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p.1 #1 · Acronyms?

after many posts Ive encountered acronyms..what are their meanings?
AFAIAC,IIRC,ect..drivin me crazy

Sep 19, 2008 at 01:37 AM

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p.1 #2 · Acronyms?

AFAIAC = as far as I am concerned
IIRC = if I recall/remember correctly

Oh and Google is your friend

Sep 19, 2008 at 01:40 AM

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p.1 #3 · Acronyms?

thedigitalbean wrote:
AFAIAC = as far as I am concerned
IIRC = if I recall/remember correctly

Oh and Google is your friend

google hates me...

Sep 19, 2008 at 01:43 AM

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p.1 #4 · Acronyms?

what does google stand for?

Sep 19, 2008 at 01:47 AM

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p.1 #5 · Acronyms?

This llink should help.

Sep 19, 2008 at 02:14 AM

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p.1 #6 · Acronyms?

Roy Pertchik wrote:
what does google stand for?

Originally, 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Sep 19, 2008 at 12:37 PM

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p.1 #7 · Acronyms?

UrbanDictionary.com has pretty much every acronym that might be used on a board such as this one.

AFAIK = as far as I know
IIRC = if I recall correctly
ECT = not sure about that one

Sep 19, 2008 at 12:41 PM

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p.1 #8 · Acronyms?

Here's the site I use. They've G rated some of the more colorful phrases, like RTFM, but it's pretty easy to translate them into adultspeak.

http://kb.iu.edu/data/adkc.html

-- Mark

Sep 19, 2008 at 12:44 PM

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p.1 #9 · Acronyms?

RTFM FTW!

Sep 19, 2008 at 12:45 PM

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p.1 #10 · Acronyms?

Etadam wrote:
Roy Pertchik wrote:
what does google stand for?

Originally, 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Ah, yes, now I remember. (Might have been googol.) And then there was the googolplex...

Sep 19, 2008 at 02:38 PM

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p.1 #11 · Acronyms?

IMO = In My Opinion.
AFAIC = As Far As I'm Concerned
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
STFU = ... well google that one

Sep 19, 2008 at 02:41 PM

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p.1 #12 · Acronyms?

IMHO = In my humble opinion
AFAIK = As far as I know
WTF = what the f...
ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing
LMAO = Laughing my a.. off
YASP = You're a stupid p....

etc etc ..

Sep 19, 2008 at 02:44 PM

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p.1 #13 · Acronyms?

My current fav is NMFA.

No More F Acronyms!

Sep 19, 2008 at 02:46 PM

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p.1 #14 · Acronyms?

PCMCIA => "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms".

Sep 19, 2008 at 02:51 PM

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p.1 #15 · Acronyms?

Roy Pertchik wrote:

what does google stand for?

Originally, 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Ah, yes, now I remember. (Might have been googol.) And then there was the googolplex...

Yes, it is "Googol" (1 followed by 100 zeroes) and as you note, a "Googolplex" (1 followed by a googal of zeroes)

Omar

Sep 19, 2008 at 03:00 PM

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p.1 #16 · Acronyms?

Anybody know what 5DII stands for?

5 Defense Industry Initiative?

Sep 19, 2008 at 03:13 PM

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p.1 #17 · Acronyms?

It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

1. IBM - NOT an acronym. This is an initialization.
2. YASP - Is an acronym.

Acronyms that have become words:
Laser
Scuba
Radar
Snafu

You're welcome!

Sep 19, 2008 at 03:17 PM

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p.1 #18 · Acronyms?

saturnkk wrote:
It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

1. IBM - NOT an acronym. This is an initialization.
2. YASP - Is an acronym.

Acronyms that have become words:
Laser
Scuba
Radar
Snafu

You're welcome!

Fubar (in some dictionaries)
Maser
Sonar

Sep 19, 2008 at 03:28 PM

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p.1 #19 · Acronyms?

Here's an old one for ya....WADLLOTSEOMFS

Sep 19, 2008 at 03:32 PM

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p.1 #20 · Acronyms?

GoogolPlex = 10^10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
IIRC

Sep 19, 2008 at 03:33 PM

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p.1 #21 · Acronyms?

Wall Street has just been reminded of the TANSTAFL principal... "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch".

(Pretty much the only thing I remember from my economics class :-)

Sep 19, 2008 at 08:16 PM

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p.1 #22 · Acronyms?

omarlyn wrote:
Yes, it is "Googol" (1 followed by 100 zeroes) and as you note, a "Googolplex" (1 followed by a googal of zeroes)

It is interesting to note that a googolplex cannot be written out "longhand." There aren't anywhere near a googol atoms in the entire universe. Therefore, even if every elementary particle in existence were to be made into ink and paper, the 'writer' would run out of both ink and paper long before the last ("googolth") zero.

Sep 19, 2008 at 09:30 PM

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p.1 #23 · Acronyms?

Ok Monkey!

99% I had. But yours? Nope!

Kick it out.

George

Sep 19, 2008 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #24 · Acronyms?

My favorite techie one is TWAIN, as in icc color profiles for instance. Want to see how stupid it is, look it up.

Sep 19, 2008 at 09:46 PM

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p.1 #25 · Acronyms?

Best Tech acronym = JBOD

Sep 19, 2008 at 09:53 PM


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