# FYI

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For other uses, see [FYI (disambiguation)](/source/FYI_(disambiguation)).

"**FYI**" is a common abbreviation of "**for your information**".[1] The term, originally a [wire service](/source/Wire_service) abbreviation used by journalists,[2] is commonly used in [emails](/source/Emails), [instant messaging](/source/Instant_messaging) and other messages to indicate an informational message or explanatory statement that does not suggest any action or require a response. The abbreviation is also commonly used in spoken conversations.

Use of "FYI" has been attested since 1915, as "just a little thing that saves space on a [telegraph](/source/Telegraphy) message" (charged by the word).[2]

Among [Internet Standards](/source/Internet_Standard), FYIs are a [subset](/source/Subset) of the [Request for Comments](/source/Request_for_Comments) (RFC) series.[3] The FYI series of notes is designed to provide [Internet](/source/Internet) users with a central repository of information about topics related to the Internet. FYI topics may range from historical memos on "why it was done that way" to answers to commonly asked operational questions.[4]

## References

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1. Ribbans, Elisabeth (31 January 2023). ["The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom"](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/31/journalist-jargon-outside-newsroom-standfirsts-datelines). *the Guardian*

1. ["RFC Search Detail"](http://www.rfc-editor.org/fyi-index.html). *Rfc-editor.org*. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

1. Malkin, G. & Reynolds, J. (March 1990). ["F.Y.I. on F.Y.I."](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1150). [IETF](/source/IETF). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210227130915/https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1150) 27 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

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