# Need help to find a URL

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472 "2004-08-05T16:21:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472/1 "2004-08-05T16:21:10Z")

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What is the URL for the site which returns details for abreviations used on the SDMB’s and elsewhere.

Had NO success with several search engines and variations of queries.

Your help will be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472/2 "2004-08-05T16:26:22Z")

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How about this for starters…

[http://thor.prohosting.com/~arema/download/acronim.htm](http://thor.prohosting.com/~arema/download/acronim.htm)  
There should even be a SD thread on the matter with whatever is missing.

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472/3 "2004-08-05T16:35:07Z")

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Ponster:

That is a start. The site I had in mind, lost the bookmark, requires entry of the letters and returns a list of all the meanings.

Thanks, spingears

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**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472/4 "2004-08-05T16:47:37Z")

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Perhaps this:

[http://www.acronymfinder.com/](http://www.acronymfinder.com/)

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-to-find-a-url/258472/5 "2004-08-05T23:26:07Z")

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If you are lookijng for internet- (or computer-)related terms, specifically, you might try  
[http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm](http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm)  
If you’re looking for **SDMB** -specific stuff, you might try one of the threads listed in the thread [IMHO means…??](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136936) .