Buy Ice-cream
BMW - Be My Wife
WAFWOM - What A F@#ken Waste Of Money

DWEG = Dirty Wicked Evil Grin

GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike

IMNTBHO = In My Never To Be Humble Opinion

TTFN = TaTa For Now

NC = Nature Call/Gotta pee

CICO = Coffee In Coffee Out

GL = Good Luck

WB = Welcome Back

TTYL = Talk To You Later

DC = Disconnect :)

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMAO - Rolling in the floor laughing my ass off
LOL - Laugh out loud

Originally posted by TimPD
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMAO - Rolling in the floor laughing my ass off
LOL - Laugh out loud Should be:
ROFLMAO - Rolling on floor laughing my ass off

WTF = What the Fcuk

MK = ???

WHT = (hehe...) Web Hosting Talk :idea:

GTG = got to go

Uh, "Mk" just means "ok" I believe ;)

DC is not disconnect but Direct Connect (the filesharing network)
P2P - Peer 2 peer

Got a few others:
TLTR: to lazy to reply
WTFWBATRTAA? : Who The **** Would Be Able To Remember All These Acronyms Anyway

If WTFWBATRTAA? is such a big problem, let's publish a book. Looking a the views this thread has got, we should be able to make a few bucks doing so :D

Don't want to spoil it .. but this list I just found is bigger:
http://blacksun.box.sk/acro.html?string=#abbreviations

Although it only seems to contain stuff liek IMAP/POP/etc,.. not really teh funny stuff ... ;)

This may seem a little off-topic and perverted but...

BISL - Boy Is She Loose :D

most important one is gtg when someone talks to you and u wanna tell them to **** of nicely

g2g - got to go......

AAA - Acronyms Are for ********.

Learn to type.

BOBFAC - Body off baywatch face off crimewatch

http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/acronyms.cgi?program=shuttle&searchall=true

:cool:

Originally posted by Alex[nl]
DC is not disconnect but Direct Connect (the filesharing network)
P2P - Peer 2 peer

for non-webhosting people, sometimes it`s disconnect, direct connect, and data center :-)

PHAT = PRETTY HOT AND TEMPTING

AFK = Away from keyboard
kb= key board
lmfao = laughing my ****ing arse off
roflmho = roll on the floor laughing my head of
...

TITTTNE - This is the thread that never ends....

POS = piece of sh**

Originally posted by ATST
POS = piece of sh**
No, you're wrong... POS = Position Of Ship :D

Originally posted by lets.pretend

No, you're wrong... POS = Position Of Ship :D
No, you are wrong. Where I mostly hang out online (a Truck site) we call "certain mantufacturors" makes and models "pieces of $hit" :D

It's all relative :cool:
Cheers!

I fail to see what "position of ship" has to do with trucks, but then I don't know much about trucks :D

RRFL=Rolling on floor laughing
Php=personal home page
Html=hypertext markup language
Css=cascading style sheets

{more coming soon}

Originally posted by tzdesigner
Php=personal home page

noo!!

pre-hypertext-prosessor .. or something...

Douglas

Acronyms can have different meanings to different people; it all depends on who you ask.

Originally posted by DougBTX


pre-hypertext-prosessor .. or something...

Douglas

Thats what I thought it was. I read it in a php book and online..owell

ITH = IT Hosting
ITN = ITricks.net

:D

http://www.juicystudio.com/tutorial/php/
PHP is a server-side scripting language and interpreter that is available on a wide range of platforms, including some versions of Apache, and Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS). The original program was called Personal Home Page Tools, which is where the initials PHP come from. There are also a few other definitions of the name, mostly thought up in retrospect. Some say that PHP is a recursive three letter acronym meaning, PHP Hypertext Pre-processor. Another generally accepted definition is Pre Hypertext Processor. The PHP script is embedded in the Web page, and interpreted on the server before being sent to the client who requested the page. PHP is open source, and may be downloaded from www.php.net.

We're both right ;)

Douglas

WHT != What Have Thee?

:D

SH!T - Sugar Honey Iced Tea

SH!T anyone?

