V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
FOAF
Friend Of A Friend [vocabulary] (RDF)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
FOAF
//, n.
[Usenet; common] Acronym for ?Friend Of A Friend?. The source of an
unverified, possibly untrue story. This term was not originated by hackers
(it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban folklore), but is much better
recognized on Usenet and elsewhere than in mainstream English.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
FOAF
[Usenet] Friend Of A Friend. The source of an unverified,
possibly untrue story. This term was not originated by
hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban
folklore), but is much better recognised on Usenet and
elsewhere than in mainstream English.
[Jargon File]