Stevens Institute of Technology
Office of Residence Life
2004-02-18

Email Acronyms and Abbreviations
B/C – Because
BCC – Blind Carbon Copy (they get CC'ed, but no one but the sender knows this)
BRB – Be Right Back
BTW – By The Way
CC – Carbon Copy 
e.g. – exempli gratia: Latin for “for example”. (should be italicized)
FTF – Face To Face 
FWIW – For What It’s Worth
FYI – For You Information 
ITW – In The Works
i.e. – id est: Latin for “that is”. (should be italicized)
IANAL – I Am Not A Lawyer 
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion 
IRL – In Real Life 
kB – kilobyte 
LOL – Laughing Out Loud
LOLROTF – LOL Rolling On The Floor
MB – megabyte 
NP – No Problem 
OTW – On The Way
PS – Post Script
PPS – Post-post Script 
RTFM – Read The F'n Manual
TBA – To Be Announced
TBD – To Be Determined
TIA – Thanks In Advance 
TTFN – Ta-Ta For Now
TTYL – Talk To you Later 
TTYS – Talk To You Soon
W/ – With 
W/O – Without

Departments / Academic Buildings
CD - Center Desk (Howe center, first floor)CP - Campus Police
IS - Information Systems
IT - Information Technology
ORL - Office of Residence Life
OSL - Office of Student Life
PP – Physical Plant
SCC - Student Computer Center
SCW - Samuel C. Williams Library
SIT - Stevens Institute of Technology
SSC - Student Service Center
X - common reference to the McClean (chemistry) building

Financial / Privacy
FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Buckley Ammendment)
IRA - Individual Retirement Account

Fraternities and Sororities (Arabic order)
ASF - Alpha Sigma Phi
BQP - Beta Theta Pi
CF - Chi Phi
XY - Chi Psi(Lodge)
DFE - Delta Phi Epsilon
DTD - Delta Tau Delta
LUL - Lambda Upsilon Lambda
OP - Omicron Pi
FSK - Phi Sigma Kappa
FSS - Phi Sigma Sigma
SN - Sigma Nu
SFE - Sigma Phi Epsilon
QX - Theta Xi

Honor Societies (Arabic order)
AED - Alpha Epsilon Delta
G&T - Gear and Triangle
None - Khoda
NSCJ - National Society of Collegiate Journalists
PTS - Pi Tau Sigma
TBP - Tau Beta Pi
QAF - Theta Alpha Phi

Housing Buildings
1036P - 1036 Park Ave. off-campus residence
110WA - 110 Washington St. off-campus housing
637GA - 637 Garden St. off-campus housing
AH - Alexander Humphreys residence hall
CH - Charles Hayden residence hall
CPA – Castle Point on Apartments (formerly MSA)
EP - Edward? Palmer residence hall
HD - Harvey Davis residence hall
JF - ___ Jefferson St. off-campus housing
MS - Castle Point Apartments residence hall (formerly Married Students Apartments)
TH - Technology Hall residence hall

ICF Acronyms and Abbreviations
A/C - Air Conditioner
Cpt – Captain
HVAC – Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Lt. – Lieutenant
Sgt - Sergeant
SO – Security Officer

Residence Life 
ACUHO-I - Association of College and University Housing Officers - International
ADRL - Assistant Director of Residence Life
BCD - Behind Closed Doors
DBs - Duck Bills
FO - Freshman Orientation
ICF - Incident Communication Form
MACUHO - The Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers
NJ-CORE - New Jersey Committee of Residence life Educators
O-team - Orientation Team
OL - Orientation Leader
OVF – Occupancy Verification Form
RA - Resident Assistant
RAPTOR - RA Programming, Training and On-line Resource (formerly the RA manual)
RCR – Room Condition Report
RD - Resident Director
RAMB - RA MailBox (a file folder, usually)
RCR - Room Condition Report

Student Organizations / RSOs
IDC - Inter-Dormitory Council
MuCo - Movie Committee
RSO - Recognized Student Organization
SGA - Student Government Association

Zanzibar (Miscelaneous)
AC - Atlantic City
NYC - New York City
QED – Quod Erat Demonstrandum: Latin for “which was to be demonstrated”.