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[tiki]

We were talking on aim, and we were trying to figure out what PHP Stood for and we found it it stood for

Hypertext Preprocessor ... right?

Then were like, wtf where is the first P?
and we couldnt figure it out...

Then I got retarded and tried to be cool, heres the rest.

Me: Hyper Text Markup Language
Him: I knew that.
Me: Xtreme Hyper Text Markup Language
Him: Dumb Hyper Text Markup Language

What do they mean anyways? And where does the php p come from?
Im too lazy to find out.

[Donna]

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Processor.

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.p...aid/4848/fid/51

[Infusion]

I'm not really into PHP but I'm pretty sure it is Hypertext Preprocessor, just the P and H switched around. It's odd, I know...

Edit: I just saw Donna's post. :bashhead:

[coolaid]

Personal Home Page Tools
thats what the guy that created it first called it. im stickin with that. they just used all that "recursive letters" hoo blah to sound smart.

[tiki]

Ya thats what I thought Donna, thats just really stupid.

[adam123]

DHTML : Dynamic HTML
XHTML : Extensible HTML

[Jamie Huskisson]

Pre Hypertext Processor

you guys

[Samiwerty]

w00t Jay
Your aim talk was really funny lol. I havn't thinkd about where is the first P..
But nevermind for me

[D-Cal]

PHP, as stated, stands for Personal Home Page.
Laters have called it by other names, but that's the actual name.

XHTML, as stated again, is Xtensible Hyper Text Markup Language.

XML, therefore, is Xtensible Markup Language.

CGI is Common Gateway Interface.

ASP is Active Server Pages.

And a random guy just walked past talking to himself.

[SHIVMOO]

D-Cal, on Jun 7 2005, 10:43 AM, said:

CGI is Common Gateway Interface.

computer generated imagery

[adam123]

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/faq.general.p...general.acronym
PHP stuff

[Andy]

Pwned - mispelled on warcraft... meant to say owned when you kiled someone, but the programmer accidentally put it to pwned

[Faken]

10 points to whomever correctly identifies what GFY stands for.

Common usage:

You're in a business meeting and someone proposes an idiotic suggestion and you say "Well Bob, it looks like we have a GFY situation.".

And yes, I've used it in a real meeting with about 50 people... 49 people knew what I meant, the exec had no clue and just agreed with me.

Faken

[adam123]

Good for you? Government Fiscal Year? I have another but I won't say it.

[funkysoul]

Adam.. just say it!!

Go F.... Y..........

[SHIVMOO]

Andy, on Jun 7 2005, 04:22 PM, said:

Pwned - mispelled on warcraft... meant to say owned when you kiled someone, but the programmer accidentally put it to pwned

i thought it was ut or an older quake

[/quit]

yeah thats what i thought too shiv... i was kinda doubting that.

[SHIVMOO]

pretty shure it was one of the quakes.... it wouldnt have cought on on warcraft to the extent it has....

[Jaymz]

Faken, on Jun 7 2005, 01:23 PM, said:

10 points to whomever correctly identifies what GFY stands for.

Common usage:

You're in a business meeting and someone proposes an idiotic suggestion and you say "Well Bob, it looks like we have a GFY situation.".

And yes, I've used it in a real meeting with about 50 people... 49 people knew what I meant, the exec had no clue and just agreed with me.

Faken

Go Find Yourself (polite form)
Good For You


... that's all I came up with that's acceptable on these boards

[Andy]

Um... i've thought it was warcraft for ages..

**has a look**

Here, quotes fro ma few forums

1.) warcraft mistake and then the word just stuck.

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A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force

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Saying that, some forums:

a. A prominent quake player mis spelled "owned" and the new word "pwned" was adopted by people who thought it was "1337".

Contrary to popular belief, "pwned" did not originate in Warcraft. A top Quake player mispelled "owned" and the term quickly spread to less players and eventually to nearly the entire population of online gamers. The word is usually used in online FPS and RTS games

A corrupted version of the word "owned". Originated from warcraft when a designer spelled owned wrong. Instead of it saying (INSTERT NAME HERE) has been Owned, it said (INSERT NAME HERE) has been pwned.



I dunno, pretty 50/50... make your own minds up, lol.