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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>AFK</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="AFJ.html" title="AFJ"/><link rel="next" href="AI.html" title="AI"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">AFK</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="AFJ.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="AI.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="AFK"/><dt xmlns="" id="AFK"><b>AFK</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [MUD] Abbrev. for &#8220;<span class="quote">Away From Keyboard</span>&#8221;. Used to notify
others that you will be momentarily unavailable online. eg. &#8220;<span class="quote">Let's
not go kill that frost giant yet, I need to go AFK to make a phone
call</span>&#8221;. 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.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="AFJ.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="AI.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">AFJ </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> AI</td></tr></table></div></body></html>