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here is a list of all the Abbreviations, Acronyms and Definitions i have encountered and their meaning. everybody feel free to add to this list at any time
AKA - Also Known As
ALEXA - alexa.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet
Answerable.com - registrar
ASAP - as soon as possible
ATM - at (this) moment or a$$ to mouth
BIN - means Buy It Now
BKA - Better Known As
BTW - by the way
BUDGIE - one who repeats mobi-skeptical comments so often that it reminds one of a parrot's limited vocabulary
BUMP - Please put my thread back to the top of the forum
CCC - means 3 characters
COMPETE - compete.com SnapShots are smart profiles of the websites we visit. Simply enter a domain (e.g. amazon.com) and SnapShot will provide traffic history, a trust assessment and a list of all available coupon codes. (I use this site very frequently)
CSS - Cascading Syle Sheet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_style_sheet
CTR - CLICK THRU RATIO
CVCV - means Consonant Vowel Consonant Vowel The C is consonant, the L is letter, and the V is vowel (aka LVLV)
DNF - is for DNF
DW - Dreamweaver (coding program) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Dreamweaver
ECOSYSTEM, SCMECOSYSTEM - refering to the .mobi community and every one that contributes to its expansion and development
END USER - ...Someone who purchases a domain name and takes it live on the web vs. a reseller (another domainer) who purchases the domain to also sell and market it.
ESCROW.com - https://www.escrow.com/ - Provides online escrow services that facilitate and accelerate e-commerce by assuring secure settlement, and a provider of secure business and consumer transaction management on the Internet.
ESTIBOT.com - Instant, free domain appraisal and domain name keyword research tool. estibot.com
EXT - Extention (referring to different TDL’s) example…. .com .net .mobi
ETC or etc. - Et Cetera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_cetera
FYI - For Your Information. (its sounds as if the person saying it is being offensive, but this is rarely the case)
GEM - ...a term often referred to a domain that is thought of being a "gem" of a name, in other words great value as a domain and potential web site. Actually, a matter of opinion in most cases. Synonomous sometime with "premium" or "primo" example.... "i just REGGED a GEM"!!
GEO - it is short for geographical, such as a city name or a country name, etc examples Buffalo, Prag , Los Angeles , New York City
GODADDY or GD - one of the more popular registrar’s http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
HITS - when a visitor visits a site and actually clicks on an ad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_(web_request)
HTML - Hypertext Markup Launguage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhtml
IMHO - is In My Honest (or humble) Opinion
IMO - is In My Opinion
IPHONE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
LANDER - the home page of the parked page.
LLL - means Letter Letter Letter or a 3 letter name
L-L - is Letter hyphen Letter
LVLV - Letter vowel Letter Vowel
LMAO - is laughing my a$$ off (internet slang)
LOL - means Laughing Out Loud (internet slang)
MAG - http://www.advisorygroup.mobi/index.html
MF - Mothe* Fu*ker
MOD , MOD’S - moderator/s
MONIKER - http://www.moniker.com/index.jsp (Buy and sell domain names. Offers active marketing, domain name appraisals and domain parking)
mTLD - aka dot mobi
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL (pronounced "my ess cue el") is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. Because it is open source, anyone can download MySQL and tailor it to their needs in accordance with the general public license. MySQL is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility
ND - NameDrive.com is a domain parking service that offers a mobi compliant parking page.
NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement
NNN - means 3 numbers
N-N is Number hyphen Number
NNNN - means 4 numbers
NP - is short for namepros.com
NR - means No Reserve
NUB or NUBS - short for number/s
OMG - Oh my god (or gosh for the more spiritually inclined)) (internet slang)
OP - Original Post
OVT - means overture http://inventory.overture.com/d/sear...ry/suggestion/ or go to keywo.com
PHP - is a reflective programming language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
POOL - http://www.pool.com/
PPC - Pay Per Click
PDA, PDA's - Personal Digital Assistant/s or simply handheld computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant
PR - means Page Ranking
REG or REGGED - (registered) refers to someone that has bought or has just purchased as specified domain, could be any one of the top level domians not stricktly referring to a .mobi ..... example "I just REGGED a gem"!!!