From another forum I frequent:

IBTL= In before the lock (mods lock a ton of threads)
IBTID= in before this is deleted

IANRAT= I am not reading all of that

hmm is it just me or is this topic quite popular lol

Originally posted by cedwards
hmm is it just me or is this topic quite popular lol


Very :)

well its at the top man
sticky...

;\

iad = iamdave
Okay, so no one uses it, but they should! :cool:

Originally posted by iamdave
iad = iamdave
Okay, so no one uses it, but they should! :cool:

iand = iamnotdave
Okay, so no one uses it, but they should! :cool:

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol.

Me too! - Add me to list :puke:

Did anyone say URL? URL = Uniform Resource Locator

Acronyms & Abbreviations - http://www.acronymfinder.com/

and http://www.sokr.ru/ - russian ;( version that contains 58457(!!!) abbreviations

OMG = Oh My God/Gosh

As in, OMG I can't believe I read this whole post.

FYI= for your information
FYEO = for your eyes only
FI= for instance
NW= No way


~Maureen~

KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid

IMO = In My Opinion

I got no idea if it has been said, dont feel like ready through 11 pages of posts :D

IMHMI but WTPOSTT ?

which translate to...

I might have missed it but what's the point of stick-ing this thread?

I didn't see this one, so here it is:

ATM = At The Moment (or the obvious bank machine, depending on the contest.)

Originally posted by DougBTX


noo!!

pre-hypertext-prosessor .. or something...

Douglas Actually PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext preProcessor.

Originally posted by iamdave
Actually PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Processor.

actually PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor :D

Originally posted by JTY
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid

Ahhh now that's from junkyard wars;) .

Originally posted by alpha


actually PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor :D My mistake... hehe. :)

Originally posted by iamdave
My mistake... hehe. :)
See my quote way back on page 10 :buck:

Douglas

:) -Smile

:( - frown

Didn'g PHP ORIGINALLY stand for Personal Home Page? I heard that on some usenet post or something some years ago...any old timers know if there is any truth to that?
Sadistikal

Answered my own question:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=PHP+%22Personal+home+page%22&start=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=8c9eht%2412pp%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&rnum=12

Heh. I never knew that.

IASOBOTC

I am sick of being on the computer.

I didn't see any one post my favorite:
TWAIN = Technology Without An Interesting Name
I am not making this up.

Here's my condition:
AOADH = Adult Onset Attention Deficit Disorder

I mean AOADD - my bad, I was doing something else while typing that post.

CS = carrot sticks

I'm gonna add my own translation of SPAM that I thought of a 4 years ago. Solicited Porno Adult Material. That is atleast what the majority of SPAM is.

VO=Ventures Online

PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
YPnotMP = Your Problem, not My Problem
PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

I have the complete (well of coure it isn't complete, but the most common) list of acronyms used in chats if you guys/gals wold like to see it. It looks as though it has over 200 acronyms. :D :cool:

BTW, having the WHT nick name of ChickenFart isn't going to get you on Chicken's good side. ;)

Originally posted by smidwap
BTW, having the WHT nick name of ChickenFart isn't going to get you on Chicken's good side. ;)

Maby i should change my nick :D ChickenDarth maby? ;)

http://www.boomspeed.com/schatten/this-thread-rocks.jpg

wow..

Originally posted by JewishMuslim
http://www.boomspeed.com/schatten/this-thread-rocks.jpg

That ain't an acronym.. :stickout

Originally posted by Blak n Wite


That ain't an acronym.. :stickout

ANIT (And niether is that.) ;) :o

Originally posted by smidwap


ANIT (And niether is that.) ;) :o

I never said it wasn't :)

I'm lazy, I don't want to read through all of this.

So if this has already been posted than I guess i'm SOL

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - This thread needs organised, but I'm to lazy!

