Attack of the acronyms. (Packets).(instant messaging abbreviations explained)(Brief Article) Chief Executive (U.S.) (3/1/2002)
When instant-message mania started sweeping screens nationwide...speed has prompted IM geeks to create acronyms for nearly every sentiment. If you...from the file not found Web page error message, a 404 is a derogatory term for someone...

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)
...want to know if you use AOL's Instant Messenger service. AIM is a software...is just one item on the menu of instant messaging, or IM, software. Other...each other, they cannot exchange messages with Yahoo or MSN members. To...people with whom you frequently message and see when they are online ...

Crack the IM code. (your family).(acronyms used by teenagers on Instant Messenger)(Brief Article) Good Housekeeping (3/1/2003)
...your daughter's shoulder while she's on Instant Messenger (IM) and found yourself puzzled by all the acronyms she's using? Amid the alphabet soup are some messages that moms would no doubt be interested...that will help put you in the loop. Acronyms What it means B/F or G/F Boyfriend or...

Instant Online Messages Let Fingers Do the Talking.(Brief Article) Insight on the News (8/20/2001)
Increasingly common `instant messaging' is...who use online instant-messaging programs...And LOL is the acronym for Laughing...teens online use instant messages -- IMs for short...programs -- AOL Instant Messenger has...users to send messages over the Internet...exchanged e-mails ...

Is the enterprise getting the (instant) message?(In perspective) MSI (10/1/2003)
...companies are experimenting with how instant messaging--or IM--can supplement and possibly supplant enterprise software. Instant messaging permits people to create...metaphor. With IM, the sender of a message knows the relative availability of...the receiver knows the sender of the message and its ...

Instant message. (best of show). Children's Business (10/1/2002)
...fashion and the computer. Inspired by the growing popularity of instant messaging (IMing), the company decorates its cool tops, bottoms and accessories with the symbols and acronyms used by computer-savvy kids to communicate their favorite sayings...

Keepers of the code; Texting acronyms part of vernacular.(LOCAL NEWS) Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) (1/11/2008)
...screen with a short message asking What's up...the greeting as an instant message intended for one...sentences. Shorthand and acronyms used widely among...to learn as short messages flood their teenagers...Swan said. Such acronyms started becoming...applications such as AOL's ...

Attack of the acronyms Chief Executive (3/1/2002)
When instant-message mania started sweeping screens nationwide...speed has prompted IM geeks to create acronyms for nearly every sentiment. If you...the "file not found" Web page error message, a 404 is a derogatory term for someone...

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)
...with cybersex - through e-mail, instant messages or posts in an Internet chat room...familiar with the most commonly used acronyms in Internet chat rooms. Because...Cyber Tipline," then on "online acronyms." POS, for example, stands for "parent over shoulder." LMIRL is the acronym for ...