FAQ

What it means

FAQ stands for 'frequently asked questions' — a list of common questions and their answers, usually collected on a website to save people from asking the same thing repeatedly. It can be said letter by letter ('eff-ay-cue') or, increasingly, as a word ('fak').

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Examples

• Check the FAQ before contacting support.
• We added a new FAQ section about refunds.
• That question comes up so often it should be in the FAQ.
• The FAQ page answers most billing questions.

Where it comes from

An initialism that grew up with the early internet, Usenet, and help desks, where maintaining an 'FAQ' became standard practice.

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