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: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 /fakl/, 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 "Whats that funny name for the # character?" are both Frequently Asked Questions. Several FAQs refer readers to this file.
* (text is auto-included via JargonExtension by mutante using jargon with VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 - JargonFile by Eric S. Raymond is in the public domain)


FAQ abotut FAQs (Meta-FAQ)

http://isc.faqs.org/faqs/faqs/about-faqs/

.1) What does FAQ stand for? 

   FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.  It is also
   sometimes used as the singular Frequently Asked Question (Although
   when was the last time you heard only one question?).

   Some have called it Frequently Answered Questions as well.  This
   isn't necessarily correct, but it isn't necessarily wrong either.  It
   effectively has the same meaning.

   A compilation of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) is
   referred to as a FAQ list or FAQ article.  Sometimes the term FAQ
   itself is used to refer to the article - as an example, I refer to
   this article as a FAQ about FAQs.

   The term FAQ has a meaning of its own that could almost qualify it as
   a word of its own.  Sometimes, FAQs are full of answers.  Other times
   they are policy statements for USENET groups, without the Question
   and Answer format that is popular.

   FAQs fall into the realm of articles called "Periodic Postings".  In
   addition to FAQs, other articles or compilations of information are
   posted and/or archived.


1.2) How is FAQ pronounced? 

   FAQ is pronounced three ways:
         1. By pronouncing the letters individually:  F - A - Q
         2. As a word:  fack
         3. Obscenely:  <figure it out on your own>
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