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0–9 and Symbols

• 1337 or 31337 (written in ASCII) - From the word Leet, derived from the word elite

A

• AFAICR/S/T - As Far As I Can Recall/Remember/See/Tell [1][2][3]
• AFAIK - As Far As I Know [4]
• AFK - Away From Keyboard[5]
• AIUI - As I Understand It [1]
• ASL - Age / Sex / Location [6]
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible[7][8]
• ATM - At The Moment [4]
• AYBABTU - All Your Base Are Belong To Us (from the game Zero Wing) [9]

B

• B2B - Business 2 Business [4]
• BBL/S - Be Back Later/Soon [4]
• BCNU - Be Seein' You [4]
• Blog - Weblog
• BOFH - Bastard Operator From Hell [10]
• (Ro)Bot - any type of automated software in chatrooms and Web-cataloging software [11]
• BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (from military slang) [4]
• BSOD - Blue Screen of Death [4]
• BRB - Be Right Back [4]
• BP - Brian Peppers [4]
• BRT - Be Right There [4]
• BTDT - Been There Done That [12]
• BTW - By The Way [11]

C

• Cartooney (adj/noun) - an unfounded legal threat often involving a non-existent lawyer and used in context of spammers threatening the anti-spam community. See also Barratry[13]
• Crawl - To retrieve a webpage along with the hyperlinks that reference it.[11]
• CU or CYA - See You (later) [4]link title
• CYA - Cover Your Ass [14]
• Cyber (prefix) - A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer[11]
• Cyberspace - virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson coined the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'. [11]

D

• DIAF - Die in a fire
• DC or D/C - disconnect (as in D/C'd = disconnected)

E

F

• F2F - Face To Face (that is, "in real life") [4]
• FFS - For Fuck's Sake[15]
• Flamer - Someone who writes inflammatory, provoking or argumentative comments, also known as an Internet troll[4]
• FOAF - Friend Of A Friend [4]
• FTW/FTL - For The Win/Loss/Lose. Used to express enjoyment or derision. Punchline Youtubes are a true FTW. Jac is a true FTL. Mistaken for Fuck The World which is used as common biker terminology. Also used to express agreement (see QFT) or disagreement[15]
• FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar") [4]
• FUD - "fear, uncertainty, and doubt" (the purposeful spread of misinformation) [4]
• FUK - Short variation of the word "fuck"
• FWIW - For What It's Worth [4]
• FYI - For Your Information [4]

G

• Godwin's Law - Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler[16][17]
• GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike [18][19]
• GTG or G2G - Got To Go [4] and Good To Go[20]
• GTFO - Get The Fuck Out

H

• HAND - Have A Nice Day [4]
• Handle - Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name) [11]
• Hit - A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage. [11]
• Home - The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index" [11]
• Hot List - A collection of publicly available URLS (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files. This term is not to be confused with Favorites [11]
• HTH - Hope This/That Helps[4]
• Haxxor - Slang term used to describe one who uses modified (sometimes "hacked") content to beat other players. Also as h4x0r (written in ASCII) in Leet.[21]
• HSIOW - Holy Shit Its Only Wednesday (Variation of 'TGIF' first coined by George Carlin)

I

• IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer [4]
• IAWTC - I Agree With This Comment [22]
• IDK - I Don't Know [4]
• IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly[4]
• IM - Instant Messaging using a variety of networking software or cellphone hardware/software
• IMO - In My Opinion; IMHO In My Humble Opinion; (sometimes 'Honest'); IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion[4][11]
• IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion[4][11]
• Information Superhighway - The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn), originated from an Al Gore Speech [11]
• ION - I Own Noobs[4]
• IOW - In Other Words[4]
• IRC - Internet Relay Chat [4]
• IRL - In Real Life [4]
• IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean [23]

J

• Jaggy - aliased computer graphics[11]
• JK or j/k - Just Kidding [24]

K

• K - Okay

L

• Lag - Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy[4]
• Lamer - A know-nothing, one who is lame[4]
• Leet - Often spelled as l33t or l337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite. At first it was used sincerely by hackers, then later by bragging pretenders (e.g. "using his l33t hacker skillz"). Nowadays it is often used in online gaming and on Internet message boards by lamers trying to fit in (see above)[4]
• LOL - Laughing Out Loud, Laugh Out Loud, or Lots Of Laughter [25][11]
• LMAO - Laugh My Ass Off. A variation of the above with many variations and additional letters in the acronym [4]
• LMK - Let Me Know [4].
• LUNMU - Love You And Miss You (or "luv u n miss u") [4]
• Lurker - Someone who frequents a message board without participating in discussions[4]

