Frequently Used Acronyms
Acronym | Description | Usage | Details |
20K | Big Bang Bar, still in the box. | Joke. | The price isn't very funny, though. |
24 | 24 - The Pinball | ||
6M$M | Six Million Dollar Man | ||
6MDM | Six Million Dollar Man | ||
8B | Eight Ball | ||
8BD | Eight Ball Deluxe | ||
904 | 904 Pinball 'Zine | Magazine | Jacksonville, Florida's pinball 'zine. |
A13 | Apollo 13 | ||
AAB | Add-A-Ball | Location | |
AAB | Add-A-Ball | Tech | |
ACMAG | MAGnetic Accelerator | Tech | From Demolition Man. |
AFAIK | As Far As I Know | Forum | |
AFM | Attack from Mars | ||
AG | Alvin G. & Co. | Mfr | |
AGB | Al's Garage Band Goes On A World Tour | ||
AH3 | Amazon Hunt III | ||
AI | Artificial Intelligence | Tech | |
AIUI | As I Understand/Understood It | Forum | |
AKA | Also Known As | Forum | |
AMOA | Amusement and Music Operators Association | Group | |
AP | Austin Powers | ||
ASAP | As Soon As Possible | Forum | |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | Tech | |
ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit | Tech | WPC. |
ASSY | Assembly | Tech | |
B | Billion | Play | |
BAPA | Bay Area Pinball Association | Group | |
BB | Backbox | Tech | |
BB | Bang Back | Play | |
BB | Bone Busters | ||
BBB | Better Business Bureau | Forum | |
BBB | Big Bang Bar | ||
BBBB | Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball | ||
BBH | Big Buck Hunter | ||
BC | Bad Cats | ||
BD | Big Dick | Forum | 199?, Fabulous Fantasies. |
BDK | Batman - The Dark Knight | ||
BF | Batman Forever | ||
BFTK | Battle For The Kingdom | Play | From Medieval Madness. |
BG | Backglass | Tech | |
BG | Big Guns | ||
BH | Big Hurt | ||
BH | Black Hole | ||
BHHHC | Black Hole/Haunted House Club | Group | 1994 |
BHZA | Ben Heck's Zombie Adventureland | Video Pinball | |
BK | Black Knight | ||
BK2000 | Black Knight 2000 | ||
BK2K | Black Knight 2000 | ||
BLY | Bally | Mfr | |
BM | Batman | ||
BOP | The Machine: Bride of Pinbot | ||
BR | Banzai Run | ||
BR | Bike Race | ||
BRUSA | Big Race USA | Video Pinball | |
BS | Battle Simulation | Play | From Star Trek: The Next Generation. |
BS | BreakShot | ||
BSD | Bram Stoker's Dracula | ||
BSM | (Black Suit) Spider-Man | ||
BTTF | Back to the Future | ||
BW | Barb Wire | ||
BW | Baywatch | ||
BW100 | Black Water 100 | ||
C1812 | Class of 1812 | ||
CAB | Cabinet | Tech | |
CBW | Cue Ball Wizard | ||
CC | Cactus Canyon | ||
CC | Caribbean Cruise | ||
CFTBL | Creature From the Black Lagoon | ||
CH | Car Hop | ||
CH | Crocodile Hunter | Video Pinball | |
CJ | Cactus Jack's | ||
CLK | Clock | Tech | |
CMOS | Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor | Tech | |
CP | Champion Pub | ||
CP | Checkpoint | ||
CPU | Central Processing Unit | Tech | |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check | Tech | |
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube | Tech | |
CS | Checksum | Tech | |
CSI | CSI:Crime Scene Investigation | ||
CTS | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Tech | |
CV | Cirqus Voltaire | ||
D&D | Dungeons & Dragons | ||
DAC | Drop-A-Card | ||
DCS | Digital Compression System | Tech | WMS sound system. |
DD | Devil's Dare | ||
DD | Dr. Dude | ||
DE | Data East | Mfr | |
DE | Dinosaur Eggs | ||
DE2 | Dona Elvira 2 | ||
DH | Dirty Harry | ||
