# Eta?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta/458529>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 1, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta/458529 "2008-08-01T19:45:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta/458529/1 "2008-08-01T19:45:39Z")

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Quick question. In regard to the boards, what does ETA mean? I can work out most of the abbreviations but every time I see that I can only come up with estimated time of arrival, which doesn’t generally fit. 😕

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta/458529/2 "2008-08-01T19:46:08Z")

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Edited to add

ETA: [SDMB Glossary](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298)

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta/458529/3 "2008-08-01T20:30:46Z")

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Moved from General Questions to About This Message Board.

**Gfactor**  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eta/458529/4 "2008-08-04T15:00:14Z")

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Many thanks to both of you.