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Many areas of the Internet have developed a strange 'shorthand'.
These acronyms are really just timesavers (and fingersavers!)
but can be very confusing for those new to the 'net.
You'll soon see these crop up all over the place but especially
during on-line 'chat' and in e-mail.
| AFAICT | As Far As I Can Tell | AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard | AIUI | As I Understand It |
| B4 | Before | BAK | Back At The Keyboard |
| BBL | Be Back Later | BCNU | Be Seeing You |
| BRB | Be Right Back | BTW | By The Way |
| CUL | See You Later | EOF | End Of File |
| F2F | Face Too Face | FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FOC | Free Of Charge | FWIW | For What Its Worth |
| FA | For Your Amusement | FYI | For Your Infomation |
| GA | Go Ahead | IAE | In Any Event |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly | IMO | In My Opinion |
| IOW | In Other Words | ISTM | It Seems To Me |
| ISTR | I Seem To Recall | ITRO | In The Region Of |
| IWBNI | It Would be Nice If | JAM | Just A Minute |
| L8R | Later | NP | No Problem |
| NRN | No Reply Necassary | OAO | Over And Out |
| OIC | Oh I see | OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| OTT | Over The Top | POD | Piece Of Data |
| RFD | Request For Discussion | RUOK | Are You OK |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance | TIC | Tounge In Cheek |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym | TNX | Thanks |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now | TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TVM | Thanks Very Much | VR | Virtual Reality |