DK | Dark Knight (The) | ||
DM | Demolition Man | ||
DMD | Dot Matrix Display | Tech | |
DMM | Digital Multi-Meter | Tech | |
DOHO | Documented Occurence of Hidden Objects | Tech | Cows. Easter Eggs. Fun things that take observation to spot. |
DOHO | Hidden reference to Scott Slomiany's wife DOris HO | Forum | In-joke. |
DOS | Disk Operating System | Tech | |
DS | Death Save | Play | |
DS | Deathsave | Player | |
DSP | Digital Signal Processor | Tech | |
DT | Drop Target | Play | |
DVM | Digital Volt-Meter | Tech | |
DW | Deadly Weapon | ||
DW | Doctor Who | ||
EATPM | Elvira and the Party Monsters | ||
EB | Eight Ball | ||
EB | Extra Ball | Play | |
EBC | Eight Ball Champ | ||
EBD | Eight Ball Deluxe | ||
EBDLE | Eight Ball Deluxe - Limited Edition | ||
EBD-LE | Eight Ball Deluxe - Limited Edition | ||
EEPROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | Tech | |
EG | Exempli Gratia | Forum | for example |
EGM | Electronic Gaming Monthly | Magazine | |
EK | Evel Knievel | ||
EM | Electro-mechanical | Tech | Non-electronic. |
EOB | End-Of-Ball Bonus | Play | |
EOS | End-Of-Stroke | Tech | |
EOSS | End-Of-Stroke Switch | Tech | |
EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | Tech | |
ES | Earthshaker | ||
F14 | F14 Tomcat | ||
F-14 | F-14 Tomcat | ||
F2K | Flight 2000 | ||
F6 | Flip-VI | ||
FA | For Auction | Forum | |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Question or compilation thereof | Forum | |
FB | Fireball | ||
FB | NBA Fastbreak | ||
FF | Final Frontier | Play | From Star Trek: The Next Generation. |
FF | Flipper Football | ||
FG | Family Guy | ||
FG | Flash Gordon | ||
FGY | Family Guy | ||
FH | Funhouse | ||
FP | Firepower | ||
FP2 | Firepower II | ||
FPII | Firepower II | ||
FRANK | Frankenstein | ||
FREDDY | Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street | ||
FS | Flintstones | ||
FS | For Sale | Forum | |
FS | Future Spa | ||
FSPA | Free State Pinball Association | Group | |
FT | Fish Tales | ||
FT | For Trade | Forum | |
FWIW | For What It's Worth | Forum | |
FYI | For Your Information | Forum | |
G/P | Gottlieb/Premier (manufacturer) | Mfr | |
GB | Gigabyte | Tech | Also used in Johnny Mnemonic. |
GC | Golden Cue | ||
GC | Grand Champion | Play | |
GE | Goldeneye | ||
GI | General Illumination | Tech | |
GI | Gilligan's Island | ||
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format ((c) Compuserve) | Tech | |
GMJ | GameMaster's Journal (e-zine) | Magazine | E-Zine |
GNR | Guns N' Roses | ||
GP | Grand Prix | ||
GS | Game Show | ||
GTB | Gottlieb (manufacturer) | Mfr | |
GW | Gold Wings | ||
HD | Harley-Davidson | ||
HD | Harley-Davidson | ||
HD2 | Harley-Davidson 2nd Edition | ||
HD3 | Harley-Davidson 3rd Edition | ||
HH | Haunted House | ||
HH | Hollywood Heat | ||
HMM | Heavy Metal Meltdown | ||
HRC | High Roller Casino | ||
HS | High Score | Play | |
HS | High Speed | ||
HS2 | High Speed II: The Getaway | ||
HS2 | The Getaway: High Speed II | ||
HSII | High Speed II: The Getaway | ||
HSII | The Getaway: High Speed II | ||
HST | High Score Table | Play | |
HTH | Hope That Helps | Forum | |
HUO | Home Use Only | Tech | |
I5 | Indianapolis 500 | ||
I500 | Indianapolis 500 | ||
IANAL | I Am Not A Lawyer but... | Forum | |
IC | Integrated Circuit | Tech | |
