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Computer Jargon/Acronyms; :)
Topic Started: Dec 28 2007, 09:11 PM (270 Views)
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Not even sure what a chat room is? New to the whole Internet experience? You've found a place that will help
http://www.web-friend.com/help/lingo/lingo_basics.html

Not in any particular order, other than what comes to mind, here are the very very basics of what these Internet 'buzz' words mean.

e-Mail: It's very hard for me to think of anyone in this century not knowing what e-Mail is, but there are a few folks who have heard of it, but don't know what it is - so you can either scroll down and skip this part, or bear with me for a second. email is simply a little computer program, that lets you type up a note or letter, and send it to anyone in the world. .... and even beyond. (The astronauts can actually send and receive email when they are in their space stations, or orbiting the earth in a shuttle.) The thing with email is, everyone has their own email address, just like a telephone number (if you don't know what a telephone is - forget it, you're beyond getting help) I might be ched@mail.com, so if you typed up a letter or note, put that in the "To:" box - clicked the send button, then I would get it (usually the server will get it within a minute or two) The next time I opened my email, I'd see a new message, I could open it, see that it was sent from the address mary@somewhere.com., and then read your message, and send you back an answer if I wanted. You can also send pictures, and other types of files with email by attaching them to your note. Enough though about email -----

Chat: Just means to talk over the Internet using the computer to type in the words instead of speaking them out-loud.

Chat Room: This is an Internet place, were people gather togeather all at the same time to talk to one another using the computer. Often it is just a web page, like any other, and everyone is using an additional program, or an enhanced program to be able to type words in a box, and have it appear on top of the web-page so that the other people there (running the same program) can see it. It happens in "real time" meaning that it takes place immediately (or within a second or two). Part of the appeal to this is that since the Internet is a global, world-wide entity, then the chat room is open 24/7 (another term meaning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.) The web pages are available ALL the time, from any computer that is connected to the Internet. If it is a very popular chat room, then you can get on the computer, open your chat program, and go to that page, and someone will be there to talk to. Even at 3 am in the morning. Many of these people never meet each other in real life (although many do make arrangements to meet). But the bottom line is, it is a global way to meet people, make new friends, get togeather with old friends, or stay in touch with your family even if they live hundreds or thousands of miles away. You may go to a chat room, and find people who are in China, some in Russia, and you living in your little town in the mid-west USA can all "chat". And you can all talk togeather about anything you want.

Avatar, or AV: This is a little picture, or graphical representation of a person in a chat room. You use your mouse to move it up to the top left corner of the screen, (or anywhere on the computer monitor screen) and that's where everyone else sees it. It can be a real photo that was scanned, and turned into a computer file, or it can be a little cartoon character that someone drew.

Emoticons: The little funny characters you see typed that are supposed to indicate mood. When you see this ;-) it signifies a smiley face. When you turn your head sideways so the parenthesis is on the bottom, it become the smile, and the semi-colon becomes the eyes (one winking). There are tons of them, see more here.

IM: Instant Message. Similar in concept to chatting, and in fact it is an added feature to many chat programs. If you don't want to sit and chat to strangers in a chat room, and still want to be able to talk to your friends or family - even if you're doing other work on the computer, then you can get a little program (for free) and just have it running, but hidden away out of sight, until your friend 'beeps' you. Two of the most popular are ICQ and Yahoo Messanger by the way. {I use MSN Instant Mesaanger - HB} When you are both on the computer at the same time, and you both have your little IM program running, then each person knows the other is there. Your friend types in a message on their computer, says "send it" - and your little program beeps, or flashes, and tells you that you have a message from that friend. You open the program, read what they said, type something back, and send it back to them. You can talk to them, as long as you like, as often as you like, and at any hour of the day or night. You can even send a message when they are not using the computer, and as soon as they start the program, they'll see what you had to say, and when you said it.

PM: Private Message. Various chat programs, and forums allow you to type in a message to another person online, pretty much the same thing as IM in concept. I've also heard it refered to as Personal Messaging.

Text Messaging: Actually this refers to the new cell phones more than it does the Internet. It's when you use the kepad on a cell phone, and the letters associated with each number to send text notes to another cell phone.

p2p: Peer to Peer. This goes back to the early days of networking. Basically meaning the type of "network" where one computer is connected to another computer directly, and they share files with one another. In todays' world, there are programs that use the Internet, and a server as a connection point to allow 2 computers to connect directly (more or less) and share files. A couple that come to mind are ICQ, Kazaa, and WinMX.

Message Boards: A website where you can sign up as a member, and then post questions, comments, or other text. After you type what you have to say, and post it, it gets written to the page so that everyone can see it. Very often it is a good place to exchange your knowledge, or get answers to questions about that particular subject. Ex. If there is a sewing message board, and Mary types in "What type of a needle do I use to make xyz" ... then another reader who knows the answer, can type in their response. Mary can come back the next day, or next week, and look up her post, and see what people had to say.

Forums: Pretty much the same thing as Message Boards.

Link: Just for the heck of it, I'll throw this in here too. It's the little thing on a web-page that makes your mouse pointer turn into a little hand pointing the one finger up in the air. And when you click your mouse button, you go to another page.