I lied:


1337 = elite (Rarely used, from beyond WHT boarders i.e. not real WHT insider stuff)
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD =
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AIM = AOL Instant Messenger (aim.aol.com)
AMD = Advanced Micro Devices (www.amd.com)
ATFN = Any Time From Now
AOL = America Online (www.aol.com)
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
ASP = Active Server Pages
AUP = Acceptable Use Policy
B-Broker = *****
BG = Bill Gates
BTW = By The Way
BUMP = Posting Something Useless = PSU (When you PSU you get BUMP)
BYO = Bring Your Own
CC = Credit Card
CDS = Chicken Death Squad
CGI = Common Gateway Interface
CGS = Chicken's Good Side (You better learn this one right off – first thing, or well, sorry for you buddy)
***** = B-Broker
DNS - Domain Name Service
DUDE = Respected and Very busy person (popular, but insider definition, not than acronym)
ECP = Excessive Cross-Posting (real serious insider stuff – don’t dare do this ever)
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FFA = Free For All
FFS = Free For Some
FTP = File Transfer Protocol
FYI = For Your Information
GoAT = Go Away Troll
H4x0r = Hacker (from beyond WHT boarders i.e. not real WHT insider stuff, usually just Hacker)
HAND = Have A Nice Day
HTH = Happy To Help & Hope That Helped & the always popular (and believed by many to be the original)
Hope This Helps (much disputed by the big guns – but you get the general idea of it)
HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
I PM'd You = Sent You a Private Message
I PM'd You = A good way to get on Chicken's good side (this one is Real serious insider stuff)
ICQ = I Seek You (www.icq.com)
IM = Instant Message
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IP = Internet Protocol
IIRC = If I recall correctly
KDE = Kool Desktop Environment (www.kde.org)
KotM = Kook Of The Month (Needs definition)
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
MOD(s) = Moderator(s)
MRTG = Multi Router Traffic Gatherer
NAC - Net Access Corporation (www.nac.net)
NEYS = Never Eat Yellow Snow (Dam good advice – no matter where you are in the World)
NIC =
NOC =
OS = Operating System
PC = Personal Computer
PCMCIA = People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PHP = PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (www.php.net)
PM = Private Message (PM’d = sent a PM)
POP = Point Of Presence also Post Office Protocol (you must make your own choice here – sorry)
ROFLMAO = Rooling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLOL = Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
RTFM = Read The F**ing Manual
RPM = Revolutions Per Minute
RPM = Red Hat Package Manager
RS = Rack Shack
SDRAM = Syncronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
Skunk = Shang (Requires knowledge of history, or search WHT for Shang to catch up)
SM = Service Mark
SNAFU = Situation Normal All F***ed Up (famous military acronym – it’s in most English dictionary’s)
SQL = Structured Query Language
SSH = Secure Shell
SSL = Secure Socket Layer
STFU = Shut the F*** Up
STFW = Search The F**ing Web
TANSTAAFL = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (One of life’s most important lessons)
TM = Trademark
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TOS = Terms of Service
UATOB = Useless As Tits On A Bull (for Texan’s Useless As Tits On A BoarHog)
UK = United Kingdom
UPS = Universal Power Supply
UPS = United Parcel Service
USA = United States of America (and Proud of it!)
VDI = Virtual Development, Inc. (www.vdi.net)
VDS = Virtual Dedicated Server
VO = Ventures Online (www.venturesonline.com)
VPS = Virtual Private Server
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
WHM = WebHost Manager
WHR = Web Hosting Radio
WHT = WebHostingTalk
WHTC = WebHostingTalk Cartel (one of my personal favorites)
WTF = What the **** (This one’s tough - hint - use your imagination for meaning of ****)
YM = You Mean
ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
NIC = Network Interface Card/Chip
NOC = Network Operation Center
CPB - Chicken Post Bot
TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocl
NAT = Network Address Translation
Perl = Practical Extraction and Report Language
