what does IAS stand for?

i see it all over these pages but i cant figure out what it means

Increased Attack Speed

And IMS is Increased Movement Speed

Now have a go at guessing what DPS stands for.

damage per second = DPS

DPS means damage per second.

Sort of wanted the OP to answer. Bleh.

OP lets have some fun what are these

PuG
AoE
PBAoE
LDoA

just 4 that are used alot i see

PUG = pick up group
AOE = area of efect
PBAOE = point blank area of efect
LDOA = legendary defender of ascalon

i got no ideas to pursue the quiz tho someone take over plz

Gtob
er
sf
la
bla
dc
obo
dp
doa
eoe
hh
hzh
kd
lfg
wtb
q
sc

quiz is up and running 8as is all caps9

If you had posted this in the proper location (before thread relocation), you would have noticed this sticky which contains your answer.

Gtob - great temple of balthazar
er - ether renewal
sf - shadow form / searing flames
la - lions arch
bla - battle for lions arch
dc - disconnect
obo - or best offer / only buy out
dp - death penalty
doa - domain of anguish
eoe - edge of extinction
hh - hero hench
hzh - house zu heltzer
kd - knockdown
lfg - looking for group
wtb - want to buy
q - question
sc - speed clear

Do I get a cookie? Not sure on q though

Q stands for Quantum Physics.

It stands for Increased Attack Speed, but is usually used in reference to a skill that increases your attack speed.
In other words, if someone suggests that a build should have an IAS, they mean "a skill that provides an increase in attack speed".
There are also other ways to gain an IAS, such as consumables, but they aren't referred to as an IAS as often.

Q stands for Quaker.

Q oddly stands for requirement.

The reason is because Guild Wars was such a revolutionary game, fanboys got so excited and said no to the status quo and chose a different letter in the word "requirement".

Either that or Q stands for the formulaelic abreviation for the sum of kinetic energy required for nuclear transformations. (Benjamin Carrol and Peter F. E. Marapodi,
J. Chem. Educ., 1951, 28 (11), p 586)

Btw: IAS skills are descriped wrongly in game. They don't increase your attack rate by x%, but decrease the time between two attack by x%; that means the real value is:
1 / (1 - x)
So a 25% IAS would increase your attack rate by 33%, and a 33% IAS by 50%.

The "Q" for requirement started two years into the game. And the wiki will answer your questions on abbreviations and acronyms. Just type IAS or Q in the search box and you will be redirected to the correct page.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/IAS
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Q

@Vallen - yes, you get a cookie, although you got one wrong, so maybe a half a cookie as an incentive to study harder.

thanks for the help sorry for posting in the wrong spot I had at the time only seen IAS in the paragon pages and no one in my guild new what it meant so i assumed it was a paragon only thing as we dont have many or maybe any other paragons

"Q" refers to the Q Continuem. Watch some Star Trek. You'll be wiser, and chicks will dig you.

or maybe its just that dude from Star Trek: Next Generation..

Can I recommend a new guild? Or teach them yourself with this new-found knowledge ;p

btw, q is Quest. I still say "req" for requirement, but q is quest, definitely.

Also "la" is Life attunement too

La - a note to follow So