# Acronyms.

# General stuff FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FAQs Frequently Asked Questions FQA Frequently Questioned Answers FQAs Frequently Questioned Answers TBD To be determined tbd To be determined TBH To be honest tbh To be honest poc Proof of concept PoC Proof of concept POC Proof of concept YMMV Your mileage may vary ymmv Your mileage may vary TL;DR Too long; didn't read tl;dr Too long; didn't read

# Browsers Fx Mozilla Firefox FF Mozilla Firefox IE4 Internet Explorer 4 IE5 Internet Explorer 5 IE6 Internet Explorer 6 IE7 Internet Explorer 7 IE8 Internet Explorer 8 IE9 Internet Explorer 9 IE10 Internet Explorer 10 IE11 Internet Explorer 11 IE12 Internet Explorer 12 USB Universal Serial Bus USB1 Universal Serial Bus, specifically the original 1.0 specification USB1.1 Universal Serial Bus, specifically the 1.1 specification revision USB2 Universal Serial Bus, specifically the 2.0 specification USB3 Universal Serial Bus, specifically the 3.0 specification USB3.1 Universal Serial Bus, specifically the 3.1 specification revision SD Secure Digital SDXC Secure Digital eXtended Capacity HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface PHP-FPM PHP FastCGI Process Manager PHP Hypertext PreProcessor SSD Solid State Drive SSDs Solid State Drives

# Graphics formats BMP BitMaP bmp Bitmap JPG Joint Photographics (E)xperts Group jpg Joint Photographics (E)xperts Group JPEG Joint Photogrpahics Experts Group jpeg Joint Photogrpahics Experts Group PNG Portable Network Graphics png Portable Network Graphics GIF Graphic Interchange Format gif Graphic Interchange Format MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group mpeg Motion Picture Experts Group WebP Web Picture WEBP Web Picture webp Web Picture PDF Portable Document Format

# Game systems 0e “Zero edition,” another term for the original D&D boxed set 1e First edition 2e Second edition 3e Third edition 3.5e 3.5 edition TETSNBN “The Edition That Shall Not Be Named,” typically referring to 3e or 3.5e 4e Fourth edition 5e Fifth edition / “D&D Next” AD&D Advanced Dungeons & Dragons AEC Advanced Edition Companion, an expansion for Labyrinth Lord B/X Basic/eXpert D&D BECMI Mentzer Basic/Expert/Companion/Master/Immortals Dungeons & Dragons BFRPG Basic Fantasy RPG D&D Dungeons & Dragons DCC Dungeon Crawl Classics GW Gamma World JG Judges Guild LBB “Little Brown Book” from Original Dungeons & Dragons LBBs “Little Brown Books” from Original Dungeons & Dragons LL Labyrinth Lord lotfp Lamentations of the Flame Princess LotFP Lamentations of the Flame Princess LoTFP Lamentations of the Flame Princess LOtFP Lamentations of the Flame Princess LOTFP Lamentations of the Flame Princess MF Mutant Future OD&D Original Dungeons & Dragons OEC Original Edition Characters expansion for Labyrinth Lord RCC Realms of Crawling Chaos expansion for Labyrinth Lord S&W Swords & Wizardry TSR TSR, Inc.; a/k/a “Tactical Studies Rules”

# Generic gaming terms MMORPG Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game MMORPGs Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games DM Dungeon Master DMed Dungeon Mastered DMing Dungeon Mastering DMs Dungeon Masters FRPG Fantasy Role-Playing Game FRPGs Fantasy Role-Playing Games GM Game Master, the “generic” term for DM GMed Game Mastered, the “generic” term for DMed GMing Game Mastering, the “generic” term for DMing GMs Game Masters, the “generic” term for DMs OSR Old School Renaissance/Revival/Rules/Ruckus RPG Role-Playing Game RPGs Role-Playing Games TPK Total Party Kill TPKs Total Party Kills LARP Live-Action Role Playing NPC Non-Player Character NPCs Non-Player Characters PC Player Character PCs Player Characters SCA Society for Creative Anachronism OOC Out-of-Character PvP Player versus Player RAW Rules As Written RAI Rules As Intended WotC Wizards of the Coast

# Character stats STR Strength INT Intelligence WIS Wisdom DEX Dexterity CON Constitution CHA Charisma CHR Charisma CHAR Charisma

# Game system terms AC Armor Class BAB Base Attack Bonus GP Gold Piece GPs Gold Pieces HD Hit Dice HDs Hit Dice HP Hit Point HPs Hit Points Lv Level Lvl Level LV Level LVL Level Ml Morale ML Morale Mv Movement Rate MV Movement Rate XP Experience Point XPs Experience Points Sv Save, saving throw SV Save, saving throw Att Attack THACO To Hit Armor Class 0 THAC0 To Hit Armor Class 0 AL Alignment TT Treasure type NA Number Appearing TotM Theater of the mind VTT Virtual tabletop vtt virtual tabletop


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