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AFJ // n.

Written-only abbreviation for "April Fool's Joke". Elaborate April
Fool's hoaxes are a long-established tradition on Usenet and Internet;
see [389]kremvax for an example. In fact, April Fool's Day is the only
seasonal holiday consistently marked by customary observances on
Internet and other hacker networks.
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AFK

[MUD] Abbrev. for "Away From Keyboard". Used to notify others that you
will be momentarily unavailable online. eg. "Let's not go kill that
frost giant yet, I need to go AFK to make a phone call". Often MUDs
will have a command to politely inform others of your absence when
they try to talk with you. The term is not restricted to MUDs,
however, and has become common in many chat situations, from IRC to
Unix talk.
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AI /A-I/ n.

Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so common that the full
form is almost never written or spoken among hackers.