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A list of some abbreviations used in articles about interactive fiction:
A list of some abbreviations and acronyms used in articles about interactive fiction:


* [[AAS]] = Advanced Authoring System
* '''AAS''' = [[AAS|Advanced Authoring System]]
* [[ADRIFT]] =  
* '''ABNO''' = ''[[A Bear's Night Out]]''
* [[AGT]] = Adventure Game Toolkit
* '''ACE''' = [[Adventure Creation Environment]]
* [[AIF]] = Adult Interactive Fiction
* '''ADRIFT''' = [[ADRIFT|Adventure Development & Runner Interactive Fiction Toolkit]]
* AMFV = ''[[A Mind Forever Voyaging]]''
* '''AGT''' = [[AGT|Adventure Game Toolkit]]
* [[BTZ]] = Better Than Zork
* '''AIF''' = [[AIF|Adult Interactive Fiction]]
* C.A.T. = [[Creative Adventure Toolkit]]
* '''ALAN''' = [[Alan|Adventure LANguage]]
* [[CRPG]] = Computer Role-Playing Game
* '''AMFV''' = ''[[A Mind Forever Voyaging]]''
* [[CYOA]] = Choose Your Own Adventure
* '''BTZ''' = [[BTZ|Better Than Zork]]
* [[DM4]] = Inform Design Manual version 4
* '''CAAD''' = [[CAAD|Club de Aventuras AD]]
* [[GAGS]] = Generic Adventure Game System
* '''C.A.T.''' = [[Creative Adventure Toolkit]]
* IF = [[interactive fiction|Interactive Fiction]]
* '''CBN''' = [[Clueless Bob Newbie]]
* [[IFML]] = Interactive Fiction Markup Language
* '''CRPG''' = [[CRPG|Computer Role-Playing Game]]
* [[JACL]] = JACL Adventure Creation Language
* '''CYOA''' = [[CYOA|Choose Your Own Adventure]]
* LGOP = ''[[Leather Goddesses of Phobos]]''
* '''DM4''' = ''[[The Inform Designer's Manual]]'', Fourth Edition, by [[Graham Nelson]]
* [[M.A.C.]] =
* '''ELO''' = [[Electronic Literature Organization]]
* [[MDL]] = MIT Design Language
* '''GAC''' = [[Graphic Adventure Creator]]
* [[MUDs and MOOs|MUD]] = Multi-User Dungeon
* '''GAGS''' = [[GAGS|Generic Adventure Game System]]
* [[NPC]] = Non-Player Character
* '''GTV''' = [[Guess-the-verb|Guess The Verb]]
* [[PC]] = Player Character
* '''GUE''' = [[Great Underground Empire]]
* r*if = refers to both rec.arts.int-fiction and rec.games.int-fiction.
* '''H2G2''' = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''
* raif = rec.arts.int-fiction
* '''IBG''' = ''[[The Inform Beginner's Guide]]'', by [[Roger Firth]] and [[Sonja Kesserich]]
* rgif = rec.games.int-fiction
* '''IF''' = [[interactive fiction|Interactive Fiction]]
* [[RPG]] = Role-Playing Game
* '''IFML''' = [[IFML|Interactive Fiction Markup Language]]
* [[SPAG]] = Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games
* '''JACL''' = [[JACL|JACL Adventure Creation Language]]
* [[SUDS]] =
* '''LGOP''' = ''[[Leather Goddesses of Phobos]]''
* [[TADS]] = Text Adventure Development System
* '''M.A.C.''' = [[M.A.C.|Mystery Adventure Creator]]
* [[T.A.G.]] = Text-Adventure-Generator
* '''MDL''' = [[MDL|MIT Design Language]]
* [[ZIL]] = Zork Implementation Language
* '''MUD''' = [[MUDs and MOOs|Multi-User Dungeon]]
* '''NI''' = [[Natural Inform]]
* '''NLP''' = [[Natural language programming]]
* '''NPC''' = [[NPC|Non-Player Character]]
* '''NXI''' = [[NXI|Node-X Interpreter]]
* '''ORGC''' = [[One Room Game Competition]]
* '''PAW''' = [[PAW|Professional Adventure Writer]]
* '''PAWS''' = [[PAW|Professional Adventure Writing System]]
* '''PC''' = [[PC|Player Character]]
* '''PRIF''' or '''PR-IF''' = [[People's Republic of Interactive Fiction]], a Boston group.
* '''PUTPBAD''' = ''[[Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die]]''
* '''r*if''' = refers to both '''raif''' and '''rgif'''
* '''RAGS''' = [[R.A.G.S.|Rapid Adventure Game System]]
* '''raif''' = [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction rec.arts.int-fiction]
* '''RAP''' = [[Reactive Agent Planner]]
* '''rgif''' = [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction rec.games.int-fiction]
* '''RPG''' = [[RPG|Role-Playing Game]]
* '''SPAC''' = [[SPAC|Sociedad para la Preservación de las Aventuras Conversacionales]]
* '''SPAG''' = [[SPAG|Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games]]
* '''STAC''' = [[STAC|ST Adventure Creator]]
* '''SUDS''' = [[SUDS|Single-User Dungeon System]]
* '''T.A.B.''' = [[ThinBASIC Adventure Builder]]
* '''TADS''' = [[TADS|Text Adventure Development System]]
* '''T.A.G.''' = [[T.A.G.|Text-Adventure-Generator]]
* '''TDS''' = [[The Dominant Species]], an [[ADRIFT]] author.
* '''WIP''' = [[Work in progress|Work In Progress]]
* '''WNIP''' = [[Work in progress|Work Not In Progress]]
* '''ZIL''' = [[ZIL|Zork Implementation Language]]
* '''ZIP''' = [[ZIP|Zork Interpreter Program]]


