- AD
- Anno Domini, literaly
Year of our Lord,
years since the approximate birth of Christ. - AIIS
- Australian International Independent School
- ADSL
- ?, a form of communication using the phone line at high speed without interfering with normal phone usage
- AV
- Either Authorised Version, another name for the KJV of the bible; or Audio Visual depending on the context
- B&J
- Brackets and Jam
- BBS
- Bulletin Board Service, a computer with a service something like a small part of the internet people can dial into
- BTW
- By The Way
- CA
- California, a state in the USA
- CD
- Compact Disk
- cf
- Compare
- CFS
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- CM
- Club Mac
- DTP
- Desk Top Publishing
- DVD
- Digital Versatile Disk (originally Digital Video Disk)
- eg
- ?, literally
for example
- etc
- etcetera, literally
and so on
- f
- Following closely (one verse beyond the verse number given)
- ff
- Following less closely (a few verses beyond the verse number given)
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol, a method of transferring files over the internet
- GCC
- Gracepoint Christian Church, formerly Randwick Baptist Church
- GIF
- Graphics Interchange Format, a compressed image format (good for images with text)
- GNB
- Good News Bible
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface, eg. Windows, Mac OS, Amiga, X Windows etc.
- HD
- Hard Disk
- HDD
- Hard Disk Drive
- ie
- ?, literally
that is
- HTML
- Hyper Text Mark-up Language, the language of the World Wide Web
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
- JPEG
- Joint Photographic Experts Group, another compressed image format (good for photos)
- kB
- Kilobyte, 1024 Bytes (about a thousand characters)
- KJV
- King James Version, version of the Scriptures from 1611 AD
- LXX
- Septuaginta, literaly
70,
the ancient Greek version of the OT - MB
- Megabyte, 1024 kBs
- ME
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a form of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- MIDI
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface, music technology that allows devices to work together sharing the information contained in a musical score
- MS
- Manuscript
- MSS
- Manuscripts
- MT
- Masoretic Text, the official Hebrew version of the OT
- NASB
- New American Standard Bible © 1971 the Lockman Foundation
- NB
- Note well
- NIV
- New International Version, recent version of the Scriptures © 1973, 1978, 1984 The International Bible Society
- NRSV
- New Revised Standard Version of the bible © 1989, 1993 the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
- NSW
- New South Wales, a state in Australia
- NT
- New Testament, except where used for the OS Windows NT
- OS
- Operating System, as in Windows OS or Mac OS
- OT
- Old Testament
- OTOH
- On The Other Hand
- PC
- Personal Computer, generally referring to an IBM personal computer or clone (and generally a machine capable of running Windows)
- PD
- Public Domain, usually referring to software and sometimes including freeware and shareware which are not actually public domain
- PhD
- Doctorate of Philosophy, the highest level academic qualification attainable
- RAM
- Random Access Memory, that area of memory which is quickly accessed but empties when the power goes off
- R&B
- Rhythm and Blues, a style of music
- RBC
- Randwick Baptist Church, currently Gracepoint Christian Church
- RSI
- Repetitive Strain Injury, also known as tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tenosynovitis etc.
- SBS
- Special Broadcasting Service
- SF
- Science Fiction
- TAFE
- Technical And Further Education colleges
- TR
- Textus Receptus, literaly
Received Text,
the Greek text that every Protestant version of the bible was based on until 1881 - TV
- Television
- UBS
- United Bibles Society
- UCA
- Uniting Church Australia
- USA
- United States of America
- UTS
- University of Technology, Sydney
- WWW
- World Wide Web
Other abbreviations in common use on the internet (or purported to be):
- BRB
- Be Right Back
- BBL
- Be Back Later
- FTB
- For the Time Being
- FWIW
- For What It's Worth
- GSOH
- Good Sense Of Humour
- HTH
- Hope That Helps
- IANALB
- I Am Not A Lawyer But (actually I've never seen this one)
- IMO
- In My Opinion
- IMHO
- In My Humble Opinion (is anyone who says this humble?)
- KWYM
- Know What You Mean
- LOL
- Laughing Out Loud
- ROTFL
- Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- ROTFLMAO
- Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A•• Off
- TTYL
- Talk To You Later