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AFK

(text messaging, computing, military) Initialism of away from the keyboard (that is, away from one's computer)
- 1989 May 8, Vince Perriello (Editor in Chief), “Volume 6, Number 19”, in FidoNews, archived from the original on 2005-01-18:
  AFK - Away From Keys
- 1990 January 17, Russ Armadillo Coffman, “Smilies collection”, in rec.humour, Usenet, retrieved 2016-06-26, message-ID <26007@cup.portal.com>:
  AFK = Away From Keyboard

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