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* '''GAGS''' = [[GAGS|Generic Adventure Game System]] | * '''GAGS''' = [[GAGS|Generic Adventure Game System]] | ||
* '''GTV''' = [[Guess-the-verb|Guess The Verb]] | * '''GTV''' = [[Guess-the-verb|Guess The Verb]] | ||
* '''GUE''' = [[Great Underground Empire]] | |||
* '''H2G2''' = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' | * '''H2G2''' = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' | ||
* '''IBG''' = ''[[The Inform Beginner's Guide]]'', by [[Roger Firth]] and [[Sonja Kesserich]] | * '''IBG''' = ''[[The Inform Beginner's Guide]]'', by [[Roger Firth]] and [[Sonja Kesserich]] | ||
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* '''MUD''' = [[MUDs and MOOs|Multi-User Dungeon]] | * '''MUD''' = [[MUDs and MOOs|Multi-User Dungeon]] | ||
* '''NI''' = [[Natural Inform]] | * '''NI''' = [[Natural Inform]] | ||
* ''' | * '''NLP''' = [[Natural language programming]] | ||
* '''NPC''' = [[NPC|Non-Player Character]] | * '''NPC''' = [[NPC|Non-Player Character]] | ||
* '''NXI''' = [[NXI|Node-X Interpreter]] | * '''NXI''' = [[NXI|Node-X Interpreter]] | ||
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* '''PAWS''' = [[PAW|Professional Adventure Writing System]] | * '''PAWS''' = [[PAW|Professional Adventure Writing System]] | ||
* '''PC''' = [[PC|Player Character]] | * '''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]]'' | * '''PUTPBAD''' = ''[[Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die]]'' | ||
* '''r*if''' = refers to both '''raif''' and '''rgif''' | * '''r*if''' = refers to both '''raif''' and '''rgif''' | ||
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* '''STAC''' = [[STAC|ST Adventure Creator]] | * '''STAC''' = [[STAC|ST Adventure Creator]] | ||
* '''SUDS''' = [[SUDS|Single-User Dungeon System]] | * '''SUDS''' = [[SUDS|Single-User Dungeon System]] | ||
* '''T.A.B.''' = [[ThinBASIC Adventure Builder]] | |||
* '''TADS''' = [[TADS|Text Adventure Development System]] | * '''TADS''' = [[TADS|Text Adventure Development System]] | ||
* '''T.A.G.''' = [[T.A.G.|Text-Adventure-Generator]] | * '''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]] | * '''ZIL''' = [[ZIL|Zork Implementation Language]] | ||
* '''ZIP''' = [[ZIP|Zork Interpreter Program]] | * '''ZIP''' = [[ZIP|Zork Interpreter Program]] | ||
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* '''I''' = inventory | * '''I''' = inventory | ||
* '''L''' = look | * '''L''' = look | ||
* '''N''' = north | * '''N''' = north (or no, when in context) | ||
* '''NE''' = northeast | * '''NE''' = northeast | ||
* '''NW''' = northwest | * '''NW''' = northwest | ||
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* '''A''' = ask about, or aft | * '''A''' = ask about, or aft | ||
* '''F''' = fore | * '''B''' = back | ||
* '''F''' = fore, or forward | |||
* '''P''' = port | * '''P''' = port | ||
* '''SB''' = starboard | * '''SB''' = starboard | ||
* '''T''' = talk to | * '''T''' = talk to, or tell about, or topics | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:42, 1 March 2011
A list of some abbreviations and acronyms used in articles about interactive fiction:
- AAS = Advanced Authoring System
- ABNO = A Bear's Night Out
- ACE = Adventure Creation Environment
- ADRIFT = Adventure Development & Runner Interactive Fiction Toolkit
- AGT = Adventure Game Toolkit
- AIF = Adult Interactive Fiction
- ALAN = Adventure LANguage
- AMFV = A Mind Forever Voyaging
- BTZ = Better Than Zork
- CAAD = Club de Aventuras AD
- C.A.T. = Creative Adventure Toolkit
- CBN = Clueless Bob Newbie
- CRPG = Computer Role-Playing Game
- CYOA = Choose Your Own Adventure
- DM4 = The Inform Designer's Manual, Fourth Edition, by Graham Nelson
- ELO = Electronic Literature Organization
- GAC = Graphic Adventure Creator
- GAGS = Generic Adventure Game System
- GTV = Guess The Verb
- GUE = Great Underground Empire
- H2G2 = The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- IBG = The Inform Beginner's Guide, by Roger Firth and Sonja Kesserich
- IF = Interactive Fiction
- IFML = Interactive Fiction Markup Language
- JACL = JACL Adventure Creation Language
- LGOP = Leather Goddesses of Phobos
- M.A.C. = Mystery Adventure Creator
- MDL = MIT Design Language
- MUD = Multi-User Dungeon
- NI = Natural Inform
- NLP = Natural language programming
- NPC = Non-Player Character
- NXI = Node-X Interpreter
- ORGC = One Room Game Competition
- PAW = Professional Adventure Writer
- PAWS = Professional Adventure Writing System
- 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 = Rapid Adventure Game System
- raif = rec.arts.int-fiction
- RAP = Reactive Agent Planner
- rgif = rec.games.int-fiction
- RPG = Role-Playing Game
- SPAC = Sociedad para la Preservación de las Aventuras Conversacionales
- SPAG = Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games
- STAC = ST Adventure Creator
- SUDS = Single-User Dungeon System
- T.A.B. = ThinBASIC Adventure Builder
- TADS = Text Adventure Development System
- T.A.G. = Text-Adventure-Generator
- TDS = The Dominant Species, an ADRIFT author.
- WIP = Work In Progress
- WNIP = Work Not In Progress
- ZIL = Zork Implementation Language
- ZIP = Zork Interpreter Program
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: