Well known Akronyms...

4U 

engl. for your = für Dich/für Sie

AFAIC 

engl. As Far As I'm Concerned = soweit mich das betrifft

AFAIK 

engl. as far as I know = soweit ich weiß

AFK 

engl. Away From Keyboard

AISI 

engl. As I See It

AKA 

engl. also known as

AAMOF 

engl. as a matter of fact = Tatsache ist

ANFAWFOS 

engl. And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor

APC 

abk. Association for Progressive Communication

ASAP 

engl. as soon as possible = so bald wie möglich

ASAFP 

engl. As Soon As Friggin' Possible

AWGTHTGTTA 

engl. Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?

AWGTHTGTATA 

engl. Are We Going To Have To Go Through ALL This Again?

AWHFY 

engl. Are we having fun yet?

B4 

engl. before

B4N 

engl. bye for now

BAD 

engl. broken as designed

BBIAB 

engl. Be Back In A Bit

BBL 

engl. Be Back Later

BBR 

engl. Brunt beyond repair

BBS 

engl. Bulletin Board System = Maibox

BBSTYWTCMDJBAP

engl. Be back sooner than you would think, considering my dog just bit a policeman

BCNU 

engl. Be Seeing You

BFN 

engl. Bye For Now

BDSG 

abk. Bundesdatenschutzgesetz

BION 

engl. Believe it or not

BMTIPG 

engl. Brilliant minds think in parallel gutters

BNF 

engl. Big Name Fan

BOT 

engl. Back On Topic = zurück zum Thema

BRB 

engl. Be Right Back = bin gleich wieder zurück

BRS 

engl. Big Red Switch

BTA 

engl. But then Again (in response to IOW)

BTAIM 

engl. Be that as it may

BTSOOM 

engl. Beats the S**t Out Of Me

BTW 

engl. by the way = dabei f„llt mir ein

BTOBD 

engl. Be there or be dead

BTWBO 

engl. Be There With Bells On

BWQ 

engl. Buzz Word Quotient

CADET 

engl. Can't add, doesn't even try

CCC 

abk. Chaos Computer Club

CFO 

engl. Call For Opinion

CFV 

engl. Call For Vote

CO 

engl. Conference = Newsgroup

CP 

engl. Copy Protection

CRPG 

engl. Character (or computer) Role Playing Game

CU 

engl. see you, soviel wie: mensch sieht sich

CUL 

engl. See You Later oder catch your later

CUL8er 

engl. see you later, ungef„hr: bis sp„ter

CWYL 

engl. Chat With You Later

CYL

DDD 

engl. Direct Distance Dial (as in the phone system)

DES 

abk. Data Encryption Standard

DFš 

abk. Datenfernübertragung

DILLIGAD 

engl. Do I Look Like I Give A Darn?!

DIIK 

engl. Darn if I know

DL or D/L 

engl. Download

DTRT 

engl. Do The Right Thing

DWIMC 

engl. Do What I Mean, Correctly

DWIMNWIS 

engl. Do What I Mean, Not What I Say

EOD 

engl. end of discussion = Ende der Diskussion

ESAD 

engl. Eat Shit and Die

ETLA 

engl. Extended Three Letter Acronym

FB 

engl. Files Busy

FCFS 

engl. First come, first served

FFRD 

engl. Flying freep in a rolling donut (I don't give a...)

FISH 

engl. First In, Still Here

FOAF 

engl. Friend of A Friend

FRED 

engl. Flaming Ridiculous Electronic Device

FOOBAR 

engl. Fouled up beyond all recognition

FTASB 

engl. Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

FTF 

engl. Face to Face

FTL 

engl. Faster Than Light

FTP 

abk. File Transfer Protocol

FUBAR 

engl. Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

FUBAR 

engl. Fouled up beyond all recognition

FUBB 

engl. Fouled Up Beyond Belief

FUD 

engl. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt

FURTB 

engl. Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!)

