NP acronyms and what they mean

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NP Acronyms & What They Stand For

When I came here, there have been a lot of acronyms that I didn’t know or understand. It took me a while to figure some of them out. So I compiled a list for future reference to those who may have the same problem.

Common Terms

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
ATM - At The Moment
AFK - Away From Keyboard
BIN - Buy It Now
BOT - Back On Topic
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
C&D - Cease & Desist
DN - Domain Name
DND - Do Not Disturb
EXT - Extension (.com, .net, etc.)
FA - For Auction
FS - For Sale
FYI - For Your Information
HTH - Hope That Helps
IDK - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IRL - In Real Life
JK - Just Kidding
LM(F)AO - Laughing My (****ing) Ass Off
LMK - Let Me Know
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
NP - NamePros OR No Problem
NP$ - NameBucks
OBO - Or Best Offer
ONO - Or Near Offer
OP - Original Poster
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PM ME - Private Message Me
PPL - People
PTS - Private-To-Staff forum on NamePros - More Info
REG - Regular/Register
REP ADDED - Reputation Added - More Info
REGFEE - Registration Fee
RJ - "The Man"
RL - Real Life
SIG - Signature
SN - SnapNames
STW - Search The Web
THX - Thanks
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
TLD - Top Level Domain
TM - Trade Mark
TY - Thank You
WB - Welcome Back
WTB - Want To Buy
WTG - Way To Go
YW - Your Welcome
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
LLL - Letter Letter Letter domain as in ABC.com
NNN - Number Number Number domain as in 123.com
LNL - Letter Number Letter domain as in R4T.com
and so on...
Reged/Reg'd - Registed
Avail - Available

Hosting

VPS - Virtual Private Server
Dedicated - Dedicated Server
SH - Shared Hosting

Domain Parking

DP - Domain Parking
DH - DomainHop
SEDO - Search Engine for Domain Offers - Visit
ND - NameDrive

Registrars

DS - Domain Site
GD – Godaddy
RF – Registerfly
NC – NameCheap
EN – Enom
NP – Namepros
WWD – WildWest Domains

Domain & Search Engine Terms

CVCV - Consonant Vowel Consonant Vowel
LLL - Letter Letter Letter
NLN - Number Letter Number
or any combination of the above letters.

AN – Afternic
Backlinks - Links onto your domain from other sites
ccTLD - Country code top level domains (.ws, .tv, .cn, .be)
gTLD - Generic top level domains (.com, .net, .org, .info, .biz
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
IANA - International Assigned Numbers Authority
LP - Link Popularity
LinkPop - Link Popularity
NW - Namewinner
OVT – Overture, number of searches made for a term or domain in a month.
OVT w/ EXT - Overture with Extension - More Info
OVT w/o EXT - Overture without Extension - More Info
PR - Page Rank
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SERP - Search Engine Results Page
sTLD - Sponsored Top Level Domain
UDRP - Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy - More Info

Advertising Terms

CPC - Cost Per Click
CPM - Cost Per Thousand Impressions
CTR - Click Thru Rate
PPC - Pay Per Click

Country Code Extensions

Here is a list of all the ccTLD’s there are. View List

Generic Extensions

.aero - Aero-transportation - SPONSORED
.biz - Businesses - OPEN
.com - Commercial - OPEN
.coop - Cooperative associations - SPONSORED
.info - Information - OPEN
.museum - Museums - SPONSORED
.mobi - Mobile - OPEN
.name - Name – OPEN
.net - Network - OPEN
.org - Organization - OPEN
.pro - Credentialed professionals - RESERVED
.travel - Travel industry - RESERVED
.gov - Government - RESEREVED
.edu - Education - SPONSORED
.mil - Military - RESERVED
.int - International? - RESERVED
.tv - Television - OPEN
and they are constantly adding more...

Miscellaneous

NSI - Network Solutions Inc.
VS - Verisign
DNOA - Domain Name Owners Association


These are just the most commonly used. If you guys think of anything that I missed, feel free to add on.

REP always welcome.

 

[jungle]

Brilliant ....good lookin' out for the Newbies.

 

[montsa007]

Cool didnt knew most of them, specially afk :hehe:

 

[Cicero]

Great List OK :D

 

[domainphenom]

:great: Good Stuff Thanks!

 

[staylor001]

thanks i needed that

 

[chnet]

very good, very usefull

 

[Lonadu]

Thanks

 

[yuyongli]

thanx you! very useful terms for newbies like me

 

[Zorrito]

CVCV (C=consonant, V=vowel)

 

[wercylno]

Nice info

 

[Idees]

Great list, I now know most of the ones on there!

 

[rockey]

IMHO its a great list. TY OK.

:imho:

 

[DiggleNamer]

thanks for putting this together, very useful for a nube

 

[.Andy]

*Adds a few more you forgot**

Registrars

**RF - **
** Has Been Accused of Fraud in past. I advice any newcommers to
do a forum search before you register anything through them.

Domain & Search Engine Terms

Add : Goog = Google (not to hard but it confused me when I was new)

 

[wasiflaeeq]

RJ = The Man

lolz

 

[weblord]

RL - The NP Sponsor

RJ = The Man

lolz

 

[Beesoy]

Useful link for a noob like me.

Repped.

 

[Kenny]

Very cool bringing this thread from '05 back up... :tu:

 

[-Think-]

Nice list! btw, add ROFL to the list

ROFL - Roll On Floor Laughing

 

[.tv]

Here's some acronyms:

4U - For you

2U - To you

BAC - By any chance

CU - See you

CYA - See Ya

GG (or) G/G - Gotta Go

GL - Good Luck

GTSY - Glad to see you

F2F - Face to face

JM2C - Just my two cents

JW - Just wondering

K (or) KK - Alright, Okay

KIT - Keep in touch

KWIM - Know what I mean

NM (or) N/M (or) NVM - Nevermind

OMG! - Oh, my God!, Oh my Gosh!

PLS (or) PLZ - Please

PPL - People

SRY - Sorry

TA - Thanks again

TTYL - Talk to you later

THX - Thanks

TIA - Thanks in advance

WB - Welcome back

WTF? - What the f**k?

WTH? - What the hell?, What the heck?

WTG - Way to go


Reps appreciated!