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<h1>What does SoPW mean?</h1>
<h2>A Guide to PerlMonks Acronyms and Abbreviations</h2>
<p>If you've seen an acronym/abbreviation on PerlMonks
and you don't know the meaning of it, see if you can
find it here.</p>
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<td><b>This...</b></td>
<td><b>is short for...</b></td>
<td><b>and means:</b></td>
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<td>oO( … )</td>
<td><i>thought bubble</i></td>
<td>Thinking a thought, as in cartoons</td>
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<td>[AM]</td>
<td>[Anonymous Monk]</td>
<td>The guest user: The effective user ID of someone who is not logged in.</td>
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<td>[CB]</td>
<td>Chatterbox</td>
<td>The IRC-like interface to the right of your screen. See [id://17989] for more information.</td>
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<td>CUFP</td>
<td>[id://1044]</td>
<td>Where you post what you think is a... cool use for Perl.</td>
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<td>[FP]</td>
<td>Front Page</td>
<td>The Front Page of the Monastery. Also a verb, "to Front Page" a node.
See [id://17688] for an explanation.</td>
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<td>[FPC]</td>
<td>Full Page Chat</td>
<td>The full-page web-based [href://?node_id=3184&displaytype=raw|chatterbox client].
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<td>HAZNAV</td>
<td>Hazard to Navigation</td>
<td>Said of very poor node titles. See [tye]'s [id://419738|explanation], and the [id://341118|FAQlet].</td>
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<td>HoH<br>HoA<br>AoA<br>AoH<br>LoL</td>
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[Data Type: Hash|Hash] of [Data Type: Hash|Hashes]<br>
[Data Type: Hash|Hash] of [Data Type: Array|Arrays]<br>
[Data Type: Array|Array] of [Data Type: Array|Arrays]<br>
[Data Type: Array|Array] of [Data Type: Hash|Hashes]<br>
[doc://perllol|List of Lists]
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Two-level data structures common in Perl.
See [doc://perldsc|Data Structures Cookbook].<br>
(Note that "List of Lists" technically
inaccurate (impossible) but is seen in some older Perl documentation.
You should do a mental translation of LoL -> AoA in nearly all cases.)
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<td>JAPH</td>
<td>Just another Perl hacker,</td>
<td>An obfuscated script that displays "Just another Perl hacker," usually short enough to be used a signature. (Less frequently used to denote any obfuscated script.)</td>
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<td><tt>[/me]</tt>, <tt>[/msg]</tt>, etc.</td>
<td><i>Chatterbox commands</i></td>
<td>[href://?node_id=236794#use|CB commands] only work when typed into a cb message box, at the very beginning of the line. Anywhere else, and they show up in the cb stream. Chatters often use this effect intentionally.</td>
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<td>[NN]</td>
<td>[id://3628|Newest Nodes]</td>
<td>Displays a list of recently created postings grouped by section and type.</td>
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<td>[NtC]</td>
<td>[Nodes To Consider]</td>
<td>See [id://92975]</td>
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<td>OP</td>
<td>Original Post</td>
<td>The top level node of the thread in which it appears.</td>
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<td>OP</td>
<td>Original Poster</td>
<td>The author of the top level node of the thread in which it appears.</td>
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<td>OT</td>
<td>Off-Topic</td>
<td>The post does not fit into the topic of the section in which it has been posted.</td>
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<td>[PM]</td>
<td>[id://243870|PerlMonks]</td>
<td>"A place for individuals to polish, improve, and showcase their Perl skills." -- [vroom]<br />(The website that you are currently visiting.)</td>
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<td>PMCB</td>
<td>PerlMonks Chatterbox</td>
<td>Same as [CB] (see above)</td>
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<td>[PMD]</td>
<td>[id://1040|PerlMonks Discussion]</td>
<td>The area of the PerlMonks website dedicated to discussions about the site itself (not about Perl).</td>
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<td>[RAT]</td>
<td>[id://397425|Recently Active Threads]</td>
<td>Displays a list of discussions that have seen activity in the recent past. Unlike [Newest Nodes] this view is threaded so you can see the conversation structure. Various options of how to view the page are available. Be sure to read [id://396325] on how to use the page.</td>
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<td>[SIOB]</td>
<td>[id://3559]</td>
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<td>[SoPW]</td>
<td>[id://479]</td>
<td>The place where you should post any Perl questions you might have. Be sure to check if a question similiar to yours has alread been answered before posting! You can do so by searching for phrases relevant to your problem with [id://3989]</td>
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<td>Stumbit</td>
<td>Submit</td>
<td>It may have started as a typo, but it has become a cherished part of the PerlMonks institution.
It has been said that "You 'submit' a post, you 'stumbit' your user info."
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<td>TIMTOWTDI</td>
<td>There Is More Than One Way To Do It</td>
<td>The Perl Motto, coined by [TimToady] (Larry Wall) himself.</td>
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<td>[XP]</td>
<td>eXperience Points</td>
<td>Read about the [id://5938]</td>
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<p>
This list includes only those terms which are Perl- or PerlMonks-specific.
Monks do, of course, use most of the conventional "net-speak" phrases, abbreviations, emoticons, etc., so
if the term you're looking for is not in the above list, consult the very
exhaustive [http://www.netlingo.com/|NetLingo] dictionary.
For an in-depth exploration of geek/hacker jargon, visit the venerable [http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/|Jargon File].
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