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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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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 &#8220;<span class="quote">As Far As I Know</span>&#8221;. There
is a variant AFAICT &#8220;<span class="quote">As Far As I Can Tell</span>&#8221;; where AFAIK
suggests that the writer knows his knowledge is limited, AFAICT suggests
that he feels his knowledge is as complete as anybody else's but that the
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