WHATSAMACOLIT for newbies

[Reiji]

55. MID - Mobile Internet Device
56. UMPC - Ultra Mobile Personal Computer
57. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
58. GPS - Global Positioning System
59. GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
60. HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access
61. UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunicatios System

[trekker]

Acronyms

Another 'Army days' one:

FUBAR F****d Up Beyond All Recognition

[hbt]

to make this easier to search, almost alphabetical:


1. AKA - Also Known As
2. ASAP - As Soon As Possible
3. ATM - At The Moment
4. AFAIK - As Far As I Know
5. AFAIC - As Far As Im Concern
6. BTW - By The Way
7. BTT - back to topic
8. BRB - be right back
9. CMIIW - correct me if I'm wrong
10. EB - eye ball (to meet up)
11. FWIW - For What It's Worth
12. FFS - For F**x sake
13. FYI - For Your Information
14. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions (not the same as feck though they sound almost the same... )
15. FX - Fingers Crossed
16. FTW - for the win
17. FC - financial controller
18. FECK - ( well this is Jan own magic word) you can use your imagination
19. GTG - got to go
20. GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
21. GPS - Global Positioning System
22. GE - google earth
23. GUI - Graphical User Interface
24. HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access
25. HTH - Hope This Helps
26. IIRC - if I remember correctly
27. IMO - In my Opinion
28. IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
29. IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
30. IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
31. IYSWIM - If you see what I mean
32. LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
33. LOL - Laugh/ing Out Loud
34. MIA - Missing In Action
35. MID - Mobile Internet Device
36. OMG - O My Gosh!
37. OT - Off topic
38. OP - Original poster (... the person who starts a thread)
39. PITA - Pain In The Ass
40. PND - Personal Navigation Device
41. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
42. POV - Point Of View
43. POIs - Points of Interests
44. RL - Real Life
45. ROFL - Roll/ing On the Floor Laughing
46. RAOFLMAO - Rolling Around On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off!
47. SP(?) - Spelling (used if you're not sure how something's spelled)
48. SO - Significant Other
49. TIA - Thanks In Advance
50. TY - Thank you
51. TS - thread starter
52. TMI - Too Much Information
53. UI - User Interface
54. UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunicatios System
55. UMPC - Ultra Mobile Personal Computer
56. WB - Welcome Back
57. WTG - Way To Go
58. WTHDTM - What The Hell Does That Mean
59. WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
60. WTF - What the feck
61. WPTS - Waypoints
62. YW - Youre welcome

[Reiji]

Additional GPS terms:

TTFF - time to first fix (this is the correct term for time spent getting a satellite signal)

WAAS - wide area augmentation system (system which helps improve accuracy of gps)

[Reiji]

origin of garmin

the name 'garmin' came from the names of its founders:
GARy Burrell
MIN Kao.

[hbt]

1. AKA - Also Known As
2. ASAP - As Soon As Possible
3. ATM - At The Moment
4. AFAIK - As Far As I Know
5. AFAIC - As Far As Im Concern
6. BTW - By The Way
7. BTT - back to topic
8. BRB - be right back
9. CMIIW - correct me if I'm wrong
10. EB - Eye Ball (to meet up)
11. FWIW - For What It's Worth
12. FPS - For Pete Sake
13. FYI - For Your Information
14. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions (not the same as feck though they sound almost the same... )
15. FX - Fingers Crossed
16. FTW - For The Win
17. FC - Financial Controller
18. FECK - ( well this is Jan own magic word) you can use your imagination
19. GTG - Got To Go
20. GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
21. GPS - Global Positioning System
22. GE - Google Earth
23. GUI - Graphical User Interface
24. HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access
25. HTH - Hope This Helps
26. IIRC - if I remember correctly
27. IMO - In my Opinion
28. IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
29. IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
30. IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
31. IYSWIM - If you see what I mean
32. LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
33. LOL - Laugh/ing Out Loud
34. MIA - Missing In Action
35. MID - Mobile Internet Device
36. OMG - Oh My Gosh!
37. OT - Off topic
38. OP - Original poster (... the person who starts a thread)
39. PITA - Pain In The Ass
40. PND - Personal Navigation Device
41. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
42. POV - Point Of View
43. POIs - Points of Interests
44. RL - Real Life
45. ROFL - Roll/ing On the Floor Laughing
46. RFS - Reason For Sale
47. RAOFLMAO - Rolling Around On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off!
48. SP(?) - Spelling (used if you're not sure how something's spelled)
49. SO - Significant Other
50. TIA - Thanks In Advance
51. TY - Thank you
52. TS - thread starter
53. TTFF - Time To First Fix (this is the correct term for time spent getting a satellite signal)
54. TMI - Too Much Information
55. TTS - Text To Speech
56. UI - User Interface
57. UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunicatios System
58. UMPC - Ultra Mobile Personal Computer
59. WB - Welcome Back
60. WTG - Way To Go
61. WTHDTM - What The Hell Does That Mean
62. WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
63. WTF - What the feck
64. WPTS - Waypoints
65. WAAS - wide area augmentation system (system which helps improve accuracy of gps)
66. YW - Youre welcome

[rka110]

sir how about TYP? GPSr-r for receiver?

[Loop]

Addtl:

PVL-Probably very late
LAU-Late as usual

SNL-Sulpot na lang

[lyndon]

very informative!

[arvin555]

Paging Unkel HBT (I like this spelling by Warfab better than Unkul),

Yeah the last two posts here are great additions:
TYP
GPSR
PVL
SNL (but you need an english translation)
LAU

Unkel why don't we update the 1st post with the latest list so that the first post is also the most updated

Suggestion only

[Hardright]

BMW - Bus, MRT and Walk. AKA commuting.