REGISTRAR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_registrar
REP - means reputation. If you look in the top bar of a post you will see this image. Click it to give someone a positive rating for a good post
RFP , RPF’s -Request for Proposal/s
ROI - RETURN ON INVESTMENT
ROTFLMAO - roll on the floor laughing my ass off (internet slang) there are several versions of this
ROFLPIMP! - (rolling on the floor laughing peeing in my pants!) (internet slang)
RUBY - Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, extensible, and portable. http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20020101.html
SCANDI - Scandiman
SKEDDADDLE - pl. skedaddle, Am. slang
1. adj. The longest running domain sales thread in the history of the internet.
2. adj. The sales thread with the record of the most self bumping (see bump) in the history of Internet existence.
3. verb quickly closing the browser when landing on a website or a thread of intolerable anguish and pain.
4. verb to leave the scene in a hurried fashion; Let's skedaddle, syn with "Let's get the hell out of Dodge"
SE(s) - Search Engine(s)
SEM - Search Engine Marketing
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SEDO - sedo.com (Buy and sell domain names. Offers active marketing, domain name appraisals and domain parking)
SMF - in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. http://simplemachines.org/
TLD -mTop Level Domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain
TM or TM's - trademarked or trademarks
TOS - Terms of Service (those things that every site pops up that you are supposed to read and agree to but we never read anyways)
TRAFFIC - The amount of visitors a site receives
URL/s - Uniform Resource Locator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url
VB - http://www.vbulletin.com/ vBulletin is a professional, affordable community forum solution. Thousands of clients, including many industry leading blue chip companies, have chosen vBulletin - It's the ideal choice for any size of community.
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles...ation_Protocol
WAZ or WAZI - short for WAZIDA
WHO IS - Find out who registered a domain name and view additional registration and Web site data. (this feature is used very frequently for the most part by us domainers FYI) examlple -- http://www.networksolutions.com/whoi...ain=wazida.com --
WT - is WordTracker.com
WTF - means "What The F&%$" (internet slang)
AKA - Also Known As
ALEXA - alexa.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet
Answerable.com - registrar
ASAP - as soon as possible
ATM - at (this) moment or a$$ to mouth
BIN - means Buy It Now
BKA - Better Known As
BTW - by the way
BUDGIE - one who repeats mobi-skeptical comments so often that it reminds one of a parrot's limited vocabulary
BUMP - Please put my thread back to the top of the forum
CCC - means 3 characters
COMPETE - compete.com SnapShots are smart profiles of the websites we visit. Simply enter a domain (e.g. amazon.com) and SnapShot will provide traffic history, a trust assessment and a list of all available coupon codes. (I use this site very frequently)
CSS - Cascading Syle Sheet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_style_sheet
CTR - CLICK THRU RATIO
CVCV - means Consonant Vowel Consonant Vowel The C is consonant, the L is letter, and the V is vowel (aka LVLV)
DNF - is for DNF
DW - Dreamweaver (coding program) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Dreamweaver
ECOSYSTEM, SCMECOSYSTEM - refering to the .mobi community and every one that contributes to its expansion and development
END USER - ...Someone who purchases a domain name and takes it live on the web vs. a reseller (another domainer) who purchases the domain to also sell and market it.
ESCROW.com - https://www.escrow.com/ - Provides online escrow services that facilitate and accelerate e-commerce by assuring secure settlement, and a provider of secure business and consumer transaction management on the Internet.
ESTIBOT.com - Instant, free domain appraisal and domain name keyword research tool. estibot.com
EXT - Extention (referring to different TDL’s) example…. .com .net .mobi
ETC or etc. - Et Cetera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_cetera
FYI - For Your Information. (its sounds as if the person saying it is being offensive, but this is rarely the case)
GEM - ...a term often referred to a domain that is thought of being a "gem" of a name, in other words great value as a domain and potential web site. Actually, a matter of opinion in most cases. Synonomous sometime with "premium" or "primo" example.... "i just REGGED a GEM"!!
