On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 11:32:53AM +0530, Philip S Tellis wrote: > > LOST #007 -**< Sub : Hackers Jargon (#1) >**- > > Commonly used abbreviations on Mailing Lists [#1]: > > IMO = In My Opinion IMHO = In My Humble Opinion > > AFAIK = As Far As I Know IIRC = If I Remember Correctly > > RTFM = Read The F* Manual BTW = By The Way > > > maybe add to this that ASAP is not, absolutely not, Hacker Jargon. > It is marketroid speak, and for the record, is the reason RTFM was > invented. > > Hackers tend to lose all respect for persons who use this excessively. > ---end quoted text---
How true, but there are several others like ASAP which have come about with common usage. SOS for example ... Incidentally, like several LOSTs, this was put up after some folk on this list itself found it difficult to understand some of the abbreviations on postings a few months ago ... YMMV :-) Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Telnetting to another host LOST #213 Modern telnets pass your TERM environment variable from the local side to the remote one. There can be problems if remote terminfo or termcap entry for your type is not compatible with yours, and can usually be avoided by explicitly exporting: $export TERM='vt100' ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