NDI - Neither Do I
PITA = Pain In The As*
CD - Compact Disc
CPU - Central Processing Unit
DDR - Double Data Rate
HD - Hard Disk/Drive
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
IBM - International Business Machines (www.ibm.com)
IDE - Integrated Development Environment
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
PS/2 - Personal System 2 (IBM)
PS2 - PlayStation 2
PSU - Power Supply Unit
PSX - PlayStation
RAM - Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDR - Single Data Rate
TFT - Thin Film Transistor
USB - Universal Serial Bus
WD - Western Digital (www.westerndigital.com)
HNSP = hungry, need some pasta
ROFLMAOTRROTGDOWBICD = Rolling on floor laughing my ass off turning red running off to get a drink of water before I choke and die
POV = point of view
MILF - Mother i'd like to f***
AOL - Alcoholics OnLine
IRCD - packet magnet
UNLIMITED - DDoS
DoS - Denial of Service attack
DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service attack
YGBSM - You gotta be s***tin' me!
WTFO - What the F***! Over!
WDALYIC - Who died and left you in charge?
VBSEG - Very big s***-eating grin
TFH - Thread from hell
KMA - Kiss My @ss
WTF - What The F*** (sorry if doubled)
WTH - What The Hell
AOHell - America Online :P
Monopoly - Microsoft (ok, maybe thats pushing it...)
PSP - Paint Shop Pro
GG - Good Game
CTN - Check The Network
DC : DefCon
WHC : WebHostingChat.net
HD : *****************s.com OR HardDisk
IMO : In My Opinion
IRL : In Real Life
VPS : Virtual Private Server
VDS : Virtual Dedicated Server
OT = Off Topic
WTFKOTIT - what the f*** kind of thread is this?
IATLTRTWT - i am too lazy to read the whole thread!
LOL = laughing out loud*
PN = Pearl Network (www.pearlnetwork.com)
FOB - Friend of Bill
FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
brb = Be right back
bbl = Be back later
gg = Gotta go
g2g = Got to go
IANAL = I am not a lawyer
BYOB - Bring Your Own Booz (American way)
WHT = Cool Web Hosting Forum
JTYWLTK - Just Thought You Would Like To Know
A/C = Account
TZ = TimeZone
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
cc = c compiler
gcc = GNU C Compiler
GNU = GNU's Not Unix
JSP = Java Server Pages
J2EE = Java 2 Enterprise Edition
EJB = Enterprise Java Beans
vB = vBulletin
CPAN - Comprehensive Perl Archive Network ( www.cpan.org )
PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
ppl - people
FWIW - For What It's Worth
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
WLA - We Love Acronyms (a personal favorite)
np=no problem
nm=never mind
DWEG = Dirty Wicked Evil Grin
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike
IMNTBHO = In My Never To Be Humble Opinion
TTFN = TaTa For Now
NC = Nature Call/Gotta pee
CICO = Coffee In Coffee Out
GL = Good Luck
WB = Welcome Back
TTYL = Talk To You Later
DC = Disconnect
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMAO - Rolling in the floor laughing my ass off
LOL - Laugh out loud
WTF = What the Fcuk
MK = ???
GTG = got to go
P2P - Peer 2 peer
TLTR: to lazy to reply
WTFWBATRTAA? : Who The **** Would Be Able To Remember All These Acronyms Anyway
TITTTNE - This is the thread that never ends....
POS = Position Of Ship
RRFL=Rolling on floor laughing
Php=personal home page
Html=hypertext markup language
Css=cascading style sheets
ITH = IT Hosting
ITN = ITricks.net
BTL= In before the lock (mods lock a ton of threads)
IBTID= in before this is deleted
IANRAT= I am not reading all of that
iand = iamnotdave
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol.
OMG = Oh My God/Gosh
FYI= for your information
FYEO = for your eyes only
FI= for instance
NW= No way
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
IMO = In My Opinion
IMHMI but WTPOSTT ?
ATM = At The Moment (or the obvious bank machine, depending on the contest.)
Ahhh now that's from junkyard wars .
IASOBOTC = I am sick of being on the computer.
CS = carrot sticks
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
YPnotMP = Your Problem, not My Problem
PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
IMO = In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IYO = In your opinion
OTOH = On the other hand
LHS = Lets have s**
G2G=got to go
WB=welcome back
NP=no problem
GB=goodbye
SOB=Son of a bitch