GEO - it is short for geographical, such as a city name or a country name, etc examples Buffalo, Prag , Los Angeles , New York City
GODADDY or GD - one of the more popular registrar’s http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
HITS - when a visitor visits a site and actually clicks on an ad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_(web_request)
HTML - Hypertext Markup Launguage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhtml
IMHO - is In My Honest (or humble) Opinion
IMO - is In My Opinion
IPHONE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
LANDER - the home page of the parked page.
LLL - means Letter Letter Letter or a 3 letter name
L-L - is Letter hyphen Letter
LVLV - Letter vowel Letter Vowel
LMAO - is laughing my a$$ off (internet slang)
LOL - means Laughing Out Loud (internet slang)
MAG - http://www.advisorygroup.mobi/index.html
MF - Mothe* Fu*ker
MOD , MOD’S - moderator/s
MONIKER - http://www.moniker.com/index.jsp (Buy and sell domain names. Offers active marketing, domain name appraisals and domain parking)
mTLD - aka dot mobi
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL (pronounced "my ess cue el") is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. Because it is open source, anyone can download MySQL and tailor it to their needs in accordance with the general public license. MySQL is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility
ND - NameDrive.com is a domain parking service that offers a mobi compliant parking page.
NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement
NNN - means 3 numbers
N-N is Number hyphen Number
NNNN - means 4 numbers
NP - is short for namepros.com
NR - means No Reserve
NUB or NUBS - short for number/s
OMG - Oh my god (or gosh for the more spiritually inclined)) (internet slang)
OP - Original Post
OVT - means overture http://inventory.overture.com/d/sear...ry/suggestion/ or go to keywo.com
PHP - is a reflective programming language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
POOL - http://www.pool.com/
PPC - Pay Per Click
PDA, PDA's - Personal Digital Assistant/s or simply handheld computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant
PR - means Page Ranking
REG or REGGED - (registered) refers to someone that has bought or has just purchased as specified domain, could be any one of the top level domians not stricktly referring to a .mobi ..... example "I just REGGED a gem"!!!
REGISTRAR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_registrar
REP - means reputation. If you look in the top bar of a post you will see this image. Click it to give someone a positive rating for a good post
RFP , RPF’s -Request for Proposal/s
ROI - RETURN ON INVESTMENT
ROTFLMAO - roll on the floor laughing my ass off (internet slang) there are several versions of this
ROFLPIMP! - (rolling on the floor laughing peeing in my pants!) (internet slang)
RUBY - Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, extensible, and portable. http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20020101.html
SCANDI - Scandiman
SKEDDADDLE - pl. skedaddle, Am. slang
1. adj. The longest running domain sales thread in the history of the internet.
2. adj. The sales thread with the record of the most self bumping (see bump) in the history of Internet existence.
3. verb quickly closing the browser when landing on a website or a thread of intolerable anguish and pain.
4. verb to leave the scene in a hurried fashion; Let's skedaddle, syn with "Let's get the hell out of Dodge"
SE(s) - Search Engine(s)
SEM - Search Engine Marketing
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SEDO - sedo.com (Buy and sell domain names. Offers active marketing, domain name appraisals and domain parking)
SMF - in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. http://simplemachines.org/
TLD -mTop Level Domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain
TM or TM's - trademarked or trademarks
TOS - Terms of Service (those things that every site pops up that you are supposed to read and agree to but we never read anyways)
TRAFFIC - The amount of visitors a site receives
URL/s - Uniform Resource Locator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url
VB - http://www.vbulletin.com/ vBulletin is a professional, affordable community forum solution. Thousands of clients, including many industry leading blue chip companies, have chosen vBulletin - It's the ideal choice for any size of community.
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles...ation_Protocol
WAZ or WAZI - short for WAZIDA
WHO IS - Find out who registered a domain name and view additional registration and Web site data. (this feature is used very frequently for the most part by us domainers FYI) examlple -- http://www.networksolutions.com/whoi...ain=wazida.com --
WT - is WordTracker.com
WTF - means "What The F&%$" (internet slang)
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