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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)
BBS — Bulletin Board Service
DOB — Date Of Birth
Y/N — Yes/No
MSG — Message
IQ — Intelligence Quotient
FCFS — First Come First Served
NAVY — Never Again Volunteer Yourself
OBTW — Oh By the Way
POC — Point Of Contact
CCTV — Closed-circuit television
ALCON — All Concerned
IYKWIM — If You Know What I Mean
ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
COA — Course Of Action
YABSA — Yet Another Bloody Stupid Acronym
IT — Information Technology
PS — PostScript
CR — Carriage Return
LIFO — Last In, First Out
WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
FIFO — First In, First Out
OBEX — Object Exchange Protocol
CPU — Central Processing Unit
POV — Point Of View
WX — Weather
IP — Internet Protocol
PW — Password
BB — Bulletin Board
AC — Alternating Current
ATTN — Attention
OBTWIAVBP — Obligatory the World Is A Very Big Place
AAA — American Automobile Association
VIP — Very Important Person
ACCT — Account
API — Application Programming Interface
EST — Eastern Standard Time
BMW — Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)
AMP — Amplifier
FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
CEO — Chief Executive Officer
MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
PVT — Private
AMD — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
BTU — British Thermal Unit
CAPTCHA — Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart