acronyms bureaucratic birdmad i'm chasing a promotion within the confines of my office, but they may just reclassify it to a higher level than what i qualify for. this is not good. (for me at least) I got my boss pretty good with this one, i was surprised when he actually understood what i was saying (let me preface this with the following glossary: PDQ= position description/qualifications, PDF= adobe acrobat "portable document file", HR= human resources, KSA's=relevant to the PDQ, knowledge, skills and abilities and ASO= administrative services officer) "Well, boss, if i understand what i heard in the meeting today then it means that even though i've been working on the HTML for awhile now, if you upgrade that spot to an ASO, then according to HR i don't meet the KSA's for that PDQ, at least not according to the PDF i got from them, so does this mean that i am SOL?" those of you who work in the world of corporations and governments have probably had conversations like this. 010123 ... cube Perhaps life would be simpler (certainly quicker) if we could just memorise a few more... ........................................................................................................................ AWGTHTGTTA = Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? TANSTAAFL = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch ³ 020123 ... Mahayana *tries to shOve [[[AWGTHTGTTA = Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?]]] into pocket* oh we [so] are going 2 need [this] someday very soon 020123 ... User24 SQL - Structured Query Language HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language PHP - personal home page PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP JPEG - Joint Picture Experts Group HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol FTP - File Transfer Protocol SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol TCP - Transmission Control Protocol IP - Internet Protocol GUI - Graphical User Interface MODEM - MOdulator/DEModulator BASH - Bourne Again SHell (I think) WINE - Wine Is No Emulator GNU - Gnu's Not Unix DOS - Disk Operating System Denial Of Service CSS - Cascading Style Sheet XML - eXtended Markup Language BMP - BitMaP SWF - ShockWave Flash TLA - Three Letter Acronym RTFM - Read The Fucking Manual PNG - Portable Network Graphic MSIE - MicroSoft Internet Exploder NS - Nutscrape (netscape) PGP - Pretty Good Privacy MP3 - MPeg Layer 3 DES - Data Encryption Standard BASIC - Beginers All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code db - DeciBel DataBase WAP - Wireless Application Protocol RFC - Request For Comments FYI - For Your Information DLL - Dynamic Link Library KB - KiloByte MB - MegaByte GB - GigaByte TB - TeraByte SDB - Super Duper Byte OKIMTOUATOT - OK, I Made That One Up, And This One, Too. There are, obviously, more. I may add some at a later date. anyone know what .ocx and .vxd files are? They're types of DLL, but what do they stand for??? 030429 ... Mahayana windows acronym VxD = Virtual Device Driver OCX = OLE Control eXtension 030429 ... User24 thankyou! 030430 ... Mahayana you are oh so very welcome i love acronyms, esp when dealing with computers and technology 030430 ... U24 yeah, I love acronyms, too. 030501 ... p2 my favorite: rtfm! 030502 ... smurfus rex My favorites are: wtf=What the fuck? stfutyvm=Shut the fuck up, thank you very much. :D 030502 ... minnesota_chris acronyms make people sound so clever and erudite. 030502 ... User24 dont belive I forgot to include the wonderful rtfm (for all the people who don't know, it means "really, thanks, from me") 030506 ... User24 hey! I didn't forget to include the wonderful rtfm. dammit, Howard, you've really gotta remember what you say. 030506 ... dudeinanigloo ROFL= Rolling On the Floor Laughing ROFLMAO= Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off STFU= Shut The Fuck Up BRB= Be Right Back LOL= Laughing Out Loud OMG= Oh My God WTF= What The Fuck (see internet_phrase_shortenings) 040708 ... cpgurrl cz (crip zone) shrtenings. u r a: cp (cerebral palsy--that would be me.) biffer (spina bifida) amp (amputated) u may wear: afos (ankle-foot orthodics--also sometimes used to refer to the 1s that go up to the knee) u r not an: AB (able bodied person) u may/may not be: special (shorthand 4: lacking cognitive ability) 040719 ... cpgurrl o, i forgot some: u usually go 2: pt (physical therapy) and/or ot (occupational therapy) 040720 ... dosquatch FLK: Funny Looking Kid General diagnosis for when you can't put your finger on what is wrong, but there is definitely something not right. 040720 ... cpgurrl but wut if ur not a kid, though? that's not 2 say that i'm not. but wouldn't it be FLP??? 040720 ... a "point" code_challenge_9 040904 ... O:-) O:-) 10Q Thank You CYA Cover Your A** (Ascii ?) OIC Oh! I See Don't Blame Me, I'm innocent 040831 040904 what's it to you? who go blather from