G2G=got to go
WB=welcome back
NP=no problem
GB=goodbye
SOB=Son of a bitch

sorry if these have already been listed..

DIVB = Darth Is Very Bored :D

Originally posted by smidwap
BTW, having the WHT nick name of ChickenFart isn't going to get you on Chicken's good side. ;)

i will change my nick to ChickenRules :D

anyway, why does this thread is important?

LMAO = laughing my a$$ off

IBM = I've Been Mugged

Originally posted by redjackryan
mustnt forget the important ones


RTFM = Read The F**ing Manual
STFW = Search The F**ing Web
STFU = Shut the F*** Up
UATOB = Useless As Tits On A Bull

Actually think that is "Useless as tits on a boar hog" as they do actually have them but of course they are useless, bulls on the other hand don't.

" WYSIWYDG "

What You See Is, What You Don't Get :D :D

Originally posted by almex
ADHD =


= ??

Did you lose your thought? :D

(yes, I do know what ADHD is . . . I try to make it my #1 excuse, even though I am undiagnosed . . . and will probably forever remain that way)

TTFN - ta ta for now
TA - thanks a lot
TX - thanks

doohickey, wachamajig, thingummie - technical terms ;->

IBM = I've Been Mugged Good one. :D

OMGGGG = Oh My Goodness Gracious Good God

it's amazing the number of posters who said "don't know if you got this but LMAO " or ROFLMAO and IMO and IMHO or WYSIWYG

no-one reads the whole thread

and

BYOB - Bring Your Own Booz (American way)
BYO or BYOG (bring your own grog)(Australian way)

but another australian one IFOTBOAT .. it fell off the back of a truck
(very common that one .. at least in my circle)

What about country designations?

CA=Canada
AU=Australia
UK=United Kingdom
FR=France
DE=Germany
ES=Spain
PT=Portugal
JP=Japan
US=United States
NZ=New Zealand

no-one reads the whole thread

Who wants to waste their time by filtering through 14 threads... Get a life. :D

Car Acronyms:

BMW = Big Money Waster
CHEVROLET = Can Hear Every Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips
FORD = Fix Or Repair Daily
KIA = Kick It Again
VW = Virtually Worthless

These aren't my acronyms, for those car lovers who'll be flaming me. :)

ETA = Estimated Time of Arrival

A
*

AAMOF
As A Matter Of Fact

ABP
Alt.Books.Pratchett (newsgroup)

ABEND
Absent Because of Enforced Net Deprivation

Abbr.
Abbreviation

ACK
Acknowledgement

ACRONYM
Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning

ADN
Any Day Now

AFAIAA/C
As Far As I Am Aware/Concerned

AFAICT
As Far As I Can Tell

AFAIK
As Far As I Know

AFAIR
As Far As I Remember/Recall

AFAIUI
As Far As I Understand It

AFK
Away/Absent From Keyboard

AFP
Alt.Fan.Pratchett (newsgroup)

AFPA
Alt.Fan.Pratchett.Announce (newsgroup)

AFT
Alt.Fan.Tolkien (newsgroup)

AI
Artificial Intelligence

AISB/E
As I Said Before/Earlier

AISI
As I See It

AIUI
As I Understand It

AIW
As It Was/Were

AKA
Also Known As

AMAP
As Many/Much As Possible

AOL
America On-Line (Internet Service Provider); also "me too" or "I agree" (often perceived as newbie-ish, now often replaced with LOL)

