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what the fuck is wtf???

roflmfao

no, really what the fuck is wtf???

haha...that's a good one...

anyways...

gmax - excellent...3d all the way...

MS3d - i have trial...30 days are up...i can still use it...what now.

wtf = What The Fuck

what the fuck!? i was going ot say that :/, anyway...
Sig=Signature, a thing(phrase/image/etc) that is below your post, watch my ff7 figures as reference.

FF7=Final Fantasy 7, revolutionary RPG for PSX that had an excellent plot, graphics, characters, etc.

RPG = RPG stands for Role Playing Game. A RPG is a game in which you play in a story with a certain character, or a few characters. You can interact with other players' characters. You help decide what happens in the story.

or

RPG = Rocket Propelled Grenades

ASAP=As soon as possible, and also the company that made Metal Gear Solid 2

AA Adios Amigo(s) bix
AAA Any Assistance Appreciated bix
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact bix
ACTO ACcording TO bix
AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK As Far As I Know bix
AFK Away From Keyboard AOL
BAK Back At Keys AOL
BBL Be Back Later
BCNU "be seeing you" (B="be", CN="seein'", U="you")
BFD Big Flipping Deal
BFF Best Friends Forever
BRB Be Right Back
BTA Be There. Aloha!
BTOBS Be There Or Be Square
BTSOOM Beats The Poo Out Of Me!
BTW By The Way
BUAG Big Ugly Ascii Graphic
CID Consider It Done
CIO Check It Out
CUL "see you later" (C="see", U="you", Later)
CUL8R "see you later" (C="see", U="you", l, 8="ate", r)
DHYB Don't Hold Your Breath
DNTTAH Do Not Try This At Home
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DWIM Do What I Mean bix
EMFH Every Man For Himself
FAQ Frequently Asked Question nearing general acceptance
FKA Formerly Known As
FLW Famous Last Words
FMI For More Information
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
GG Good Game gaming
GL Good Luck gaming
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GRD Grinning, Running and Ducking!
HH Happy Hacking
HTH 1. Hope This Helps 2. Hope That Helps
IAE In Any Event bix
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer bix
ICCL I Could(n't) Care Less
IFO In Front Of (used in text-messages by WiFi and cellphone users to give their position, e.g. "I'm IFO library")
IFU I Flipped Up
IHTFP I Hate This Flipping Place MIT
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IME In My Experience bix
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion bix
IMCO 1. In My Considered Opinion 2. In My Conceited Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ISNUP It Serves No Useful Purpose
ISO In Search Of
ISTM It Seems To Me
ITIWO In The Immortal Words Of
ITYS I Told You So
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
JASM Just A Simple-Minded bix
JJ Just Joking bix
JK Just Kidding
JPF Just Plain Fun bix
KIT Keep In Touch
L8R "later" (l, 8="ate", r)
LFLIATWP Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
LMAO Laughing My *ss Off irc
LMK Let Me Know
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LTA Less Than Average bix
LTNS Long Time No See
MBG Money-Back Guarantee
MHOTY My Hat's Off To You
MIB Mint In Box (short for "in mint condition, still in original box")
MKA Mundanely Known As SCA
MtFBWY May the Force Be With You
NBIF No Basis In Fact
NFR Not For Resale
NFS Not For Sale
NFW No Flipping Way
NR Nice Roll FRP gaming
NRN No Reply Necessary
OBO Or Best Offer
OBTW Oh By The Way
OIC "oh I see" (O="oh", I, C="see") bix
OOTB 1. Out Of The Blue 2. Out Of The Box
OOTO Out Of The Office
OTA Out The Airlock bix, NASA
OTC Over The Counter
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTOT On The Other Tentacle bix
PCT Politically Correct Thought
PD Public Domain nearing general acceptance
PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PEBUAK Problem Exists Between User And Keyboard
PITA Pain In The Behind
PITN Pain In The Neck
POV Point Of View
RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed But No Comment GAPS
RFC Request For Comments
RFSN Real Flipping Soon Now
RML Read My lips
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing bix
ROTF Rolling On The Floor bix
ROTM Right On The Money bix
RSN Real Soon Now
RT Round Table GEnie
RTFM Read The Flipping Manual
RTM Read The Manual
SDB Sucks Dead Bunnies bix
SITD Still In The Dark
SMO Simple Matter Of bix
SMOP Simple Matter Of Programming bix
SOL Poo Out of Luck
SSDD Same Poo, Different Day
SWAG 1. Stupid Wild-Bummed Guess bix 2. Scientific Wild-Bummed Guess
SYOTB See You On The Bitstream bix
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBD To Be Determined nearing general acceptance
TBKA To Be Known As
TEOTWAWKI The End Of The World As We Know It
TFAE The Following Are Equivalent mathematicians
TFIC Tongue Firmly In Cheek
TGU The Great Unwashed
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue In Cheek
TINAR This Is Not A Review bix
TINSTAAFL There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TMTOWTDI There's More Than One Way To Do It perl
TNX "thanks" (ThaNX)
TPTB The Powers That Be bix
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now bix
TTYL Talk To You Later
TTYS Talk To You Soon irc
TYVM Thank You Very Much
UFB Un-Flipping-Believable
VI Village Idiot
VNR Very Nice Roll FRP gaming
WAG Wild-Bummed Guess
WAH Working At Home
WEG Wicked Evil Grin
WHWITW Would Have Wanted It That Way bix
WIP Work In Progress
WLOG Same as WoLOG (among mathematicians)
WoLOG Without Loss Of Generality
WRT With Respect To
WTF What The Fuck
WTFN Why The Fuck Not? (with humorous, not angry, intent)
WTG Way To Go!
YA Yet Another
YAFI You Asked For It
YFEM Your Favorite Ethnic Minority
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary

