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First Level International Domain Abbreviations Redneck Computer Language :-)

Emoticons

Emoticon Symbols for E-mail:

:-) This is a smiley'. Lets people know you're joking.
;-) A wink. As in I'm really kidding.
:-> Devilish grin
:-( Frowny face, I'm sad
8-) User wears glasses
(-: Left handed smiley
:-{)User has a mustache
[:-) User is wearing a walkman
%-) User's been staring at the screen too long

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Non-Technical Acronyms:
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AKA: Also Known As
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
BTW: By The Way
BRB: Be Right Back
FAQ: Frequently asked questions
FYI: For Your Information
FWIW: For What It's Worth
FUBAR: F'd Up Beyond All Recognition
GD&R: Grinning, Ducking and Running (After snide remark)
IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer (But...)
IDK: I don't know
IHTFP: I have truly found paradise (or: I hate this f'n place)
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IMO: In My Opinion
IYKWIM: If You Know What I Mean
IYKWIMAITYD: If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do
JM2C: Just My 2 Cents
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
OK: abbreviation of oll korrect, alteration of all correct
OTOH: On The Other Hand
PITA: Pain In The Ass
PMFJI: Pardon Me For Jumping In (a polite way to get into a discussion
PMJI: Pardon My Jumping In (another polite way to get into a discussion).
PS: Post Script
ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RTFM: Read The F'N Manual
SOHF: Sense Of Humor Failure
SWAG: Scientific Wild Ass Guess
SWALK: Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SNAFU: Situation Normal - All F'd Up!
SPAM: Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent
TARFU: Things Are Really F'd Up!
TIA: Thanks In Advance
TPTB: The Powers That Be
TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
TWIMC: To Whom It May Concern
WRT: With Respect To
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get. Pronouced wizzy-wig
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary (You may not have the same luck I did)
YWIA: You're welcome in advance
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Technical Acronyms:
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request
BBS: Bulletin Board Software
BSD: Berkeley Software Distribution
CGI: Comman Gateway Interface
DES: Data Encryption Standard
DNS: Domain Name Service
UDP: User Datagram Protocol
FAQ: Frequently asked questions
FTP: File Transfer Protocol (now often seen in lower case as ftp)
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNU: GNU is Not Unix (recursive)
GUI: Graphical Users Interface
HTML: HyperText Markup Language
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
ISP: Internet Service Provider
IO: Input Output As in file IO.
LAN: Local Area Network
NTP: Network Time Protocol
NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol
MDA: Mail Delivery Agent
MIME: Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
MOSFET: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MUD: Multiple User Dungeon an interactive multiuser game.
OSF: Open Software Foundation
PERL: Pratical Extraction & Reporting Language or Pathologically Eclectic
 Rubbish Lister
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol
PINE: Pine Is Not Elm
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RFC: Request For Comments
RTF: Rich Text Format
TCP/IP: Transmissions Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TIA: The Internet Adaptor
TTY: Tele-TYpe
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language
SWISH: Simple Web Indexing System for Humans
WAN: Wide Area Networks
WAIS: Wide Area Information Server
WWW or 3W: World Wide Web
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
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Abbreviations:
Bcc: : Blind Carbon Copy
Cc: : Carbon Copy
Elm: Electronic Mail for UNIX
Fcc: : File Carbon Copy
O.K.: abbreviation of oll korrect, alteration of all correct : all right.
.(sp?): abbreviation of spelling? Often placed after a word the author is unsure of
the spelling and dosen't want to run a spell checker. Example: I went to thier (sp?)
house for dinner.
P.S. : Post Script
PovRay: Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer
Re: : Regarding. Often used in mail software.
Req: : Request.
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First Level International Domain Abbreviations
For Internet Addresses: Sort Order by Domain Abbreviation for Country
For example, this address - www.name.ca - indicates the site is in Canada
whereas, this address - www.name.no - indicates the site is in Norway.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W-X-Y-Z