FšV 

abk. Fernmeldeverkehr-šberwachungs-Verordnung

FWIW 

engl. For What It's Worth

FYI 

engl. For Your Information = zu Deiner Information

g,d&r 

engl. grinning, ducking, and running

g,d&rf 

engl. Grinning, ducking and running FAST!

g,d&rvvf 

engl. Grinning, ducking and running VERY VERY FAST

GA 

engl. Go Ahead

GABELN 

abk. (G)ruppen (A)reas (B)retter (E)chos (L)isten (N)ewsgroups

GBG 

abk. Geschlossene BenutzerInnen-Gruppe

GDW 

engl. Grin, Duck and Weave

GFC 

engl. Going For Coffee

GFR 

engl. Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer)

GGC 

engl. Goo Goo Cluster (cause zits & intestinal blockage)

GIGO 

engl. garbage in, garbage out = Müll rein, Müll wieder raus

GIGO 

engl. Garbage In, Gospel Out (people accepting blindly what the computer says)

GIWIST 

engl. Gee, I Wish I'd Said That

GLGH 

engl. Good Luck and Good Hunting

GMAFB 

engl. Give me a freeping break

GMTA 

engl. Great minds think alike

GOWI 

engl. Get on with it

GPF 

engl. General Protection Fault (Old UAE, New Name!)

GP,F 

engl. Go Puke, Fast!

HAK 

engl. Hugs And Kisses

HHOK 

engl. Ha, Ha, Only Kidding

HHO 1/2 K 

engl. Ha, Ha, Only Half Kidding

HSIK 

engl. How Should I Know (sometime HTFSIK)

HTH 

engl. hope that helps = hoffe, das hilft

HTML 

abk. HyperText Markup Language (Sprache, in das Layout von WWW-Dokumenten beschrieben wird)

HUA 

engl. Heads Up, Ace

IAAA 

engl. I am an accountant

IAAL 

engl. I am a lawyer

IAC 

engl. In Any Case

IAE 

engl. In any event

IANAA 

engl. I am not an accountant

IANAL 

engl. I Am Not A Lawyer

IBTD 

engl. I Beg To Differ

IDEA 

abk. International Data Encryption Algorithm

IIABDFI 

engl. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

IITYWTMWYKM 

engl. If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me?

IITYWIMWYBMAD 

engl. If I Tell You What It Means Will You Buy Me A Drink?

IIWM 

engl. If It Were Me (Mine)

ILSHIBAMF 

engl. I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture!

IMAO 

engl. In My Arrogant Opinion

IMCO 

engl. In my considered opinion

IME 

engl. In My Experience

IMHO 

engl. in my humble (oder auch honest) opinion = meiner bescheidenen/ehrlichen Meinung nach

IMO 

engl. in my opinion = meiner Meinung nach

IMNSHO 

engl. In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMPOV 

engl. In my point of view

INPO 

engl. In No Particular Order

IOW 

engl. in other words = mit anderen Worten

IRC 

engl. Internet Relay Chat

ITFA 

engl. In the final analysis

IWBNI 

engl. If would Be Nice If

IYFEG 

engl. Insert Your Favourite Ethnic Group

JAM 

engl. Just a moment

JAS 

engl. Just a second

JAWS 

engl. Just another Windows shell

JIC 

engl. Just In Case

KISS 

engl. Keep It Simple, Stupid

KMA 

engl. Kiss my arm (shouldn't be used online...)

KuNM 

abk. Kommunikation und Neue Medien e.V., sehr für CL engagierter Verein mit Sitz in München