ugh...holy crap

32X Sega 32X
32XCD Sega 32X CD
3DO REAL 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
CDi Phillips Compact Disc Interactive
DC Sega Dreamcast
GB Nintendo Game Boy
GBA Nintendo Game Boy Advance
GBC Nintendo Game Boy Color
GC Nintendo Gamecube
GCom Tiger Game.com
Gen Sega Genesis
GenCD Sega CD
GG Sega Game Gear
Jag Atari Jaguar
JagCD Atari Jaguar CD
LX Atari Lynx
MD Sega MegaDrive (Japanese Genesis)
MCD Sega Mega CD (Japanese Sega CD)
N64 Nintendo 64
Neo SNK Neo Geo
NGP SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color
NUON VM Labs NUON DVD Players
PCE(Hu) NEC PC Engine HuCard (Japanese TG16)
PCE(CD) NEC PC Engine CD-Rom (Japanese TG16 CD)
PCE(CD2) NEC PC Engine CD-Rom2/SuperCD (Japanese TG16/CD2/Turbo Duo)
PCFX NEC PC-FX (Japan-only)
PS2 Sony PlayStation 2
PS Sony PlayStation
Sat Sega Saturn
SFC Nintendo Super Famicom (Japanese SNES)
SN Super Nintendo Enterainment System
SGfx NEC SuperGrafx (Japan-only)
TG(Hu) NEC Turbografx-16 HuCard
TG(CD) NEC Turbografx-16 CD-Rom
TG(CD2) NEC Turbografx-16 CD-Rom2/Turbo Duo
Vboy Nintendo Virtual Boy
WS Bandai WonderSwan (Japan-only)
WSC Bandai WonderSwan Color (Japan-only)
XB Microsoft X-Box

EDIT:

Angelic = o:-)
Angry = >:-( or >:|
Bad hair day = $:-(
Bald = (:-)
Big Grin = (:-D)
Big nose = :o)
Blowing a Kiss = :-{}
Bored = -o
Butt, seated = (_Y_)
Can't Stop Talking = )
Clowning = :*)
Crying = :' or :~(
Crying with Joy = :'-)
Crying Sadly = :'-(
Dead = ‡-(
Dead and loving it = ‡-)
Delicious, Yummy = :-9
Devilish = :->
Devilish Frown (revenge)= }:(
the Devil himself = }:>
Devilish Wink = ;->
Disgusted =
(tongue sticking out)
Disappointed = :-C
Displeased = :o((
Don't know = :-/
Double chin = ))
Doubtful = :-1
Drunk = :*) or #)
Drunk face, wild face = ;oP
Duh! = *:|
Dunce = <:-|
Exhausted, Wiped Out = :-6
Evil smiley (Muhahaha!) = }:)
Foot in mouth/shut up = :^! or :-!
Frightened, hair standing on end = =(:-o)
Hug = ((((name))))
Hugs and Kisses = (( )):**
Oops! = :-S
Pleased = :o))
Really! = ö¿ö
Screaming = :-@
Sneaky Face = >:->
Smile = or =)
Sticking tounge out = :-Þ
Stop talking or Shut up! = :$
Sunglasses = B-) or =B)
Surprised = :-O
Talking out of the side of your mouth = :-y
The Basic Smiley = :-)
Thinking, Thought bubble= o0( )
Tongue Tied = :-&
Undecided = :-
Up to something = |-)
Wink =
Yawning = |-O
Yelling at you = >:()

EDIT:

1337 - Elite, generally taken to mean that something is awesome (eg. "My CPU clock is 1337!")

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AS - Arctic Silver (eg. AS3 = Arctic Silver 3)

athy - Athlon CPU

AXP - Athlon XP Processor

BIOS - Basic Input Output System. Frequently used to refer to the BIOS setup utility which can be accessed when the computer is first turned on.

cat 5 - Category 5 Cable, usually used to refer to network cable

costa - Intel CPU packaged in Costa Rica

CPU - Central Processing Unit, this is the brains of your computer

DC - Dual Channel, a technology which can be used to theoretically double memory bandwidth

DCDDR - Dual Channel, Double Data Rate

DDR - Double Data Rate, usually used to refer to DDR memory

flame - an insult

flamewar - online argument with lots of name calling and insulting. Participating in a flamewar is a good way to lose the respect of the community.

