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Internet slang Abbreviations

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LAN — Local Area Network
N/A — Not Applicable
PST — Please Send Tell
USA — United States of America
ARPANET — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
DOB — Date Of Birth
IQ — Intelligence Quotient
MSG — Message
Y/N — Yes/No
FCFS — First Come First Served
BBS — Bulletin Board Service
YABSA — Yet Another Bloody Stupid Acronym
ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
PS — PostScript
CCTV — Closed-circuit television
IT — Information Technology
POC — Point Of Contact
ALCON — All Concerned
LIFO — Last In, First Out
OBTW — Oh By the Way
IYKWIM — If You Know What I Mean
OBEX — Object Exchange Protocol
CPU — Central Processing Unit
POV — Point Of View
FIFO — First In, First Out
COA — Course Of Action
BB — Bulletin Board
OBTWIAVBP — Obligatory the World Is A Very Big Place
NAVY — Never Again Volunteer Yourself
VIP — Very Important Person
IP — Internet Protocol
AAA — American Automobile Association
CR — Carriage Return
ATTN — Attention
CEO — Chief Executive Officer
BMW — Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)
AC — Alternating Current
ACCT — Account
TQM — Total Quality Management
ITR — Internet Talk Radio
CAPTCHA — Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
BTU — British Thermal Unit
ALU — Arithmetic Logic Unit
EST — Eastern Standard Time
AMD — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
API — Application Programming Interface
R&D — Research & Development
UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure