FAQ /F-A-Q/ or /fak/ n.
[Usenet] 1. A Frequently Asked
Question. 2. A compendium of accumulated lore, posted periodically
to high-volume newsgroups in an attempt to forestall such
questions. Some people prefer the term `FAQ list' or `FAQL'
/fa'kl/, reserving `FAQ' for sense 1.
This lexicon itself serves as a good example of a collection of one
kind of lore, although it is far too big for a regular FAQ
posting. Examples: "What is the proper type of NULL?" and
"What's that funny name for the # character?" are both
Frequently Asked Questions. Several FAQs refer readers to
this file.
[Usenet] 1. A Frequently Asked
Question. 2. A compendium of accumulated lore, posted periodically
to high-volume newsgroups in an attempt to forestall such
questions. Some people prefer the term `FAQ list' or `FAQL'
/fa'kl/, reserving `FAQ' for sense 1.
This lexicon itself serves as a good example of a collection of one
kind of lore, although it is far too big for a regular FAQ
posting. Examples: "What is the proper type of NULL?" and
"What's that funny name for the # character?" are both
Frequently Asked Questions. Several FAQs refer readers to
this file.
Related:
- FAQ /F-A-Q/ or /fak/ n.
[Usenet] 1. A Frequently Asked
Question.
2. A compendium of accumulated lore, posted periodically... - FAQ list: /F-A-Q list/ or /fak list/ [USENET] n. Syn {FAQ},
sense 2. -- The AI Hackers... - FAQ list /F-A-Q list/ or /fak list/ n.
[common;
Usenet] Syn FAQ,
sense 2... - The biggest Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) on the net:
"Is this a FAQ... - RTFF -
Read The Fine FAQ (Frequently Asked... - RTFAQ /R-T-F-A-Q/ imp.
[Usenet: primarily written,
by analogy with RTFM] Abbrev. for `Read the FAQ... - RTFAQ: /R-T-F-A-Q/ [USENET: primarily written, by analogy with
{RTFM}] imp.
Abbrev. for `Read the FAQ!', an exhortation that ... - FAQL /fa'kl/ n.
Syn.
FAQ list... - Asked in rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: FAQ
Ok, I've seen this a bunch of times.
What the heck is an FAQ??...
From the same category:
- open switch n.
[IBM: prob. from railroading] An
unresolved question,
issue, or problem... - black art n.
[common] A collection of arcane,
unpublished,
and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed... - overrun screw n.
[C programming] A variety of fandango on core produced by scribbling past the end of
implementations typically have no checks for this error).
This is relatively benign... - pr0n //
[Usenet, IRC] Pornography. Originally this
referred only to Internet porn but since then it has expanded to
refer to just about anything.
The term comes from the warez kiddies... - monkey up vt.
To hack together hardware for a particular
task,
especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty...
