Abbreviations, please?

'Net Lingo

BRB - be right back. Don't go, I'll BRB.

BTW - by the way. BTW, isn't this a nice website?

LOL - laughing out loud. Hey, that was funny! LOL

IMHO - in my humble opinion. IMHO, you're nice.

ROFL - rolling on the floor, laughing. Similar to LOL.

Techie Terms

404 Something that you're looking for either isn't there or is in the wrong place.

401 You don't have permission to view the page.

HTML abbr. hyper-text markup language. The ordinary printed page with special "red-pen" markups.

HTTP abbr. hyper-text transfer protocol. Transporation standard for any data over the World Wide Web.

Emoticons, Smileys

:-)     Typical happy face
=)      Another typical happy face
:)      Yet another typical happy face
;-)     Wink and a smile
;)      Coy wink and a smile
:-P     Sticking tongue out at you
:-(     Sad face
=(      Another sad face