FAQn.

Brit.

/ɛfeɪˈkjuː/,

/fak/, U.S.

/ˌɛfeɪˈkju/,

/fæk/

Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: English frequently asked questions.

Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of frequently asked questions.Attributed to Eugene N. Miya, researcher at NASA, who is said to have coined the term c1983 in documents circulated to Usenet groups on the history of the space programme.

Chiefly Computing.

A list of questions and answers (originally those provided by Usenet newsgroups and later also by internet websites and software packages) which contains information expected to be helpful to users; a question and answer on such a list (usually in plural). Also: a text file containing such a list. In extended use: any similar list of questions and answers. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1987 frequently asked questions in news.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 28 Dec., I propose..that some mechanism be devised for each newsgroup to have a list of FAQs.

1989 Re: Frequently asked Questions in these Groups deserve Monthly Posting in comp.unix.questions (Usenet newsgroup) 5 June It is quite easy to accidentally skip a note, and never see the FAQ list at all.

1993 Wired Dec. 126 Many Usenet groups have available FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions, pronounced ‘fak’) lists.

1995 .net June 51/2 If you have never visited a house of prostitution, the FAQ even tells you what to expect.

1997 Internet Mag. Jan. 57/2 Here you'll find links and tools for auto-posting your FAQ and converting it to HTML.

1997 Linux Jrnl. Dec. 28/2 Are there FAQs about setting up Netscape 2.02 with Linux? After you unzip Netscape where do you put the files?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	faq
释义	FAQn. Brit. /ɛfeɪˈkjuː/, /fak/, U.S. /ˌɛfeɪˈkju/, /fæk/ Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: English frequently asked questions. Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of frequently asked questions.Attributed to Eugene N. Miya, researcher at NASA, who is said to have coined the term c1983 in documents circulated to Usenet groups on the history of the space programme. Chiefly Computing. A list of questions and answers (originally those provided by Usenet newsgroups and later also by internet websites and software packages) which contains information expected to be helpful to users; a question and answer on such a list (usually in plural). Also: a text file containing such a list. In extended use: any similar list of questions and answers. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1987 frequently asked questions in news.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 28 Dec., I propose..that some mechanism be devised for each newsgroup to have a list of FAQs. 1989 Re: Frequently asked Questions in these Groups deserve Monthly Posting in comp.unix.questions (Usenet newsgroup) 5 June It is quite easy to accidentally skip a note, and never see the FAQ list at all. 1993 Wired Dec. 126 Many Usenet groups have available FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions, pronounced ‘fak’) lists. 1995 .net June 51/2 If you have never visited a house of prostitution, the FAQ even tells you what to expect. 1997 Internet Mag. Jan. 57/2 Here you'll find links and tools for auto-posting your FAQ and converting it to HTML. 1997 Linux Jrnl. Dec. 28/2 Are there FAQs about setting up Netscape 2.02 with Linux? After you unzip Netscape where do you put the files? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas f.a.q. f.a.q. n. fair average quality. Π 1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 45 f.a.q., abbreviation for fair average quality. 1959 Times 3 Jan. 10/2 No doubt Sir Allen Brown would be inclined (in the fashion of his countrymen) to dub himself an ‘f.a.q. Australian’, but in fact ‘fair, average quality’ hardly does justice to the man. extracted from Fn. F.A.Q. F.A.Q. n. (also f.a.q.) free alongside quay. Π 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 19/3 Oats: Plate f.a.q. afloat 27s. 3d. extracted from Fn. < n.1987 as lemmas
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FAQn.

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