AFK

Away From Keyboard

"Away from keyboard." See digispeak.

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[MUD] Abbrev. for “Away From Keyboard”. Used to notify others that you will be momentarily unavailable online. eg. “Let's not go kill that frost giant yet, I need to go AFK to make a phone call”. Often MUDs will have a command to politely inform others of your absence when they try to talk with you. The term is not restricted to MUDs, however, and has become common in many chat situations, from IRC to Unix talk.

AFK is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

• "Away from keyboard", Internet slang indicating that one is not at the computer or,
• "A Free Kill", in online games
• Afrikaans, from its SIL code
• Ashford International railway station, in the United Kingdom, from its National Rail code
• IATA airport code for Nebraska City Municipal Airport
• A song by San Francisco indie rock band Pinback, on their album Summer in Abaddon.
• AFK - To Rimpo in Runes of Magic Indigo Server Guild: Myths

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