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词条 RTFM
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  1. Possible origins

  2. List of alternate interpretations of RTFM

  3. List of similar initialisms

  4. See also

  5. References

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RTFM is an initialism for the expression "read the fucking manual".

In expurgated texts, substitutions such as "read the frickin' manual", "read the factory manual", "read the flaming manual", "read the fine manual", "read the friendly manual", "read the [pause] manual" or similar variants are used.[1] Initialisms similar to RTFM include "STFW" ("search the fucking web"), "GIYF" ("Google is your friend") and "LMGTFY" ("let me Google that for you"). These indicate that the questioner could have easily found the answer to their question on the World Wide Web.

Possible origins

The initialism appeared in print in 1979 on the table of contents page of the LINPACK User's Guide[2] in the form "R.T.F.M." -- Anonymous, suggesting that it was already well established. Cleve Moler has since revealed that a visit to Argonne National Laboratory by Tektronix software manager Ned Thanhouser during the development of MATLAB led to the anonymous quote.[3]

John Bear's 1983 book Computer Wimp! 166 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Bought My First Computer! discusses the author hearing employees of a computer store mention RYFM ("read your fucking manual").[4]

List of alternate interpretations of RTFM

  • "read the fucking mail" (usually referring to e-mail)
  • "read the fucking Mail" (referring to the Daily Mail newspaper)
  • "read the fucking memo" (office setting)
  • "read the fucking message" (office setting or computer support)
  • "reboot the fucking machine" (computer support)

List of similar initialisms

  • {{Visible anchor|RTBM}} ("read the bloody manual") (In some countries, e.g., the UK and Australia, this is a fractionally more polite alternative with identical meaning[5])
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFA}} ("read the fucking/featured article"—common on news forums such as Fark.com[6] and Slashdot, where using "TFA" instead of "the article" has become a meme)
  • {{Visible anchor|RTDA}} ("read the damn article")
  • {{Visible anchor|RTDM}} ("read the damn menu")
  • {{Visible anchor|RTDM}} ("read the damn manual")
  • {{Visible anchor|WABM}} ("write a better manual" – an answer complaining that the manual is not written well)[7]
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFE}} ("read the fucking error")
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFM41}} ("read the fucking manual for once")
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFW}} ("read the fucking wiki")
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFC}} ("read the fucking chart" – a response that Physicians give to coders who submit inappropriate queries)
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFS}} ("read the fucking source" or "read the fucking standard")[8]
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFB}} ("read the fucking binary")[9]
  • {{Visible anchor|RTFQ}} ("read the fucking question")

See also

{{Commonscat}}
  • Internet slang
  • man page (Unix manual)
  • Info (Unix)
  • Usability engineering
  • User interface design

References

1. ^Howard, Michael, David LeBlanc, and John Viega. 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them. New York: McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2005. {{ISBN|0-07-226085-8}}.
2. ^Dongarra, J. J., C. B. Moler, J. R. Bunch, and G. W. Stewart. LINPACK User's Guide. Philadelphia: SIAM, 1979. {{ISBN|0-89871-172-X}}.
3. ^{{cite web|last=Moler|first=Cleve|title=The Tektronix 4081|url=http://blogs.mathworks.com/cleve/2014/02/17/the-tektronix-4081|work=Cleve's Corner|publisher=MathWorks Blogs|accessdate=2014-02-17}}
4. ^{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-gI2W-3JwkC&lpg=PA385&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q&f=true | title=Don't Be a Computer Wimp | work=PC Magazine | date=1984-04-03 | accessdate=24 October 2013 | author=Sperberg, Luther | pages=261}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://foldoc.org/RTBM |title=RTBM definition |publisher=foldoc.com |accessdate=2009-12-08}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fark.com/comments/4047872/Routine-traffic-stop-has-man-up-in-arms-Er-caught-red-handed-Er-never-mind-just-RTFA |title=Routine traffic stop has man up in arms. Er, caught red-handed. Er, never mind, just RTFA |publisher=Fark.com |date=2008-11-28 |accessdate=2009-01-27}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=RTFM is a four-letter word|url=http://software.ac.uk/blog/2012-03-27-rtfm-four-letter-word|work=Software Sustainability Institute|accessdate=2 December 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=RTFS|url=http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFS.html|work=The Jargon File (version 4.4.7)|access-date=8 March 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=RTFB|url=http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFB.html|work=The Jargon File (version 4.4.7)|access-date=8 March 2017}}
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