ASA[F]P
As Soon As [F***ing] Possible

ATB
All The Best

ATK
At The Keyboard

ATM
At The Moment

AWGTHTGTATA
Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This/That Again



B
*

B5
Babylon 5

BFN
Bye For Now

BAC
By Any Chance

BAD
Broken As Designed

BAK
Back At Keyboard

B[A]MF
Bad Assed Mother F***er

BBB
Busy Beyond Belief

BBFN
Bye Bye For Now

[B]BIAB
[Be] Back In A Bit

[B]BIAM
[Be] Back In A Minute

[B]BIAS
[Be] Back In A Second

[B]BIAT
[Be] Back In A Tick

[B]BL
[Be] Back Later

[B]BN
[Bye] Bye Now

BBS
Bulletin Board System; also Be Back Soon

BCC, bcc
Blind Courtesy Copy (email); used to be Blind Carbon Copy

<BEG> *BEG*
Big Evil Grin

BF
Boyfriend

B[F]D
Big [F***ing] Deal

BFH
B*stard From Hell

BFN
Bye For Now

<BG> *BG*
Big Grin

BICB[V]W
But I Could Be [Very] Wrong

BICBM
But I Could Be Mistaken

BICCH
Being In Complete Control of Himself/Herself

BIL
Brother-in-Law

BION
Believe It Or Not

BITCH
Being In Total Control of Himself/Herself

BMHATK/W
Banging My Head Against The Keyboard/Wall

BOFH
B*stard Operator From Hell

BRB
Be Right Back

BRT
Be Right There

BSG
Broad Sweeping Generalisation

<BSG> *BSG*
Big Smiling Grin

BSOD
Blue Screen Of Death

BST
British Summer Time (UK time zone - GMT+1)

BTA
But Then/There Again

BTAICB[V]W
But Then/There Again I Could Be [Very] Wrong

BTAIM
Be That As It May

BTDT
Been There Done That

BTDTGTTS[ATB/STF]
Been There Done That Got The T-Shirt [And The Book/Seen The Film]

BTW
By The Way

BWL
Bursting With Laughter

BYKT[A]
But You Know/Knew That [Anyway/Already]


C
*

C|N>K
Coffee through the Nose onto the Keyboard

C|N>M
Coffee through the Nose onto the Monitor

CC, cc.
Courtesy Copy (email)

CET
Central European Time (European time zone)

<CG> *CG*
Cute Grin

CGI
Common Gateway Interface

CIC
Christ I'm Confused

CMIIW
Correct Me If I'm Wrong

CRA[F]T
Can't Remember A [F***ing] Thing

CST
Central Standard Time (US time zone)

CWYL
Chat With You Later



D
*

DA
Douglas Adams (HHGTTG author)

DAMHIK[,IJK/D]
Don't Ask Me How I Know[, I Just Know/Do]

DD
Darling/Dear/Demon Daughter

DD2
Darling/Dear/Demon Second Daughter/Daughter #2 (also DD3 etc.)

<DEG> *DEG*
Deliciously Evil Grin

DFM
Don't Flame Me

DH
Dear Husband (also Damn Husband; Darling Husband)

DIIK
Damned If I Know

DIM
Do It Myself

DIY
Do It Yourself

DLTBBB
Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite

DNA
Did/Does Not Answer

DNO
Do Not Open

DNS
Domain Name System

DOB
Date Of Birth

DS
Darling/Dear/Demon Son

DS2
Darling/Dear/Demon Second Son/Son #2 (also DS3 etc.)

DWIMNWIS
Do What I Mean Not What I Say

DWISNWID
Do What I Say Not What I Do

DYOH
Do Your Own Homework

DYOW
Do Your Own Work

:eek:

COM = COMMERCIAL
NET = NETWORK
ORG = ORGANIZATION
IMLO = in my lovely opinion ;)
BW = BANDWIDTH
MILK = MILK IN LAVITA KITCHEN

LMAO - Laugh My A** Off
*LMFFAO - Laugh My Fat F****** A** Off

RO[T]FL - Rolling on [the] floor laughing

*ROTF-LMAO (Pronounced rot-full-mayo)
*ROTF-LMFFAO (rot-full-muffayo)


*Localized Acronyms... AFAIK only used in our "clique."

LMC

Let Me Check

TIMPETTY- Trouble :D

Sue - I'm to lazy to work for a living give me your money

FUBAR-f***ed up beyond all recognition
KMA-kiss my ass
BYOC-bring your own cables.

And one more
AOL-ass holes online

:stickout:

Theo
Is
Monitoring
Every
Chatroom
Host
And
Never
Gets
Enough!

And one more
AOL-ass holes online I'm beginning to dislike you VERY much, ignorant little child. :D

Originally posted by nishansoft
I'm beginning to dislike you VERY much, ignorant little child. :D

Ignorant little child? putchi suka. You don't even know me yet you call me ignorant? Your upset cause I tagged you for pirating software aka being a theif. Funny fact is you couldn't buy beta photoshop7. Yet you said it was legit? So where'd you get it at. I really don't care if you like me or if you hate me. Its you, your opinion as far as I'm concerned is pointless/worthless. So go get a life/some legit software.

