"Away From Keyboard". Commonly used on MSN/AIM or while roleplaying. Instead of setting status on MSN to "Away" they put "AFK" in their name. Also used when leaving your computer on over night.

Geek's suicide

Away from Keyboard for non geek

Means "Away From Keyboard"

It means " Away from keyboard ", and is usually used in online games, like Minecraft.

away from keyboard - use it wen we're just getting something, usually a drink or snack and coming straight back. Or it could mean your leaving your computer on and not at the keyboard

Away From Kitchen. A time when your wife is not found in her natural habitat, and you must thus make your own sandwiches.

A term used by adolescent gamers to let their friends know that they will be unreachable for a bit. Most the time "afk" is used as a discreet way to say, "I will be right back, I am going to go masterbate for a bit." Creating the new popular meaning of AFK, "Another Fap Kill".