FOAF

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  FOAF // n. [Usenet; common] Acronym for `Friend Of A Friend'. The
     source of an unverified, possibly untrue story. This term was not
     originated by hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban
     folklore), but is much better recognized on Usenet and elsewhere than in
     mainstream English.
  


  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  FOAF
       
          [{Usenet}] Friend Of A Friend.  The source of an unverified,
          possibly untrue story.  This term was not originated by
          hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban
          folklore), but is much better recognised on {Usenet} and
          elsewhere than in mainstream English.
       
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