IRC Dictionary ----------------------------------------------------- °Common Acronyms Used In IRC° ----------------------------------------------------- (All Of These May Be Typed In Upper Or Lowercase) NP = No Problem WB = Welcome Back JK = Just Kidding J/K = Just Kidding SMT = Something SMTN = Something DA = The EM = Them MA = My UR = Your YA = You YER = Your YR = Your PPL = People U = You K = OK C = See 2 = To 4 = For MF = Male Or Female M/F = Male Or Female ASL = Age / Sex / Location } A/S/L = Age / Sex / Location } generally considered in bad taste, and will usually get you ignored. GF = Girl Friend BF = Boy Friend SOP = ServerOP / Super OP AOP = AutoOP / Authorized OP H8 = Hate W8 = Wait M8 = Mate U2 = You Too ME2 = Me Too GR8 = Great B4 = Before L8R = Later NO1 = No One NE1 = Anyone ANY1 = Anyone 4GET = Forget NP = No Problem UC = You See IC = I See OIC = Oh, I See CU = See You CYA = See You RE = How Are You (All) RYA = How Are You SUP = What's Up GTG = I Got To Go BRB = I'll Be Right Back BBL = I'll Be Back Later BBS = I'll Be Back Soon TTYL = Talk To You Later WTF = What The Fuck; Where The Fuck WTH = What The Hell GTF = Get The Fuck G = Grin BG = Big Grin BCG = Big Cheesey Grin TO = TakeOver FW = FreeWare SW = ShareWare BTW = By The Way AKA = Also Known As IMO = In My Opinion IMHO = In My Humble Opinion OTOH = On The Other Hand ASAP = As Soon As Possible AFAIK = As Far As I Know WRT = With Respect To RTFM = Read The Fucking Manual RFC = Request For Comment FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition FUBB = Fucked Up Beyond Belief AFK = Away From Keyboard AFTK = Away From The Keyboard FYI = For Your Information FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions RL = Real Life IRL = In Real Life LOL = Laughing Out Loud ROFL = Rolling On Floor Laughing ROFLMAO = Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off MOTSS = Member Of The Same Sex MOTOS = Member Of The Opposite Sex MOTAS = Member Of The Appropriate Sex SO = Significant Other LJBF = Let's Just Be Friends AFAIK = As Far As I Know FWIW = For What It's Worth CMIIW = Correct Me If I'm Wrong FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt BFN = Bye For Now AISI = As I See It BION = Believe It Or Not MYOB = Mind Your Own Business SOP = Standard Operating Procedure YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary TIA = Thanks In Advance HTH = Hope This Helps IIRC = If I Recall Correctly HIAB = Heard It All Before GSOH = Good Sense Of Humour WSOH = Weird Sense Of Humour; Wacky Sense Of HHumour DFSB = Double-Fronted Solid Brick BIR = Built-In Wardrobes HWS = Hot Water Service GEFSHWSBIR = Got Evicted For Selling Hot Water Service and Built-In Wardrobes ----------------------------------------------------- °Words And Terms Used In IRC° ----------------------------------------------------- -=> IRC Networks IRCNet = Biggest IRC Network Nowadays Consisting Mainly From European Servers. DALNet = Peaceful IRC Network Where IRCOPs Are Active And Warez Is Prohibited. EfNet = Was The Biggest IRC Network For A Long Time. Still Pretty Big. UnderNet = Quite Big IRC Network Consisting Mainly From US Servers. OzOrg = Australian IRC Network, was spun-off from Undernet due to heavy loading. -=> Network Services X = Channel Keeper And Registration Bot In UnderNet. W = Channel Keeper And Registration Bot In UnderNet. Z = Channel Keeper And Registration Bot In OzOrg. ChanServ = Channel Keeper And Registration Bot In DALNet. NickServ = NickName Keeper And Registration Bot In DALNet. MemoServ = A Bot You Can Leave Files For Others To Read In DALNet. -=> User Types Idler = Stays Quietly In A Channel Just Watching The Others Conversing. Lamer = Used For An Ignorant Or Annoying Person. Sometimes Also About Newbie. Newbie = Person Who Is New To IRC, And Doesn't Know Almost Anything About It. Trader = Person Who Is Trading Files/Warez In IRC Or Hosting An FTP etc. Hacker = Fights Against The System, Makes Cracks, BreakIns, Apps, Trades etc. Inviter = Person Who Invites People To His Channel In Other Channels. Flooder = Person Who Floods The Channel With Useless