Abbreviations

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An overview of Haskell related abbreviations

For GHC related abbreviations GHC/List of abbreviations. Note: if there is an abbreviation you cannot find here, it might be the name of a package, so check the Hackage package list.

ABI	Application Binary Interface
ADP	Algebraic Dynamic Programming
ADT	Abstract Data Type / Algebraic Data Type
AFAIU	As Far As I Understand
AFRP	Arrows-based Functional Reactive Programming], also known as Yampa
AKA	Also Known As
ANN	Announcement
API	Application Programmer Interface
AT	Abstract (Data) Type / Associated (Data) Type (see also Associated types with class)
BSD	Berkeley Software Distributions (license)
Cabal	Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries
CAF	Constant Applicative Form
CAML	A programming language
CPR	Constructed Product Result (analysis)
CPS	Continuation-Passing Style
CUFP	Commercial Users of Functional Programming
DPH	Data Parallel Haskell
DSEL	Domain-Specific Embedded Language
DSL	Domain-Specific Language
EDSL	Embedded Domain-Specific Language
elt	Element (of a list/set/...)
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
FD	Functional Dependencies
FFI	Foreign Function Interface
FHM	Functional Hybrid Modeling
FRP	Functional Reactive Programming
FunDeps	Functional Dependencies
FTW	For The World / For The Win
FWIW	For what it's worth
GHC	Glasgow Haskell Compiler
GPL	GNU General Public License
HOAS	Higher-Order Abstract Syntax (using binding in the host language to represent binding in the embedded language)
HOF	Higher-Order Functions
HTH	Hope This Helps
HUGS	Haskell User's Gofer System
I18n	Internationalization / Internationalisation (which shows why the abbreviation is useful)
IANAL	I Am Not A Lawyer
ICFP	International Conference on Functional Programming
IIRC	If I Recall Correctly
IIUC	If I Understand Correctly
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion
IMO	In My Opinion
IRC	Internet Relay Chat
LGPL	GNU Lesser General Public License
LHS	Left-Hand Side (of a statement)
LLVM	Low-Level Virtual Machine
ML	A programming language / Mailing list
MPTC	Multi-Parameter Type Class
MTL	Monad Template Library
OCAML	A programming language
OP	Original Poster (who sent the first e-mail of the current thread)
OT	Off-Topic
POPL	Principles of Programming Languages, Symposium on
PRNG	Pseudorandom number generator
RHS	Right-Hand Side (of a statement)
RNG	Random number generator
RWH	Real World Haskell, a book about Haskell
SEC	Semantic editor combinator
SML	A programming language
SQL	Structured Query Language
STG machine	Spineless Tagless G-machine
STM	Software transactional memory
TaPL	Types and Programming Languages (book)
TCM	Type Class Morphism
TCO	Tail-Call Optimisation
TMR	The Monad.Reader
UTF8	Unicode Transformation Format, byte-oriented
WHNF	Weak Head Normal Form
YAHT	Yet Another Haskell Tutorial
YHC	York Haskell Compiler
YMMV	Your Milage May Vary