A: L:
AD - Andorra LA - Laos
AE - United Arab Emirates LB - Lebanon
AF - Afghanistan LC - Saint Lucia
AG - Antigua & Barbuda LI - Liechtenstein
AI - Anguilla LK - Sri Lanka
AL - Albania LR - Liberia
AM - Armenia LS - Lesotho
AN - Neterland Antilles LT - Lithuania
AO - Angola LU - Luxembourg
AQ - Antarctica LV - Latvia
AR - Argentina LY - Libya
AS - American Samoa
AT - Austria M:
AU - Australia MA - Morocco
AW - Aruba MC - Monaco
AZ - Azerbaijan MD - Moldova
MG - Madagascar
B: MH - Marshall Islands
BA - Bosnia-Herzegovina MK - Macedonia
BB - Barbados ML - Mali
BD - Bangladesh MM - Myanmar
BE - Belgium MN - Mongolia
BF - Burkina Faso MO - Macau
BG - Bulgaria MP - Northern Mariana Islands
BH - Bahrain MQ - Martinique (French)
BI - Burundi MR - Mauretania
BJ - Benin MS - Montserrat
BM - Bermuda MT - Malta
BN - Brunei Darussalam MU - Mauritius
BO - Bolivia MV - Maldives
BR - Brasil MW - Malawi
BS - Bahamas MX - Mexico
BT - Bhutan MY - Malaysia
BV - Bouvet Island MZ - Mozambique
BW - Botswana
BY - Belarus N:
BZ - Belize NA - Namibia
NC - New Caledonia (French)
C: NE - Niger
CA - Canada NF - Norfolk Island
CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands NG - Nigeria
CF - Central African Republic NI - Nicaragua
CG - Congo NL - Netherlands
CH - Switzerland - NO - Norway
CI - Ivory Coast NP - Nepal
CK - Cook Islands NR - Nauru
CL - Chile NT - Saudiarab (Irak)
CM - Cameroon NU - Niue
CN - China NZ - New Zealand
CO - Colombia
CR - Costa Rica O:
CS - Czechoslovakia OM - Oman
CU - Cuba
CV - Cape Verde P:
CX - Christmas Island PA - Panama
CY - Cyprus PE - Peru
CZ - Czech Republic PF - Polynesia (French)
PG - Papua New Guinea
D: PH - Philippines
DE - Germany PK - Pakistan
DJ - Djibouti PL - Poland
DK - Denmark PM - Saint Pierre & Miquelon
DM - Dominica PN - Pitcairn
DO - Dominican Republic PR - Puerto Rico (US)
DZ - Algeria PT - Portugal
PW - Palau
E: PY - Paraguay
EC - Ecuador
EE - Estonia Q:
EG - Egypt QA - Qatar
EH - Western Sahara
ER - Eritrea R:
ES - Spain RE - Reunion (French)
ET - Ethiopia RO - Romania
RU - Russian Federation
F: RW - Rwanda
FI - Finland
FJ - Fiji S:
FK - Falkland Islands-Malvibas SA - Saudi Arabia
FM - Micronesia SB - Salomon Islands
FO - Faroe Islands SC - Seychelles
FR - France SD - Sudan
FX - France (Euro Territory) SE - Sweden
SG - Singapore
G: SH - Saint Helena
GA - Gabon SI - Slovenia
GB - Great Britain SJ - Svalbard & Jan Mayen
GD - Grenada SK - Slovakia
GE - Georgia SL - Sierra Leone
GF - Guyana (French) SM - San Marino
GH - Ghana SN - Senegal
GI - Gibralta SO - Somalia
GL - Greenland SR - Suriname
GM - Gambia ST - Sao Tome & Principe
GN - Guinea SU - Soviet Union
GP - Guadeloupe (French) SV - El Salvador
GQ - Equatorial Guinea SY - Syria
GR - Greece SZ - Swaziland
GS - South Georgia &
South Sandwich Islands T:
GT - Guatemala TC - Turks & Caicos Islands
GU - Guam (US) TD - Chad
GW - Guinea Bissau TF - French Southern Teritories
GY - Guyana TG - Togo
TH - Thailand
H: TJ - Tadjikistan
HK - Hong Kong TK - Tokelau
HM - Heard & McDonald Islands TM - Turkmenistan
HN - Honduras TN - Tunisia
HR - Croatia TO - Tonga
HT - Haiti TP - East Timor
HU - Hungary TR - Turkey
TT - Trinidad & Tobago
I: TV - Tuvalu
ID - Indonesia TW - Taiwan
IE - Ireland TZ - Tanzania
IL - Israel
IN - India U:
IO - British Indian Ocean Terits UA - Ukraine
IQ - Iraq UG - Uganda
IR - Iran UK - United Kingdom
IS - Iceland UM - US Minor outlying Islands
IT - Italy US - United States
UY - Uruguay
J: UZ - Uzbekistan
JM - Jamaica
JO - Jordan V:
JP - Japan VA - Vatican City State
VC - St Vincent & Grenadines
K: VE - Venezuela
KE - Kenya VG - Virgin Islands (British)
KG - Kyrgyz Republic VI - Virgin Islands (US)
KH - Cambodia VN - Vietnam
KI - Kiribati VU - Vanuatu
KM - Comoros
KN - Saint Kitts Nevis Anguilla W-X-Y-Z:
KP - Korea (North) WF - Wallis & Futuna Islands
KR - Korea (South) WS - Samoa
KW - Kuwait YE - Yemen
KY - Cayman Islands YT - Mayotte
KZ - Kazachstan YU - Yugoslavia
ZA - South Africa
ZM - Zambia
ZR - Zaire
ZW - Zimbabwe
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Redneck Computer Language :-)

