Il TLA è un linguaggio che utilizza gli acronimi per rendere più
                                          veloce la digitazione dei testi, utilizzato in genere nelle News
                                          letter e nelle Chat.

                                          Gli acronimi, che possono essere costituiti anche da più di tre
                                          lettere, sono formati dalle iniziali di parole in inglese, la lingua più
                                          usata in Internet.

                                          Le TLA sono sempre costruite con lettere maiuscole senza
                                          utilizzare punti di separazione tra di esse. Non sempre si tratta di
                                          iniziali di parole: spesso si gioca con le assonanze foniche. Tra i
                                          più comuni acronimi di questo tipo troviamo:
                                          CUL che significa Ci vediamo dopo, in inglese See You Later e si
                                          basa sulla pronuncia delle due lettere utilizzate, C e U, cioè SEE e
                                          YOU.

                                          Lo stesso vale per How ru?, Come va? Che deriva dal fatto che la
                                          lettera R si pronuncia come la parola "are" e che la lettera U si
                                          pronuncia come la parola "You".

                                            SIGLA
                                                      INGLESE
                                                                           ITALIANO
                                            AFAIK
                                                    As Far As I Know
                                                                        Per quanto ne so
                                            AFAIR
                                                      As Far As I
                                                     Remember
                                                                        Per quanto ricordo
                                             AFK
                                                   Away From Keybord
                                                                       Lontano dalla tastiera
                                             AKA
                                                    Also Known As
                                                                      Conosciuto anche come
                                             AIUI
                                                   As I Understand It
                                                                       Per quanto ne capisco
                                            ASAP
                                                  As Soon As Possible
                                                                       Non appena possibile
                                             B4
                                                       Before
                                                                            Prima
                                             BAK
                                                   Back At Keyboard
                                                                        Torno alla tastiera
                                            BBIAF
                                                   Be Back In A Few
                                                      minutes
                                                                      Ritorno fra pochi minuti
                                             BBL
                                                     Be Back Later
                                                                            A dopo
                                            BCNU
                                                    Be Seeing You
                                                                          Ci vediamo
                                             BRB
                                                    Be Right Back
                                                                          Torno subito
                                             BTW
                                                     By The Way
                                                                           Fra l'altro
                                             BYE?
                                                        Bye?
                                                                 Arrivederci? [modalità standard con la
                                                                        quale si cessa una
                                                                 conversazione."Bye" per confermare o,
                                                                     al contrario, continuare la
                                                                         conversazione]
                                           CU L8ER
                                                    See You Later
                                                                       Ci vediamo più tardi
                                             EMP
                                                  Extremely Miserable
                                                       Person
                                                                  Persona estremamente miserabile
                                            ENQ?
                                                    Are You Busy?
                                                                 Sei occupato? Rispondere ACK o NAK,
                                                                       cioè libero o occupato
                                             F2F
                                                     Face to Face
                                                                         Faccia a faccia
                                             FAQ
                                                   Frequently Asked
                                                      Questions
                                                                   Domande poste frequentemente