Getting out the word on Web acronyms; New site helps parents decode chat, IM-speak [Corrected 12/28/04] Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA (11/12/2004)
...fewer of parents are familiar with the most commonly used acronyms in Internet chat rooms. Because of this lack of information...a feature called "The Cyber Tipline," then on "online acronyms." POS, for example, stands for "parent over shoulder." LMIRL is the acronym for "Let's meet in real life." NCMEC ...

Attack of the acronyms. (Packets).(instant messaging abbreviations explained)(Brief Article) Chief Executive (U.S.) (3/1/2002)
...instant-message mania started sweeping screens nationwide, we knew it would come to this. The need for speed has prompted IM geeks to create acronyms for nearly every sentiment. If you thought the infinite variations on the ubiquitous sideways smiley faces were...

Attack of the acronyms Chief Executive (3/1/2002)
...instant-message mania started sweeping screens nationwide, we knew it would come to this. The need for speed has prompted IM geeks to create acronyms for nearly every sentiment. If you thought the infinite variations on the ubiquitous sideways smiley faces were...

Commentary: Using acronyms and initials Tavis Smiley (NPR) (7/7/2004)
...Smiley (NPR) 07-07-2004 Commentary: Using acronyms and initials Host: TAVIS SMILEY Time...couple of other things to that list: acronyms and initials. MERI DANQUAH: I got an...e-mails and other capitalized letters like IM, LOL and BRB. `What's so hard about...aren't the only ones who are keen on ...

Taking AIM seriously: joy of instant contact what it MEANS / jargon, acronyms and other cryptic terms in the news International Herald Tribune (9/15/2003)
...your choosing). AIM is just one item on the menu of instant messaging, or IM, software. Other popular programs include Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger...msn.comYahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.comAcronym list: on www.aim.com/acronyms.adp?aolp=

Notations and acronyms.(signal theory) Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory (10/1/2004)
Notations and Acronyms [??] Equal by definition (x)+ [??] max(0, x) 1{A} [??] 1 if A is true...The n x n identity matrix iid Independent and identically distributed Im Imaginary part LHS Left-hand side ln Natural logarithm log Logarithm in...

Impatient medium fittingly known as IM Portland Press Herald (Maine) (12/5/2005)
...can't afford, I want nothing of it. Maybe that's why I find IM messages as disruptive as water torture. And that's when I...friend of mine with whom his entire office communicates via IM. There we'll be, having a lovely conversation about New York...just imagine - to wait his turn to speak. What is it about ...

IM=FASTER virtual reference on the cheap!(instant messaging) Computers in Libraries (4/1/2006)
...Library Success wiki) have jumped on the instant messaging (IM) train. They are taking what I like to call a FASTER ride to...cheap. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This service--using the standard IM apps that most folks already have on their PCs and Macs--can...YAHOO! Messenger (YM), and Microsoft Network Messenger. ...

DO YOU IM? LOL IF U DON'T KNO THE LANGUAGE, L8ER.(SERIES: VOICES: BY FOR AND ABOUT TEENS)(Local) The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) (2/26/2008)
...fluent in. Some might call it speaking IM - speaking with code words we use to keep...might frustrate other adults, but speaking IM isn't wrong. Adults have to face it; It's our pop culture. They can either learn the acronyms or they can be ignorant about what we say...our everyday language. Perhaps ...