----------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Only Memory (ROM) Universal Identification Number (UIN) Random Acces Memory (RAM) Read-Only Memory (ROM) Graphical User Interface (GUI) Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Synthetic Pork Ain't Meat (SPAM) Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Operating System (OS) Domain Name server (DNS) Direct Client Communication (DCC) Local Area Network (LAN) User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Internet Protocol (IP) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Gateway to Gateway Protocol (GGP) Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Post Office Protocol (POP) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Client to Client Protocol (CTCP) American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Out Of Band (OOB) Security Analysis Tool for Auditing Networks / Security Administration Tool for Analysing Networks (SATAN) (Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency (D-ARPA-NET) World Wide Web (WWW) Universal Resource Locator (URL) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Internet Service Provider (ISP) Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL) Hacking/Phreaking/Virus/Cracking/Anarchy (H\P\V\C\A) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COM - Commercial ORG - Non-commercial (Organisation) EDU - Educative NET - Network (Server) MIL - Militair GOV - Governement BE - Belgium UK - United Kingdom NL - Netherlands FR - France EE - Estonia CO.UK- Commercial United Kingdom ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- echo $SHELL BASH - Bourne Again CSH - C KSH - Korn SH - Bourne TCSH - TC Shell (?) ZSH - Z Shell (?) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ADN Any day now AFAIK As Far As I Know AFK Away From Keyboard AMF Goodbye (Adios Mutha-......) ASAP As Soon As Possible BBS Bulletin Board System BRB Be Right Back BTW By The Way BO Back Orifice DIIK Damned if I know D/L Download(ing) DND Do Not Disturb FITB Fill In The Blank.... FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That GG Good Game GL Good Luck GTG Got To Go GB Go Back IC I See IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion IOW In Other Words J/K Just Kiddin' L8R Later LOL Laughing Out Loud LOL Laughing On-Line LOL Lots Of Laughs LMAO Laughing My Ass Off MT ~No Text~ NBFD No Big F***ing Deal NP No Problem NT No Text N/A Not Available NOT No Offense Taken N/K No Kiddin' OOB Out Of Band OMG Oh My God OIC Oh, I See OTOH On The Other Hand PFM Pure F***ing Magic PITA Pain In The Arse POV Point Of View ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off RSN Real Soon Now RTFM Read The F..k... Manual SYSOP System Operator SYZO System Operator TPTB The Powers That Be TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN Ta Ta For Now TTUL Talk To You Later U/L Upload(ing) WTF What the F*** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- :-) :-> :) :> Smiling, happy face; don't take me too seriously B-) Above, but poster wears glasses or sunglasses 8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look :-( Sad or angry face ;-) Winking happy face (something said tongue-in-cheek) :-P Tongue stuck out :-b Same as previous :-D Wider happy face (or mouth open too much) :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) #:-o Same as previous <:-) Dumb questions oo "Somebody's head-lights are on" messages ;-) Wink ( take this message with a grain of salt) |-( Late night messages @>--->---- A rose. -----------------------------------------------------------------------