A.3 POPULAR NEWS ACRONYMS
If you use Network News for any length of time you will probably encounter a number of acronyms that are used without any explanation. This is a short list of some commonly used acronyms on the Usenet that may be helpful.
BTW By the way
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For Your Information
IAE In any event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer, also IANA... such as CPA
IMO In my opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMCO In my considered opinion
IOW In other words
JOOTT Just one of those things
NRN No Reply Necessary
OTOH On the other hand
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing.
RSN Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
RTFM Read the *#@% manual
SITD Still in the dark
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TIA Thanks In Advance (also AtDhVaAnNkCsE)
TIC Tongue in cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym (such as this)
WRT With Respect To
WinVN Documentation created by Jim Dumoulin / NASA - Kennedy Space Center.
HyperTexted by Michael Downs / NASA - Kennedy Space Center.