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Glossary of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Jargon Glossary of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Jargon
This document provides a list of common abbreviations, acronyms, and This document provides a list of common abbreviations, acronyms, and
jargon used in emacs-devel@gnu.org. This is a non-exhaustive list. jargon used on emacs-devel@gnu.org. This is a non-exhaustive list.
Feel free to expand as needed. Feel free to expand as needed.
--- See also (info "(emacs) Glossary").
AKA - Also known as
ASAP - As soon as possible ## Glossary
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
BTW - By the way bikeshedding excessive discussion over minor details rather than
DTRT - Do the right thing focusing on the main issue
FYI - For your information bitrot gradual deterioration of software due to changes in
FWIW - For what it's worth its environment or dependencies
HTH - Hope this helps cockpit error - user error
ICYMI - In case you missed it code smell an indication that a section of code may have
IIRC - If I recall correctly underlying issues or could be improved
IIUC - If I understand correctly foo, bar, baz generic placeholder names used in examples and
IMO - In my opinion documentation
IMHO - In my humble opinion gross an inelegant, messy, or overly complicated solution
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion that works but is suboptimal; describes necessary
IOW - In other words workarounds or code that should ideally be improved
LMK - Let me know hysterical raisins - historical reasons
LGTM - Looks good to me install on <foo> - push to Git branch <foo> in repository
NBD - No big deal notabug - an issue reported as a bug but deemed to be
NP - No problem expected behavior
OTOH - On the other hand paper cut a minor but annoying issue that should be easy to fix
PFA - Please find attached pilot error - user error
POV - Point of view yak shaving engaging in a series of seemingly unrelated tasks
TBH - To be honest to accomplish an initial goal
TL;DR - Too long; didn't read wontfix an issue reported as a bug but that won't be fixed,
TRT - The right thing often due to design decisions or low priority
TIA - Thanks in advance
WIP - Work in progress
WFM - Works for me ## Abbreviations
WRT - With respect to
YMMV - Your mileage may vary AFAICT - as far as I can tell
AFAIK - as far as I know
AFAIR - as far as I remember
AFAIU - as far as I understand
AKA - also known as
ASAP - as soon as possible
BTW - by the way
CL - Common Lisp
DTRT - do the right thing
DWIM - do what I mean
ENOPATCH - no patch is attached
FTR - for the record
FWIW - for what it's worth
FYI - for your information
GNU - GNU is not Unix
HTH - hope this helps
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
ICYMI - in case you missed it
IIRC - if I recall correctly
IIUC - if I understand correctly
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion
IMO - in my opinion
IOW - in other words
LGTM - looks good to me
LMK - let me know
OOTB - out of the box
OTOH - on the other hand
SNAFU - situation normal, all fouled up
TBD - to be determined
TBH - to be honest
TIA - thanks in advance
TL;DR - too long; didn't read
TRT - the right thing
WFM - works for me
WIP - work in progress
WRT - with respect to
YMMV - your mileage may vary