If you use the below terms as defined, you know you're a redneck . . .

Backup: What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods.
Bar Code: Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern.
Bug: The reason you give for calling in sick.
Byte: What black flies do.
Cache: Needed when you run out of food stamps.
CD ROM: Place at the bank where they sell investmints.
Chips: What to munch on.
Crash: When you go to Junior's party uninvited.
Digital: The art of counting on your fingers.
Disk Operating System: The equipment the Doc uses when you have a floppy
disk.
Diskette: Female Disco dancer.
Dot Matrix: John Matrix's wife.
Download: Gettin' the firewood off the pickup.
Enter: C'mon in!
Floppy Disk: Whatcha get from pilin' too much firewood.
Hacker: aka: a smoker.
Hard Copy: Picture looked at when selecting tattoos.
Hard Drive: Gettin' home in mud season.
Internet: Where cafeteria workers put their hair.
Keyboard: Where you hang your keys.
Lap Top: Where little kids feel comfy.
Log On: Makin' the wood stove hotter.
Log Off: Makin' the wood stove cooler.
Mac: Big Bubba's favorite fast food.
Main Frame: The part of the barn that holds the roof up.
Mega Hertz: Whatcha get when yer not careful downloadin'.
Micro Chips: What's left in the bag when the chips are gone.
Modem: What you did to the hay fields.
Monitor: Keep an eye on the wood stove.
Mouse: What eats the horses' grain in the barn.
Mouse Pad: Where Mickey and Minnie live.
Network: Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line.
Online: Where to stay when taking the sobriety test.
Prompt: What you wish the mail was in mud season.
Port: Fancy wine.
Printer: Someone who can't write in cursive.
Program: What's on the TV when there's reception.
Random Access Memory (RAM): When you can't remember how much that
new rifle cost when your wife asks.
Read Only Memory (ROM): Where the Pope lives.
Screen: What you need for the window during black fly season.
 Serial Port: A red wine you drink with breakfast.
Software: Them dang plastik forks and knifs.
Superconducter: Amtrak's Employee of the year.
Terminal: Time to call the undertaker.
Windows: What to shut when it's cold out..
I hope no one takes offense to these jokes. I downloaded them because I thought they
were cute and wanted to share them with you. :-) :-) :-)
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