Urbandictionary is full of definitions for this word that say it means "away from keyboard" (in gaming), i.e. the player is inactive, doesn't respond to greetings, such and such. Most of the time, this is what it means.
I would like to give a specific example to further flesh out its meaning: in RuneScape, there is such a thing as "afk training". Literally it's a playing style where you are not literally away from the keyboard or even inactive, you're just doing something on a split screen or paying little attention to what's going on in the game itself as you train your skills, because they are designed to be done "afk", or more accurately, "semi-afk". We just call it afk in this game no matter what.
I would like to give a specific example to further flesh out its meaning: in RuneScape, there is such a thing as "afk training". Literally it's a playing style where you are not literally away from the keyboard or even inactive, you're just doing something on a split screen or paying little attention to what's going on in the game itself as you train your skills, because they are designed to be done "afk", or more accurately, "semi-afk". We just call it afk in this game no matter what.
player1234 is afk... he hasn't been responding to my messages for at least 15 minutes (general example)
rang3r4lyfe is training his firemaking in the most afk way possible, burning protean logs (RuneScape-specific example)
rang3r4lyfe is training his firemaking in the most afk way possible, burning protean logs (RuneScape-specific example)
by drockalgzemoser August 17, 2020
by Ferrin8085 February 25, 2022
by Ultimate Life Form Kars January 05, 2022
AFK, also known as Away From Keyboard, is a term used by many gamers and computer enthusiast as a way of saying "The person is not able to respond, usually due to physically being away from their keyboard."
ME: "Hey Cross, are you ready to start?"
YOU: "Cross is AFK, want to wait or just start without him?"
YOU: "Cross is AFK, want to wait or just start without him?"
by CrossNotMinded December 18, 2023
osoba 1: hej kako se zoves bese?
osoba 2: ko kako se zove?ja?
osoba 1: da, ti!
osoba 2: kako se zovem...ahaa!
osoba 1: o boze...AFK
osoba 2: ko kako se zove?ja?
osoba 1: da, ti!
osoba 2: kako se zovem...ahaa!
osoba 1: o boze...AFK
by kupam se u grljanski timok November 06, 2020
by zACh Heli April 14, 2022