FYI is a common abbreviation of For Your Information.

• FYI commonly used in email or memo messages, typically as the first thing on the subject line, to flag the message as an informational message that does not require a response.

• On the Internet, FYIs are a subset of the RFC series.

  The following description is taken from FYI 1, the FYI on FYIs: The FYI series of notes is designed to provide Internet users with a central repository of information about any topics which relate to the Internet. FYIs topics may range from historical memos on "Why it was done this way" to answers to commonly asked operational questions.

• FYI was also the name of a fictional newsmagazine on the television series Murphy Brown.

• FYI is also an abbreviation for the Film Your Issue competition.

• FYI became recently more popular in a scene of the popular Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning television series Desperate Housewives entitled "Anything You Can Do"(First Season). It is repeated twice in a camp, spiteful, nasty and funny interaction Susan and Edie have together.

E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... A memorandum is an informal, or recorded, form of communication, usually used by businesses from executives to employees. ... In internetworking and computer network engineering, Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda encompassing new research, innovations, and methodologies applicable to Internet technologies. ... A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. ... Murphy Brown was an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998. ... Film Your Issue is a national issue film contest featuring 30 to 60-second films by U.S. residents from the ages of 18 and 26. ... Desperate Housewives is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series of the dramedy genre, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. It is the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with a worldwide audience of approximately 119 million viewers. ...

See also

• Request for Comments
• Internet standard
• BCP
• FAQ
• Internet slang

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