English Dictionary: FOAF | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for FOAF | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
FOAF // n. [Usenet; common] Acronym for `Friend Of A Friend'. The source of an unverified, possibly untrue story. This term was not originated by hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban folklore), but is much better recognized on Usenet and elsewhere than in mainstream English. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
FOAF [{Usenet}] Friend Of A Friend. The source of an unverified, possibly untrue story. This term was not originated by hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban folklore), but is much better recognised on {Usenet} and elsewhere than in mainstream English. [{Jargon File}] |