M

• Mactel - Macintosh based on Intel Processor [26]
• MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game[27]
• MOTD - Message Of The Day [4]
• MUD - "Multi-User Dungeon" [4]
• MUSH - "Multi-User Shared Habitat" [4]
• MYOB - Mind Your Own Business [4]

N

• Newbie, newb, Noob, n00b- An inexperienced user of a system or game. Short for a new beginner, or novice [4][28]
• NIFOC - Naked In Front Of Computer[4]
• NM - (Sometimes written N/M) No Message or No More. Used in internet forums or emails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line. NM is also an internet slang for Not Much[29]
• NVM or NVMD - Nevermind [30]
• NP (1) - No Problem [31]

NP sometimes also stands for now playing in certain topics in gamefaqs or no problem

• NO U (1) - NO U [31]

A international rebutle to any comment, insult, ir argument. Origionated at 4chan.com Example: "you suck" "NO U"

O

• O RLY - Oh Really?
• OL/WL - Oak Legs/Wooden Legs - Term refering to the material which Tobias legs are amde from [4]
• OIC - Oh, I See [4]
• OP - Operator / Moderator (also SysOp) [4]
• OS - Operating System [4]
• OT - On Topic, sometimes used as Off Topic as well. [4]
• OTOH - On The Other Hand [4]
• OTW - On The Way [4]
• OMG or OMFG - Oh My God, Oh My Fucking God, Oh My Goodness, or Oh My Fucking Goodness [32]
• OMW - On My Way [33]

P

• P2P - peer-to-peer, person-to-person, player-to-player, programmer-to-programmer, pay-to-play
• PEBKAC/PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair[4].
• Ping - Are you there? [34] [35]
• PITA - Pain In The Ass [4]
• PLMK - Please Let Me Know [4]
• PM - Personal/Private Message[36][23]
• PST - Please Send Tell[citation needed]
• PWN/PWNED - A typo-deliberate version of "own or owned (past tense)," a slang term often used to express superiority over others[28]
• pr0n - A purposeful misspelling/1337 version of porn.

Q

• QFT - Quit Fucking Talking[37]
• QFT - Quoted For Truth
• QQ - ASCII art for crying eyes, commonly connected to the phrase 'Cry More Nub'

R

• Rehi (or merely re) - Hello again [38]
• RL - Real Life [38]
• RO(T)FL - Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing [11][38]
• ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off [38]
• RSN - Real Soon Now (used sarcastically)[38]
• RTFM - Read The Fucking Manual [38]

S

• SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist[7]
• Smiley - emoticon [11]
• SNAFU - Situation normal, all fucked up (from military slang) [39]
• Snail Mail - Normal paper mail service [11]
• SOL - Shit Outta Luck (ref name="CNEt"/>
• Spider - The program behind a search engine [11]
• SPAM - Unsolicited email messages.
• STFU - Shut The Fuck Up[40]

T

• TBH/F - To Be Honest/Fair [38]
• TH(N)X or TNX - Thanks [41]
• TINC - There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories[38]
• TLDR - Too Long, Didn't Read [42]
• TOS - Terms Of Service [38]
• TSH - Tobia Sux Hard [38]
• Troller- A member of an "opposing" forum who joins the other to spam and flame users for being members.
• TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge [7]
• TTFN - Ta Ta For Now[38]
• TTYL - Talk To You Later (also spelt TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)[38][43]
• Tweedler - Computer geek or someone who plays with themselves at the computer [11]
• TYT - Take Your Time[38]
• TY - Thank You [44]
• TYVM - Thank You Very Much[23]

U

• U - You

V

W

• W/ or W/o - with or without[45]
• WB - Welcome Back[38]
• WTH - What The Heck/Hell?! [38]
• WTF - What The Fuck, Freak![38]
• WOMBAT - Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time [38]
• WRT - With Respect/Regards To[38]
• WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get [4][11]
• WUBU2 - What You Been Up To

Y

• YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary[citation needed]

W/E- what ever

Z

• ZOMG - An escalated way to say "Oh My God" (see OMG).[46] referring to the proximity of the 'z' key to the 'shift' key and the resulting possible typo.