What are some of the common abbreviations and acronyms commonly used in the forum?
A. Here are a few, additional entries are solicited. (Please send your questions and recommendations) • AFAIK = “as far as I know” • AFAIR = “as far as I remember” • BTDT = “Been There, Done That” • HISM = “Handbook of Information Security Managers” (a book by Hal Tipton and Mickey Krause) • IANAL = “I am not a lawyer” (but even if the poster is a lawyer, you should not consider the post to be legal advice) • IAW = “in accordance with” • IIRC = “if I recall correctly” • IMO = “in my opinion” • IMHO = “in my humble opinion” • IMNSHO = “in my not so humble opinion” • LLPOF = “Liar, liar, pants on fire” • LOL = “Laughing Out Loud” • RTFM = “Read The Fine Manual” (Sometimes the “F” is rendered as other words.) • SNAFU = “situation normal: all fouled up” • SOP = “standard operating procedure” • SPOF = “single point of failure” • WRT = “with respect to” • YMMV = “your mileage may vary” (i.e.