Messages/Exceptionally Long Messages. Leecher = Person Who Downloads Free Files And Does Not Give Anything Back. Scripter = Makes Scripts That Can Be Used In IRC. Advertiser = Person Who Advertises eg. His HomePage To Others In IRC. OP = Channel Operator / Adminstrator / Guardian. IRCOP = IRC Network Operator / Adminstrator / Guardian. HelpOP = IRCOP In DALNet Helping Normal Users In Their IRC Related Problems. IRC Admin = Adminstrator / Operator Of An IRC Server. -=> User Events Ban = Can Be Placed On A User Or ISP Domain To Prevent Access To A Channel. Kick = When User Gets Thrown Out From A Channel Due To Violation. OP (+o) = When Someone Gives An OP Status To Someone In A Channel. DeOP (-o) = When Someone Takes The OP Status From Someone In A Channel. Voice (+v) = When A Channel Has Mode +m On, You Are Allowed To Speak When You Are Voiced. +v Can Also Mean You Are Cool Or Serving Files, etc. -=> Network Events Lag = The Connection Delay Between You And Your IRC Server Or Another Person. NetSplit = When An IRC Servers Loses The Connection To The Other Servers. Server OP = Person Who Gets OPed By An IRC Server After A NetSplit. Collision = May Happen After A NetSplit When Two Persons Are Using The Same NickName In Different Servers. Server Kills Both NickNames. -=> IRC War/Misc Terms Nuking = Attempt To Cause Errors To Other Person's Connection Disconnecting Him. Flooding = Sending An Overload Of Commands To Another User To Disconnect Him. Spoofing = Faking Your Ident / UserID / ISP. Takeover = When Someone Takes Another Persons Channel. Backdoor = A Hole Left In A Script Or A Client For Author To Access. Kill = Disconnection Of A User Done By An IRCOP Due To Network Violations. K-Line = A Ban From An IRC Server Set By An IRCOP Due To Violations. G-Line = A Global K-Line From All The Network's Servers. Used eg. In DALNet. Clone = Another Connection To IRC Server, Done With eg. Loading 2 mIRC Clients. Raw Clone = Clone Wich Is Connected To IRC Server Using Raw Socket Connections, Without Starting Another Copy Of eg. mIRC. -=> Misc Terms Bot = Used In IRC To Protect Channels While You Are Offline. Screen = Unix Telnet IRC Client That Can Be Left In IRC To Protect Channels. EggDrop = Channel Guardian Bot Running In A Unix Shell. Warez = Means Software And Is Often Traded In IRC. FileServer = Or FServer, Is Used To Advertise And Trade Files In IRC. IP = Series Of Numbers Your ISP Defines. ISP = Internet Service Provider. Where You eg. Dial To With Your Modem. FTP = File Transfer Protocol. FTP Server Is Used To Store And Transfer Files. MP3 = Mpeg Compression Method Based On Layer 3 Technology. Means A Sound File. WWW = World Wide Web Of Servers Connected To The Internet. DDE = Service Used To Control Other Applications Through An Application. OOB = Out Of Band Error In MS Windows That Can Be Caused By Other Users. ISDN = Fast Connection Method Using Digital Data Transfer. LINUX = Unix Operating System Developed By A Finnish Guy Called Linus Torvalds. UNIX = Operating System used by most ISPs and businesses, which is 50 times faster, and 23times more stable than MS-Windoze, which is not an operating system..but a shell built around DOS. (MS originally denied this). DOS = PC Operating system developed by Xerox and Digital Research, ..derived from Bell Labs' CP/M ..derived from UNIX. Was supplied to IBM by Misrosoft as a supposedly original operating system. WINDOWS = Individual Screens in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), developed by XEROX, APPLE and DIGITAL RESEARCH(GEM). MS-WINDOWS = Microsoft's attempt at creating a Graphical User Interface. X-WINDOWS = UNIX GUI, and inspiration for much of MS-Windows in recent years. WINSOCK = The Interface Between Application and TCP stack, Developed by Berkeley University. WEB BROWSER = HTML Graphical Environment for Accessing WWW, FTP etc. Developed Jointly by SUN MICROSYSTEMS, NSCA/NETSCAPE, and the W3 CONSORTIUM, and GIVEN to The World (including Microsoft). DCC CHAT = Opening A Direct DCC CHAT With Someone, You Can Avoid The IRC Server Lag. ---------------------------------------