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
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
RHS	Right Hand Side (of a statement)
RWH	Real World Haskell, a book about Haskell
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