FPS - Frames Per Second, how many times the screen refreshes in a second. A measure of graphics subsystem performance.

FSB - Front Side Bus (also known as the System Clock)

hax - hacks

HaXoRZ - Hacker

HDD - Hard Disk Drive, primary long term data storage location

HT - Hyper Transport or Hyper Threading, depending on context. Most frequently Hyper Threading.

idle - state when the CPU is not doing anything (0% CPU usage). Generally used when stating CPU temperature (eg. "My CPU idles at 43ºC.")

IIRC - If I Remember Correctly

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMO - In My Opinion

IO - see I/O

I/O - Input/Output, refers to the input output subsystems such as drives, expansion cards, keyboard, mouse, printers, etc....

l33t - see 1337

LAN - Local Area Network

leet - see 1337

LMAO - Laugh My Ass Off

load - state of CPU when it is at 100% usage. Though different programs may cause the computer to say it is at 100% load, they will actually stress it a different amount. The standard stress program that overclockers use to attain 100% load is Prime95

LOL - laugh out loud

lolz - see LOL

mfgr - manufacturer

NB - NorthBridge. The microchip which interfaces between the CPU, the memory, the graphics subsystem and the southbridge

n00b - see newb

newb - newbie, or neophyte. Someone who is new to something, in this case overclocking

nub - see newb

ocing - Overclocking (may also be seen as OCing)

OMFG - Oh My F***ing God

OMG - Oh My God

ORB - Online Results Browser, free service provided by FutureMark to keep track of scores for 3DMark and other popular benchmarks, and compare your scores to those of others.

malay - Intel CPU packaged in Malaysia

mem - memory, see RAM

mod - Modification. This is used for all sorts of things, such as voltage modifications to increase voltage to a chip, case modifications, etc...

pally - Palomino Core AthlonXP CPU

pelt - see TEC

peltier - see TEC

ph33r - fear, usually used to highlight something else (eg. "Ph33r my CPU clock!")

postwhore - a forum member who posts a lot, usually with a large quantity of meaningless or irrelevant posts. A spammer.

pots - potentiometers. Variable resistors, frequently used in voltage modifications

prommie - refers to the Prometeia cooling system, from Chipcon

pwned = owned, used to denote doing better than someone else (eg. "My computer pwns yours." would mean "My computer is better than yours.")

raddy - radiator

RAM - Random Access Memory, primary storage location for data the computer is working with

rev - revision

SB - SouthBridge. The microchip that interfaces between the northbridge and all the input/output subsystems except graphics.

stepping - See this article

T-Bird - Thunderbird Core Athlon CPU

T-Bred - Thoroughbred Core AthlonXP CPU

TEC - Thermo-Electric Cooler, also called a Peltier Cooler. See our What is a TEC? article for more info [add linkage here]

temp - Temperature, usually in ºC. This is the standard unit used in computer forums for temperature. To avoid confusion, please give all temperatures in ºC.

TIM - Thermal Interface Material (eg. Thermal Paste, etc...)

Tornado - a type of fan made by Vantec. Extremely loud, and moves a lot of air for a fan of its size. Comes in 80mm and 92mm varieties.

V** - V and any two or 3 or 4 letters following denotes a particular voltage, eg. VCore is the core voltage of the CPU. For more info, see here.

WC - Water Cooling (What is Watercooling?) [write article and add linkage here]

EDIT:

More is here

- Edited By T-RonX On Tue 30th, Dec 2003 @ 11:35:04pm

- Edited By T-RonX On Tue 30th, Dec 2003 @ 11:38:51pm

- Edited By T-RonX On Tue 30th, Dec 2003 @ 11:46:25pm
- Edited By T-RonX On Tue 30th, Dec 2003 @ 11:48:59pm

Neo, if you are going to put all that shit in your sig, make it one line.

thanks for that t-ronx

guys... we don't need acronym farms

hahaha...it takes every excuse to keep posting here...
definition\/
dumbass - me

Mods for games = good
Mods about games = bad

LOL good one cheapie:D
@40-can you arrange it? i've been trying but for some reason i can't make it a one-line sig

PHL=Planet Half Life a site that has all HL(half-life) news about mods, patches, movies and stuff, it also hosts some mods

Don't Flame

- Edited By Izava On Thu 1st, Jan 2004 @ 2:55:35am
- Edited By ShortCutMan On Wed 31st, Dec 2003 @ 7:58:23pm

Were not flaming

Edited By ShortCutMan On Wed 31st, Dec 2003 @ 7:58:23pm

oh....

- Edited By cHIs-wK On Thu 1st, Jan 2004 @ 5:05:11pm

:beard:

:fishbag:
:garg:

:oktagone:

:smoker:

you all know what these mean...

There smileys...
If you drag ech smiley into there own browser, it displays there name

i like ":confused:" and "O_o" most

oh i forgot ":S"

- Edited By T-RonX On Thu 1st, Jan 2004 @ 9:44:28pm

for me its gotta be this

get back on topic, serious words and definitions