(1) Latin abbreviations
are often encountered in English reading and writing, such as:
- etc. = Abbreviation for etcetera. and so on "Wait..."
- ie = Latin abbreviation for id est. in other words "that is, in other words, that is to say"
- eg = Abbreviation for Latin exempli gratia. for example "for example"
(2) Abbreviations in professional fields
There are many abbreviations for computer proper nouns, such as:
- IT: Information Technology, Information Technology
- URL : Uniform Resource Locations, Uniform Resource Locator
There are also many fields for e-commerce and information management, such as:
- PRD: Product Requirements Document, product requirements document
- MRD: Market Requirements Document, market requirements document
Of course there are many other fields of abbreviations.
(3) Abbreviations for network terms
SMS, email, IM, blog, social media SNS, etc. are widely used.
Let’s talk about some of the more commonly used Chinese, such as:
- 233: Laughing
- 3Q: Thank you
- LZ: the landlord
- JS: profiteer
Commonly used English network abbreviations, such as:
- thx (Thanks) (thank you) (difficulty う)
- plz (Please) (Request) (Request)
- np (No Problem) (no problem) (question ない)
- idk (I don't know) (I don't know) (I don't know)
- sry (Sorry) (unfavorable intention) (sorry)
- sup (What's up?)
- AFAIK (As Far As I Know) (as far as I know)
- IIRC (If I Remember Correctly)
- AKA (As known as) (also known as) (alias)
- LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (laughs) (laughs)
- ASAP (As Soon As Possible) (as soon as possible)
- BTW (By the way)
- FYI (For Your Information) (reference) (for reference)
- BRB (Be right back)
- WIP (Work In Progress) (work in process, unfinished product) (work in progress)
- TL; DR (Too long; Didn't read)
- PS (Postscript) (Supplementary Description) (Follow-up)
- RTM (Read the Manual) (Handbook for using the manual) (Read the manual)
- Oops (bad)
- <3 (heart, expressing love)
(4) Special 2 and 4
2 = To / Too / Two For example:
- int2char: int to char
- string2int: string to int
4 = For / Four For example:
- Log4j: logging for Java
- Dom4j: XML DOM parser framework for Java
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acronyms
http://www.chromium.org/glossary
http://chiilife.com/2017/03/ sns-english/
http://hatchstudioinc.com/archives/3021
http://english.cheerup.jp/article/3438