RTFM /R-T-F-M/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Manual'. 1. Used by gurus to brush off questions they
consider trivial or annoying. Compare Don't do that then!.
2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
asking out of randomness. "No, I can't figure out how to
interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike
sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also FM,
RTFAQ, RTFB, RTFS, STFW
UTSL.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Manual'. 1. Used by gurus to brush off questions they
consider trivial or annoying. Compare Don't do that then!.
2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
asking out of randomness. "No, I can't figure out how to
interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike
sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also FM,
RTFAQ, RTFB, RTFS, STFW
UTSL.
Related:
- RTFM: /R-T-F-M/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Manual'.
1. Used by {guru}s to brush off questions they consider... - RTFS /R-T-F-S/
[Unix] 1. imp. Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Source'.
Variant form of RTFM, used when the problem at hand... - FM /F-M/ n.
1. [common] Not `Frequency
Modulation' but rather an abbreviation for `Fucking Manual',
the back-formation from RTFM. Used to refer to the... - FM: /F-M/ n. *Not* `Frequency Modulation' but rather an
abbreviation for `Fucking Manual',
the back-formation from {RTFM}. Used to refer to... - RTFB /R-T-F-B/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking
Binary'.
Used when neither documentation nor source for the... - RTFB: /R-T-F-B/ [UNIX] imp. Acronym for `Read The Fucking
Binary'.
Used when neither documentation nor source for the... - EOF /E-O-F/ n.
[abbreviation, `End Of File']
1.
[techspeak] The out-of-band value returned by C's ... - EOF: /E-O-F/ [abbreviation, `End Of File'] n. 1. [techspeak] The
{out-of-band} value returned by C's sequential character-input
functions (and their equivalents in other environments) when end of
file has been reached.
This value is -1 under C libraries postdating V6... - RTM /R-T-M/
[Usenet: abbreviation for `Read The Manual']
1.
Politer variant of RTFM. 2. Robert Tappan Morris,...
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