RTFAQ /R-T-F-A-Q/ imp.
[Usenet: primarily written, by analogy with RTFM] Abbrev. for `Read the FAQ!', an exhortation
that the person addressed ought to read the newsgroup's FAQ list before posting questions.
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RTFB /R-T-F-B/ imp.
[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The Fucking Binary'. Used when
neither documentation nor source for the problem at hand exists,
and the only thing to do is use some debugger or monitor and
directly analyze the assembler or even the machine code. "No
source for the buggy port driver? Aaargh! I hate
proprietary operating systems. Time to RTFB."
Of the various RTF? forms, `RTFB' is the least pejorative
against anyone asking a question for which RTFB is the answer;
the anger here is directed at the absence of both source
and adequate documentation.