LOL: Means Laughing Out Loud

BRB: Means Be Right Back

ROTFLMAO: Means Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My A** Off

The Lingo: LOL ("Laughing Out Loud"). Well if you're to the point now where you've been to a chat room, read an email, or IM with someone, and want to know what all these strange collection of letters means .... here's the list of chat room lingo.

http://www.web-friend.com/help/lingo/chatslang.html

Chat, E-Mail, Web, and chat room slang and acronyms
AAK Alive And Kicking
AAR At Any Rate
AAS Alive And Smiling
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From the Keyboard
AFN that's All For Now
AOTA All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.

b4 Before
BAK Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL Be Back Later
BBS Be Back Soon
BCNU I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG Big Evil Grin
BFN Bye For Now
BMA Bite My A** (became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show)
boot To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.
BR Best Regards
BRB Be Right Back
BRH Be Right Here
BSEG Big S**t Eatin Grin
BTA But Then Again....
BTW By The Way
btw BeTWeen you and me ...
chat room A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.

CRS Can't Remember S**t
CU See You - also posted as cya
CUS Can't Understand S**t (stuff)
CNP Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)
CP Chat Post
CUL8R See You Later
CUOL See You On Line
CYA See Ya

dd, ds, dh Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband. Usually exchanged in family chats.
DDSOS Different Day, Same Old S**t
DEGT Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU Do I Know You?
DIS Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl Downloading, or Download it.

EG Evil Grin
EM E-Mail
EMA E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ easy (one of the really old ones)

F2F Face To Face
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FISH First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)
FITB Fill In The Blanks
flame to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL Falling Off Chair - Laughing
forum What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FTS F*** This S***
FTW For the Win
fu f*** you (If you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be on line)
FUBAR "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYI For Your Information


GA Go Ahead
GAL Get A Life
gest Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.
g/f Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN Gone For Now
GGOH Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR Gotta Run
GR&D Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR Got To Run
GTRM Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)

H&K Hugs and Kisses
hack person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD Have A Good Day
HAGO Have A Good One
Halsoft Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.
HB Hurry Back
Hosts Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH Hope That Helps
huggles Hugs

IAC In Any Case
IB I'm Back
IC I See
IDN I Don't kNow
IDK I Don't Know
IDTS I Don't Think So
IANAL I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)
IC I See
ICQ I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY I Love You
IM Instant Message
IMHO In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO In My Opinion
IOH I'm Out of Here
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
IYO In Your Opinion

JAS Just A Second
JIC Just In Case
JK Just Kidding
JMO Just My Opinion
JW Just Wondering

k, K, or kk O. K.
KIT Keep In Touch

L8R Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LFFAO Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LTNS Long Time No See
LTS Laughing To ones Self
LY I Love Ya.
LYL Love You Lots

Message Board. A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
MUG Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.

NE1 Anyone
newbie refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM Never Mind
NP, np No Problem
NRN 1. No Response Necessary
2. Not Right Now
NT No Thanks

OBTW Oh, By The Way.
OIC Oh, I See
OF Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL the Old Lady
OM the Old Man
OMG Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT Off Topic
oth or OTH Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot. Very exciting.
otr or OTR Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.
OTE Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)
OTOH On The Other Hand ...
OTOMH Off the Top of My Head ...
OTW On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"

P911 My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PANS Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
peeps People. example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room.
peep this Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.
PITA Pain In The Ass
PLZ Please
PMJI Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)
poof when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
POS Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL People

QT Cutie

RFC Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)
rl or RL Real Life (as opposed to being online)
r m or RM Ready Made: pre-existing
ROFL Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN Real Soon Now
r/t Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU aRe yoU?

SEG **** Eating Grin
SH Same Here
SMS Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO Significant Other
SOL **** Out Of Luck
SOS Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST Same Place, Same Time
SSDD Same S**t, Different Day
STR8 Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in d**n Straight)
STW Search The Web
SY Sincerely Yours
SYL See You Later

TAFN That's All For Now
TC Take Care
TFH Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX Thanks!
TIA Thanks In Advance
TM Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI Too Much Info. (information)
TNT 'Til Next Time
TPS That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TS Tough S**t
TSFY Tough S**t For You
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT These Things Take Time
TTYL Talk To You Later
TY Thank You
TYT Take Your Time
TYVM Thank You Very Much

VPPH Virtual Places Page Host
US You Suck
usa or USA Until Sides Ache: Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache. I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for "Until Sides Hurt". rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.
UV Unpleasant Visual
UW yoU're Welcome
UY Up Yours
vp or VP Virtual Places: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.

WB Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC WelCome
WEG Wicked Evil Grin
WEU What's Eating You?
WFM Works For Me
WIIFM What's In It For Me?
WTG Way To Go
WTF What The F**K
WT? What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP? Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD What Would Jesus Do?

YAA Yet Another Acronym
YBS You'll Be Sorry
YL Young Lady
YM Young Man
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YR Yea, Right. (sarcastic)
*ys* You Stinker
YVW You're Very Welcome
YW You're Welcome
Blessings,
AloeGal
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