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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>AFAIK</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="adware.html" title="adware"/><link rel="next" href="AFJ.html" title="AFJ"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">AFAIK</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="adware.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="AFJ.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="AFAIK"/><dt xmlns="" id="AFAIK"><b>AFAIK</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet; common] Abbrev. for “<span class="quote">As Far As I Know</span>”. There
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is a variant AFAICT “<span class="quote">As Far As I Can Tell</span>”; where AFAIK
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suggests that the writer knows his knowledge is limited, AFAICT suggests
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that he feels his knowledge is as complete as anybody else's but that the
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best available knowledge does not support firm conclusions.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="adware.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="AFJ.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">adware<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>AFJ</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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