Gamer dictionary

From Wiki4Games

This page lists definitions and acronyms that are useful to know in the gaming area, but which don't don't require to have their own page.

Contents 1 A 2 C 3 D 4 E 5 F 6 G 7 H 8 L 9 M 10 P 11 Q 12 R 13 S 14 T 15 U 16 V 17 W

[edit] A

• AFK: away from keyboard.
• AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a computer processor brand)

[edit] C

• CPU: central processing unit (computer processor)
• CTF: capture the flag (gameplay mode)
• CC: Clan chat

[edit] D

• DM: deathmatch (gameplay mode)

[edit] E

• ETA (or ETOA): estimated time of arrival
• EULA: end-user license agreement

[edit] F

• F2P: free-to-play
• FPS:
  • first-person shooter
  • frames per second
• FTP:
  • file transfer protocol
  • free-to-play

[edit] G

• Game engine: software system designed for the creation and development of video games
• GB: gigabyte (= 1,000 MB = 1,000,000,000 bytes)
• GiB: gibibyte (= 1,024 MiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes)
• GPU: graphics processing unit (usually the graphic card processor)
• GUI: graphical user interface

[edit] H

• HD:
  • hard disk/drive
  • high definition
• HP: hit/health point
• HTTP: hypertext transfer protocol

[edit] L

• LAN: local area network
• LMS: last man standing (gameplay mode where the last player alive wins the match)

[edit] M

• MB: megabyte (= 1,000 KB = 1,000,000 bytes)
• MiB: mebibyte (= 1,024 KiB = 1,048,576 bytes)
• MMO (or MMOG): massively multiplayer online game
• MMORPG: massively multiplayer online role-playing game

[edit] P

• P2P:
  • peer-to-peer
  • pay-to-play

[edit] Q

• Q[1, 2, 3 or 4] [year]: [first/second/third/last] quarter of [year]

[edit] R

• RAM: random access memory
• ROM: read-only memory
• RPG: role-playing game
• RTS: real-time strategy

[edit] S

• SSD: solid-state drive (a very fast kind of hard drive)

[edit] T

• T&L: transform & lighting (some graphic card technology)
• TB: terabyte (= 10¹² bytes)
• TiB: tebibyte (= 2⁴⁰ bytes = 1,024 GiB)
• TBA: to be announced
• TBD: to be determined
• TBR: to be released
• TCP/IP: transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• TDM: team deathmatch (gameplay mode)
• TPS: third-person shooter
• Trainer: see trainer

[edit] U

• UDP: user datagram protocol, faster and more efficient than TCP, but without any guarantee of reliability or ordering
• Unlocker: see unlocker

[edit] V

• VRAM: video RAM

[edit] W

• WLAN: wireless local area network