computer jargon?

[garner]

would somebody enlighten me with what some of the initials mean when posting,new to this and cannot understand some of them....I assume lol is lot of laughs can you give me some more please...thanks alot

[Buenchico]

Some people say that 'LOL' means 'lots of laughs'. Most people define it as 'Laugh out loud'. It doesn't really make much difference; the underlying sense is the same.

If something is really funny, you might see 'ROFL', or one of its variations:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/r/rofl.htm

Alternatively, a slightly cruder abbreviation is 'PMSL':
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/pmsl.htm

'IMHO' causes arguments because some people say that it means 'in my humble opinion' whereas others state that there's nothing humble about their opinion. They use 'IMHO' to mean 'in my honest opinion'. Some people simply use 'IMO', thus avoiding confusion. ('IMAO' means 'in my arrogant opinion'. Unsurprisingly, it's not seen very often!)

'BTW' is 'by the way'.

For more, see here:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/chat.htm

Chris

[ACtheTROLL]

if ppl understood the TLAs
(three letter abbreviations) - geeks would just be boring lol!

[OBonio]

BLL - be back later
ATM - at the moment
AFK - away from keyboard
TTFN - ta ta for now
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
ASL? - Age, sex, location? - usually used by kids to find people in their area / age group.
IRL - in real life

[OBonio]

Of course, that should be BBL.

[Wolfeymole]

And every last one of them are Acronyms.