Top Document: [alt.backrubs] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQL), (1/5) Previous Document: I have a question not answered here. Should I post? Next Document: Help! I'm new to this whole Usenet/'net thing See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge a) Acronyms peculiar to alt.backrubs: CMT = Certified MT (see LMT and RMT) CTS = Carpal Tunnel Syndrome LITA = Look In The alt.backrubs Archive LMT = Licensed MT (compare with RMT, see question 4.1 for more information about licensing) MT = Massage Therapist (Massage Technician, in some places) RMT = Registered MT (usually abbreviated to MT, compare LMT) RSI = Repetitive Stress Injury TCM = Traditional Chinese Medicine TMJ = dysfunction of the jaw (temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome) ------------------------------ b) Organizations: ACCET = USA Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training ABMP = Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals AMTA = American Massage Therapy Association AOBTA = American Oriental Body Therapy Association AMR'TA = Alchemical Medicine Research and Teaching Association CCA = USA Career College Association Accrediting Commission on Trade and Technical Schools COMTAA = USA Commission on Massage Training Accreditation/Approval NCETMB = USA National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork NCBTMB = USA National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork ------------------------------ c) Other acronyms and abbreviations you should be familiar with: ETLA = Extended TLA, i.e. a four letter acronym FAQ = Frequently Asked Question (this is also the traditional acronym for a list of FAQs) FAQL = Frequently Asked Question List FTP = File Transfer Protocol GMT = Greenwich Mean Time ISBN = International Standard Book Number TLA = Three Letter Acronym TM = Trademark URL = Universal Resource Locator, a computer network address standard developed in conjunction with the World Wide Web USA = United States of America WAIS = Wide Area Information Servers (a type of automated index of documents available via the Internet) WWW = World Wide Web (a global network of hypermedia documents connected by links implemented using the Internet) :-) = An emoticon often used to express humorous intent or happiness, also used to abate a strong statement so as not to offend :) = ditto (but less formal) ------------------------------ d) `Please, sir, I want some more.' For more definitions see `Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet' which is regularly posted to the news.announce.newusers and news.answers newsgroups. There is a list of resources to help you understand acronyms at <URL:http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Acronyms_and_Abbreviations/>. User Contributions:Top Document: [alt.backrubs] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQL), (1/5) Previous Document: I have a question not answered here. Should I post? Next Document: Help! I'm new to this whole Usenet/'net thing Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: jamie@csd.uwo.ca (J. Blustein)
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