One of the earliest entries there is:
1.1) What does FAQ stand for?
FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions. It is also
sometimes used as the singular Frequently Asked Question (although
when was the last time you only heard one question?).
Some have called it Frequently Answered Questions as well. This
isn't necessarily correct, but it isn't necessarily wrong either. It
effectively has the same meaning.
A compilation of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) is
referred to as a FAQ list or FAQ article. Sometimes the term FAQ
itself is used to refer to the article - as an example, I refer to
this article as a FAQ about FAQs.
The term FAQ has a meaning of its own that could almost qualify it as
a word of it's own. Sometimes, FAQs are full of answers. Other
times they are policy statements for USENET groups, without the
Question and Answer format that is popular.
FAQs fall into the realm of articles called "Periodic Postings". In
addition to FAQs, other articles or compilations of information are
posted and/or archived.
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I wasn't sure whether to include the whole list -- but we seem to be getting a
lot of basic FAQ questions on this list lately, and I figured it was time to
give Nancy's page another plug.
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