YaG : You are Gay :stickout:
YW : You're welcome

Originally posted by cyansmoker


Also: Point Of Presence

oh...and, well, since *I* am using this one:
THG - The Hosting Group :blush: I thought THG == Tom's Hardware guide?:D

Originally posted by trenzterra
I thought THG == Tom's Hardware guide?:D

As the person you quoted said a point of prefferance.

People shouldn't diss AOL as much :\ Obviously people like AOL or they wouldn't be on it. The members are very nice and the online hosts keep the content under control.

CRS = Can't remember sh!t.


TTT = To The Top. One forum deletes threads older than 60 or 90 days. TTT keeps the threads online. At another forum some do not click to 'next page'. TTT keeps the topic on first page.


GA = Go ahead. Used in AOL chat classroom which indicated I understood and to continue the instructions.

People shouldn't diss AOL as much
Started with AOL, then went to another ISP, which filed for bankruptcy. Went back to AOL.

AOL is a user friendly ISP for the un-educated person, its also has its benifits and its downers. Its a matter of opinion and availability for chosing an ISP, I personally liked AOL when I was new to the internet, now I prefer Comcast@home.

I like AOL. Couldn't live w/o it when I first got online. Although MSN was nice too. Optimum online is great though...

Originally posted by LiNuX
I like AOL.

And your nickname is Linux? TRAITOR :stickout:

Originally posted by Lippy
AOL is a user friendly ISP for the un-educated person, its also has its benifits and its downers. Its a matter of opinion and availability for chosing an ISP, I personally liked AOL when I was new to the internet, now I prefer Comcast@home.

Not all AOL users are uneducated. Many are very smart actually.

Then why are they using AOL? Anybody with half a witt surely would choose a PROPER ISP ;)

Originally posted by stephenM
Then why are they using AOL? Anybody with half a witt surely would choose a PROPER ISP ;)

Just because you have AOL doesn't mean you can't do anything more than other companies. AOL has the ability to do the same things as the other ISPs, and it is a "community" with almost everything you need.

Doesn't AOL have a feature where, if you click to buy from Amazon, you end up in the AOL shop instead?

Was told that by a someone - just thought I'd ask.

this one belongs to Mr. George Carlin (the king of comedy):

HSIOW - Holy S$it Its Only Wednesday

(he was referring to the fact that people would be drinking a lot more if they thought it was wednesday all the time...)

sorry - not tech. related.

Well, if you visit AOL Keyword: AMAZON then you just go to the Amazon website, not an AOL one.

Originally posted by Artashes
this one belongs to Mr. George Carlin (the king of comedy):

HSIOW - Holy S$it Its Only Wednesday

(he was referring to the fact that people would be drinking a lot more if they thought it was wednesday all the time...)

sorry - not tech. related.

haha - funny guy.

My fav bit from him is "The seven words you can't say on TV"
Blink 182 even made a song using that. :D

:eek:

:eek:

Hey, I only read to page 11, so I'm sorry if I doubled some:

PS: post script
PS: photoshop

FITH- F*cked In The Head

"Very Interesting but stupid" quote from the mavis bramston show.

Doc

I have ADHD! I feel special that my disorder is being placed into a forum!

To prove it, I take 20mgs of Ritilin SR every day :menorah:

Originally posted by Tekmaven97
I have ADHD! I feel special that my disorder is being placed into a forum!

To prove it, I take 20mgs of Ritilin SR every day :menorah:

A lot of people on this forum have disorders of one form or another ..mostly another.

Doc

What about the thing we hate most :spam:

Some Pathetic A** Mail
Strange Perverted Advertising Method

YGM - You've got mail

Have we had NP - No problem?

(took me a while to work that one out when I saw it all over the place on another forum)

OWTH - clicked this thread by accident.

TLA - Three Letter Acronym

:D Lotsa...."interesting" acronyms here. :stickout:

"BOLLOCK"
- oh dear i really didnt want to do that but now its too late.

WHTR, web hosting talk rules

TDR ... The Doctor Rules

TDSM The Doctor Scares Me