LABATYD 

engl. Life's a bitch and then you die

LD 

engl. Long Distance

LLTA 

engl. Lots and Lots of Thunderous (or Thundering) Applause

LMAO 

engl. Laughing my Arm off, auch : Laughing my ash off

LOL 

engl. Laughing Out Loud

LTIP 

engl. Laughing Til' I Puke

MfG 

abk. Mit freundlichem Gruß/Mit freundlichem Grüßen

MLA 

engl. Multiple Letter Acronym

MOF 

engl. Matter Of Fact

MOTAS 

engl. Member of the Appropriate Sex

MOTOS 

engl. Member of the Opposite Sex

MOTSS 

engl. Member of the Same Sex

MOTM 

engl. Member of the Month

MOTH 

engl. Humorous Collectibles Forum variation on Member of the Month

MTFBWY 

engl. May The Force Be With You

MWN 

abk. meines Wissens nach

MYOB 

engl. Mind Your Own Business

NAVY 

engl. Never Again Volunteer Yourself

NBD 

engl. No Big Deal

NFG 

engl. No Freeping Good

NFW 

engl. No Freeping Way, auch :

NFW 

engl. No Friggin' Way!!

NFI 

engl. No Friggin' Idea

NIMBY 

engl. Not In My Back Yard

NINO 

engl. Nothing in, nothing out

NOYB 

engl. None Of Your Business

NQA 

engl. No Questions Asked

NTIM 

engl. Not That It Matters

NTIMM 

engl. Not That It Matters Much

NTW 

engl. Not to Worry

NUI 

engl. Network User Identification

OAUS 

engl. On An Unrelated Subject

OATUS 

engl. On A Totally Unrelated Subject

OBTW 

engl. Oh, By The Way

OIC 

engl. oh, i see = ah, ich verstehe

ONNA 

engl. Oh No, Not Again

ONNTA 

engl. Oh No, Not This Again

OOTC 

engl. Obligatory On-Topic Comment

OTF 

engl. On the Floor

OTL 

engl. Out To Lunch

OTOH 

engl. on the other hand = andererseits

OTOOH 

engl. On The Other Other Hand

OTTOMH 

engl. Off The Top Of My Head

OTTH 

engl. On the third hand

OWTTE 

engl. Or Words To That Effect

OZ 

engl. Australia

PABG 

engl. Packing a Big Gun

PBM 

engl. Play by Mail (Games)

PDN 

engl. Public Data Network

PGP 

engl. pretty good privacy (weitverbreitetes Verschlüsslungsprogramm)

PITA 

engl. Pain in the Anatomy

PLOKTA 

engl. Press Lots of keys to abort

PMBI 

engl. Pardon my butting in

PMFBI 

engl. Pardon Me for butting in

PMFJI 

engl. pardon me for jumping in = Verzeihung, wenn ich mich einmische

PMJI 

engl. Pardon my Jumping in

POSSLQ 

engl. Person of Opposite Sex sharing living quarters

POV 

engl. Point Of View

PPN 

engl. Programmer Project Number; currently known as UserID

PPPP 

engl. Previous Paragraph was Polemical Position

PPP 

engl. Petty Pet Peeve

POP 

engl. Point of presence = Netzzugang einer/eines kommerziellen AnbieterIn

POTS 

engl. Plain Old Telephone Service

POV 

engl. Point Of View

PMIGBOM 

engl. Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth

RFD 

engl. Request For Discussion

RHIP 

engl. Rank Has Its Privileges

RLCO 

engl. Real Life COnference

RNA 

engl. Ring, No Answer

ROTFL 

engl. rolling on the floor laughing = vor lachen auf dem Boden liegend, zeigt, das sich die/der Antwortende köstlich amüsiert hat

ROFLGO 

engl. Rolling On Floor Laughing Guts Out!

ROFLASTC 

engl. Rolling On Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat!

ROFLMAO 

engl. Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off

ROTFLBTC 

engl. Rolling On The Floor Laughing, Biting The Carpet.

RSN 

engl. Real Soon Now

RPG 

engl. Role Playing Games

RTFM 

engl. read the fucking manual = lies das verdammte Handbuch, 'Nicht-Antwort' auf vermeintlich dumme Frage, auch :

RTFM 

engl. Read The Freaking Manual!

RTFM 

engl. Read the "friendly" manual (or message)

RTFM 

engl. Read The Friggin' Manual!

RTFM 

engl. Read The Flaming Manual!

