(acronym) be right back, I shall be back very soon; See also bbiab, bbl.

(acronym) Horny Net Geek... you figure it out... see also troll

a free Unix-like operating system; it's moderately good for running servers, although freebsd, netbsd and openbsd are better. Solaris 2 is best if you have multiple processors in the same compute [..]

(acronym) lots of laughter, laughing out loud

(acronym) Welcome Back, said to someone who returns to a channel, perhaps after being afk for a while. See also brb, bbl.

An admin is a person who administers an IRC server. The admin of a server decides what the local server policy will be (eg. bot policy) and is also responsible for appointing IRC Operators. Admins are [..]

(acronym) As Far As I Know; see also iirc.

The usenet newsgroup alt.fan.dragons.

(acronym) Away From Keyboard, meaning that I won't see messages or be able to reply; See also brb, bbiab, bbl, wb.

An akill (or autokill) is an OperServ feature which allows IRC Operators to globally ban a user from the entire network with a single command. Unlike a gline, an akill is not kept in each server' [..]