| # |
hashtag used in Twitter® |
| @ |
referencing a person in Twitter®; the "at" symbol in an email address |
| AFAIK |
as far as I know |
| blog |
weblog; an online journal |
| BSP |
blatant self promotion |
| BTW |
by the way |
| decloaking |
revealing your presence to the other members of a newsgroup, chat session, etc. -- the opposite of lurking |
| emoticons |
sometimes called smilies; created by using the characters on a keyboard and used to express emotion when talking by typing; best viewed by tilting your head to the left |
| 8-) |
a smiling person with glasses |
| (:-) |
a smiling bald person |
| :-o |
Wow! |
| &:-) |
a smiling person with curly hair |
| ;-) |
wink |
| *<:-) |
Santa Claus |
| :-{) |
smiling man with moustache |
| :-( |
sad |
| FAQ |
frequently asked question |
| flame |
attack another poster on a newsgroup, usually shooting her down in "flames" |
| FWIW |
for what it's worth |
| Good Times |
a now notorious email scam that still catches newbies |
| IIRC |
if I recall correctly |
| IMHO |
in my humble opinion |
| IMNSHO |
in my not so humble opinion |
| IMO |
in my opinion |
| IPN |
I'm posting naked |
| ITA |
I totally agree |
| JTYMLTK |
just thought you might like to know |
| killfile |
to delete / filter, usually automatically, anticipated unwelcome email from a poster, usually on a newsgroup; "I'm going to killfile him" |
| KISA |
knight in shining armour |
| LOL |
laughing out loud |
| lurking |
reading a newsgroup, sitting in on a chat session, and the like, without revealing your presence |
| newbies |
those new to the internet |
| OH |
overheard (used in Twitter®) |
| retweet |
in Twitter® a tweet by another user, forwarded by you |
| RFC |
request for comment |
| RTM |
read the manual (often, RTFM) |
| ROTF |
rolling on the floor |
| ROTFLOL |
rolling on the floor laughing out loud |
| RSS |
rich site summary; an XML format which allows appropriately tagged material (sometimes called distributed content) from one web site to be linked to (published) by other web sites; often used for news feeds. |
| sig |
signature -- often as sig file, referring to a small file that loads automatically on each piece of email sent |
smilies |
emoticons |
| SO |
significant other |
| spam |
posting the same message, usually an advertisement, to a number of unrelated newsgroups; unsolicited commercial email -- possibly from the Monty Python routine |
| TAN |
tangent |
| TBT |
talking by typing |
| TIA |
thanks in advance |
| TIIC |
the idiots in charge |
| TPTB |
the powers that be |
| trolls |
those posting provocative statements on newsgroups in an effort to cause controversy or begin a flame war; "don't feed the trolls" |
| TTFN |
ta ta for now (what Tigger says in Winnie the Pooh) |
| Twitter® |
a short messaging service (sms), limited to 140 characters |
| WiFi |
wireless fidelity; wireless local area networks based on IEEE standards (802.11...) |
| wiki |
online system or model which allows information to be added and edited collectively and collaboratively; from "wiki wiki" which means quickly or rapidly |
| WYSIWYG |
what you see is what you get |
| VoIP |
voice over internet protocol |
| YMMV |
your mileage may vary; your take on this subject may differ from mine |
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