RTFM 

engl. Read The Farging Manual!

RTFM 

engl. Read The Fershlugginer Manual!

RTFMA 

engl. Read The Friggin' Manual, Again

RTWFQ 

engl. Read The Whole Friggin' Question (a pers TRIV fave)

RYFM 

engl. Read Your Friggin' Manual!

RYS 

engl. Read Your Screen

SAPFU 

engl. Surpassing All Previous 'Foul' Ups

SFLA 

engl. Stupid Four Letter Acronym

SICS 

engl. Sitting In Chair Snickering

SF 

engl. Science Fiction or Speculative Fantasy

SMOP 

engl. Small Matter of Programming

SMTWGWLAF 

engl. Slapping My Thighs While Giggling Wildly Like A Fool

SMTWTFS 

engl. Slapping My Thighs While Terribly Foolishly Snickering

SCNR 

engl. Sorry, could not resist.

SNAFU 

engl. Situation normal, all fouled up

SO 

engl. Significant Other

SNAFU 

engl. Situation Normal, All Fouled Up

SOL 

engl. S*** Out Of Luck

SOS 

engl. Same old Stuff

sp? 

engl. spelling ? = Schreibweise unbekannt

SSDD 

engl. Same stuff, different day

SUFID 

engl. Screwing Up Face In Disgust

SvD 

abk. Sysop vom Dienst

SWAG 

engl. Super Wild A** Guess

SWEG 

engl. Scientific Wild Eyed Guess

SWMBO 

engl. She who must be obeyed

TAFN 

engl. Thats all for Now

TANJ 

engl. There Ain't No Justice

TANSTAAFL 

engl. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TARFU 

engl. Things Are _Really_ Fouled Up

TBYB 

engl. Try Before You Buy

TCP/IP 

engl.Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (šbertragungsprotokoll im Internet)

TDM 

engl. Too Dang Many

TFS 

engl. Thre Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del)

TFTT 

engl. Thanks For The Thought

TGIF 

engl. Thank God Its Friday

THANX 

engl. Thanks

TIA 

engl. thanks in advance = Danke im voraus

TIC 

engl. Tongue In Cheek

TLA 

engl. Three Letter Acronym (now surpassed by MLA)

TM 

engl. Thread mangler

TNX 

engl. Thanks

TPTB 

engl. The Powers That Be

TSJD 

engl. Texas Size Jelly Donut

TSR 

engl. Terminate and stay resident program

TSR 

engl. Totally Stupid Rules

TTFN 

engl. Ta Ta For Now

TTL4N 

engl. Thats the lot for now

TTYAWFN 

engl. Talk To You A While From Now

TTYL 

engl. Talk To You Later

TYCLO 

engl. Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Quit Shouting)

TYVM 

engl. thank you very much = vielen Dank

UAE 

engl. Unrecoverable application error (Bane of Windows' users! Now surpassed by GPF)

UNCLE 

engl. Unified Nuclear Coalition of Latvian Emigrants

URL 

abk. Universal Ressource Locator

UUCP 

abk. Unix-To-Unix-Copy (šbertragungsprotokoll zw. Unix-Computern)

WAEF 

engl. When All Else Fails

WAG 

engl. Wild A** Guess

WGAS 

engl. Who Gives A S---

WIMP 

engl. Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointing (to describe Windows and other similar interfaces)

WNOHGB 

engl. Where No One Has Gone Before

WOA 

engl. Work Of Art

WOFTAM 

engl. Waste of Flaming time and money

WT 

engl. Without Thinking

WTF 

engl. What the Freep

WTFDIK 

engl. What the Freep Do I Know

WTH 

engl. What The Heck

WTTM 

engl. Without Thinking Too Much

WWW 

abk. WorldWideWeb = weltweites Hypermedium

WYSIWYG 

engl. What you see is what you get

WYSBYGI 

engl. What you see before you get it

WYGIWYPF 

engl. What you get is what you pay for

YADS 

engl. Yet Another DOS Shell