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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>FM</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="flytrap.html" title="flytrap"/><link rel="next" href="fnord.html" title="fnord"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">FM</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="flytrap.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fnord.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="FM"/><dt xmlns="" id="FM"><b>FM</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/F·M/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [common] <span class="emphasis"><em>Not</em></span> &#8216;Frequency
Modulation&#8217; but rather an abbreviation for &#8216;Fucking
Manual&#8217;, the back-formation from <a href="../R/RTFM.html"><i class="glossterm">RTFM</i></a>. Used to
refer to the manual itself in the <a href="../R/RTFM.html"><i class="glossterm">RTFM</i></a>. &#8220;<span class="quote">Have
you seen the Networking FM lately?</span>&#8221;</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Abbreviation for &#8220;<span class="quote">Fucking Magic</span>&#8221;, used in the sense
of <a href="../B/black-magic.html"><i class="glossterm">black magic</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="flytrap.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fnord.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">flytrap </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> fnord</td></tr></table></div></body></html>