Abbreviations understood by most modern [[interpreter]]s of interactive fiction:
Abbreviations understood by most modern [[interpreter]]s of interactive fiction:


* D = down
* '''D''' = down
* G = again
* '''E''' = east
* I = inventory
* '''G''' = again
* L = look
* '''I''' = inventory
* N = north
* '''L''' = look
* NE = northeast
* '''N''' = north (or no, when in context)
* NW = northwest
* '''NE''' = northeast
* O = oops
* '''NW''' = northwest
* Q = quit
* '''O''' = oops
* S = south
* '''Q''' = quit
* SE = southeast
* '''S''' = south
* SW = southwest
* '''SE''' = southeast
* U = up
* '''SW''' = southwest
* W = west
* '''U''' = up
* X = examine
* '''W''' = west
* Y = yes
* '''X''' = examine
* Z = wait
* '''Y''' = yes
* '''Z''' = wait


Uncommonly understood abbreviations:
Uncommonly understood abbreviations:


* A = ask about
* '''A''' = ask about, or aft
* T = talk to  
* '''B''' = back
* '''F''' = fore, or forward
* '''P''' = port
* '''SB''' = starboard
* '''T''' = talk to, or tell about, or topics


[[Category:Glossary]]
See also:
* [[List of file extensions]]
 
[[Category:Glossary| Abbreviations]] [[Category:Lists]]

Latest revision as of 03:42, 1 March 2011

A list of some abbreviations and acronyms used in articles about interactive fiction:

Abbreviations understood by most modern interpreters of interactive fiction:

  • D = down
  • E = east
  • G = again
  • I = inventory
  • L = look
  • N = north (or no, when in context)
  • NE = northeast
  • NW = northwest
  • O = oops
  • Q = quit
  • S = south
  • SE = southeast
  • SW = southwest
  • U = up
  • W = west
  • X = examine
  • Y = yes
  • Z = wait

Uncommonly understood abbreviations:

  • A = ask about, or aft
  • B = back
  • F = fore, or forward
  • P = port
  • SB = starboard
  • T = talk to, or tell about, or topics

See also:

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