AmeriCANN
- correct description of International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (thank you Jefsey Morfin)
APA
- The APA (the Administrative Procedures Act) is essentially the codification
of the principle of "fair play" for companies (US)
ASAP
- As Soon As Possible
BTW
- By The Way
cut the tail off the comet, if you have a light it will shine just as bright without displaying a legacy
- think about users with slow access, do not quote long messages, no long attachements (thank you Eric Dierker)
dotcommoner
- individual on the Internet, as opposed to "dot com", industry on the Internet (thank you Eric Dierker)
FYI
- For Your Information
IMHO
- In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO
- In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO
- In My Opinion
ITBP
- In the ball park -- The idea makes some sense
LPOTO
- Let's punt on that one -- Defer it or don't act for now, or ever (can be ambiguous in that sense)
OTOH
- On The Other Hand
no need to be rocket scientist/engineer
- it is not difficult.
For those who may not be familiar with the idiom, "rocket science"
is a slang phrase meaning "truly esoteric and specialized technical
speciality" (thank you Kent Crispin)
RRO
- Robert's Rules of Order, method of conducting business at meetings and public gatherings
TBC
- To Be Confirmed
TBD
- To Be Determined
FWIW
- For What It's Worth
FUD
- Fear, Uncertaintly and Doubt
To do otherwise is inconsistent with the requirements of the White Paper
- standard sentence to prove a point when all other means have failed
(thank you Roberto Gaetano)
This is in violation of the ICANN bylaws, the White Paper, and the MoU, ... - variant of the above
quango
- Quasi-Autonomous National Government Organization