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more abreviations:
? : Mean. What?
<,>,^,v : Mean. Left, Right, Up and Down in chatrooms like Excite's Virtual Places.
numbers : Abv. for all numbers, duh! Though there are other uses for numbers as shown.
2 : Abv. To, Too.
4 : Abv. For.
4GIV : Abv. Forgive.
4MAT : Abv. Format.
8 : Abv. Ate.
ASAP : Mean. As Soon As Possible!
ASL? : Mean. Age, Sex, Location?
B : Abv. Be, Bee.
B4 : Abv. Before.
BBFN : Mean. Bye Bye For Now.
BBL : Mean. Be Back Later.
BCOS : Abv. Because.
BI : Abv. By, Bye, Buy.
BINARY : The backbone of the digital language. Consisting of 0's and 1's, this is what all digital technology depends on.
BIOS : Mean. Basic Input Output System.
BIT : Single binary unit. 1 byte contains 8 bits. BLITZ : Mean. To completely wipe a system for reinstallation.
BPS : Mean.1 Bits Per Second. Mean.2 Bytes Per Second.
BRB : Mean. Be Right Back.
BYTE : A singular computer unit comprised origially of 8 bits. A single character ranging from 0 to 255.
C : Abv. See, Sea.
CD : Mean. Compact Disc.
CD-R : Mean. Compact Disc - Recordable. A recordable CD capable of one-time recording.
CD-RW : Mean. Compact Disc - ReWritable. A recordable CD which can be erased and recorded to a large number of times.
CDROM : Mean. Compact Disc Read Only Memory.
CPU : Mean. Central Processing Unit.
DATA : In the computer sense, a digital interpretation of information. For example...a CV document is data if stored on a computer.
DIR : Abv. Directory. Used especially by MS-DOS.
DOS : Mean. Disk Operating System.
EEPROM : Mean. Electronically Erasible Programmable Read Only Memory. Same as an EPROM but with the option of being reset be means of a special electronic device.
EPROM : Mean. Erasible Programmable Read Only Memory. A ROM device which can be written to and reset by exposing to Ultraviolet light.
F8 : Abv. Fate.
FK : Mean. Friendly Kill. Used in online games when a team member kills another team member by accident.
G8 : Abv. Gate.
GB : Mean. Gigabyte (1,024,000,000 bytes).
GG : Mean. Good Game. Used in online gaming to compliment the other game players.
GJ : Mean. Good Job. Used in online gaming towards the person who won the last fight.
GR8 : Abv. Great, Grate.
GUD : Abv. Good.
GUDBI : Abv. Goodbye. Sep.(GUD BI) Good Bye, Good Buy.
GUI : Mean. Graphical User Interface. Windows is a GUI, though not fully an OS due to the requirements that command.com must be present on startup and this is a component of MS-DOS.
HD : Mean. Hard Disk.
JK : Mean. Joke, Joking.
KB : Mean. Kilobyte (1,024 bytes).
KK : Mean. OK. For some strange reason!
L8 : Abv. Late.
L8EST : Abv. Latest.
L8LE : Abv. Lately.
L8R : Abv. Later.
LMAO : Mean. Laughing My bum Off
LMFAO : Mean. Laughing My F*cking bum Off.
LMTO : Mean. Laughing My Tits Off.
LOL : Mean. Laughing Out Loud.
M8 : Abv. Mate.
MB : Mean. Megabyte (1,024,000 bytes).
MIPS : Mean. Million Instructions Per Second. Usually associated with computer benchmarking.
MS-DOS : Mean. MicroSoft Disk Operating System.
NP : Mean. No Problem.
NVRAM : Mean. None-Volatile Random Access Memory.
OMG : Abv. Oh My God!
OS : Mean. Operating System.
P : Abv. Pee, Pea.
PLS : Mean. Please.
PMSL : Mean. P*ssing MySelf Laughing.
PROM : Mean. Programmable Read Only Memory. A ROM which can be programmed once but never change thereafter.
R : Abv. Are.
RAM : Mean. Random Access Memory. This is what is used in computer systems and allows data to be called and written at random and any location in memory.
ROM : Mean. Read Only Memory. Usually specially written during manufature, this can only be read from and nothing can be altered on a ROM chip.
ROTFL : Mean. Rolling On The Floor Laughing.
SCSI : Mean. Simple Computer Serial Interface (Please correct me if I'm wrong!).
TB : Mean. Terabyte (1,024,000,000,000 bytes).
TK : Mean. Team Kill. Used in online games when a team member kills another team member by accident.
TNX : Mean. Thanks.
TY : Mean. Thankyou.
TYVM : Mean. Thank You Very Much.
U : Abv. You.
UR : Abv. You're. Sep.(U R) You are.
USB : Mean. Universal Serial Bus.
VDU : Mean. Visual Display Unit. A very old term now replaced by Display or Monitor.
WB : Mean. Welcome Back.
WD : Mean. Well Done.
WTF : Mean. What the F*ck?
WTG : Mean. Way To Go!
Y : Abv. Why?
YVW : Mean. You're Very Welcome.
ZIF : Mean. Zero Insertion Force. If your motherboard is one that has a Socket7 then that socket is a ZIF type socket.
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