ID4 | Independence Day | ||
IE | Id Est | Forum | that is |
IFPA | International Flipper Pinball Association | Group | |
IIRC | If I Recall Correctly | Forum | |
IJ | Indiana Jones | ||
IJ | Indiana Jones | ||
IJ4 | Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull | ||
IM | Io Moon | ||
IM | Iron Man | ||
IMHO | In My Humble Opinion | Forum | |
IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion | Forum | |
IMO | In My Opinion | Forum | |
INDY | Indiana Jones | ||
INDY | Indiana Jones | ||
INDY | Indianapolis 500 | ||
IPD | Internet Pinball Database | Website | |
IPDB | Internet Pinball Database | Website | |
IPP | Internet Pinball Project | Group | |
IR | Infra-red | Tech | |
IRC | Internet Relay Chat | Tech | |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number | Forum | |
JB | Jack*Bot | ||
JCA | James Cameron's Avatar | ||
JD | Judge Dredd | ||
JM | Johnny Mnemonic | ||
JP | Jackpot | Play | |
JP | Jurassic Park | ||
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | Tech | |
JY | Junk Yard | ||
K | Thousand | Tech | |
KB | Kilobyte | Tech | |
KK | King Kong | ||
KOS | Kings of Steel | ||
KP | Kingpin | ||
KWIMV | Know What I Mean, Vern? | Forum | |
LAH | Last Action Hero | ||
LAI | Leisure & Allied International | Mfr | |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | Tech | |
LE | Limited Edition | Tech | |
LED | Light Emitting Diode | Tech | |
LiS | Lost in Space | ||
LITZ | Lost In The Zone | Play | From TZ. |
LL | Lower Left | Tech | |
LOL | Laughing Out Loud | Forum | |
LOTR | Lord of the Rings | ||
LR | La Retata | ||
LR | Lower Right | Tech | |
LW | Lost World, The | ||
LW | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | ||
LW3 | Lethal Weapon 3 | ||
M | Million | Play | |
M90 | Mundial 90 | ||
MA | Mario Andretti | ||
MA | Mousin' Around | ||
MAV | Maverick | ||
MB | Megabyte | Tech | |
MB | Monster Bash | ||
MB | Multi-Ball | Play | |
MC | Mystery Castle | ||
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface | Tech | |
MJ | Michael Jordan | ||
MK | Mortal Kombat | Play | Also refers to MK2, MK3, and MK4. |
MM | Medieval Madness | ||
MM | Metal Man | ||
MNF | Monday Night Football | ||
MONO | Monopoly | ||
MPEG | Moving Pictures Experts Group | Tech | |
MPU | Main Processing Unit | Tech | |
MS | Magna-Save(TM) | Tech | |
MSF | Mary Shelly's Frankenstein | ||
MW | Mushroom World | ||
NASCAR | National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing | ||
NBAF | NBA Fastbreak | ||
NF | No Fear: Dangerous Sports | ||
NGG | No Good Gofers | ||
NIB | New In Box | Tech | Descriptive term |
NLA | No Longer Available | Forum | Descriptive term |
NM | Night Moves | ||
NNS | New New Stock | Tech | Remade parts |
NOS | New Old Stock | Tech | Original parts |
O1 | Orbitor 1 | ||
OEM | Original Equipment Manufact'r | Tech | Official parts |
OP | Operator | Forum | |
OT | Off Topic | Forum | |
OT | Operation: Thunder | ||
OTOH | On The Other Hand | Forum | |
OTT | Over the Top | Play | on EM's when you 'roll' the score |
P2K | Pinball 2000 | Tech | |
PAPA | Professional and Amateur Pinball Association | Group | |
PAPS | Pinball Arcade Preservation Society | Group | |
PATZ | Pinball at the 'Zoo | Event | Annual Pinball event held in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. |
PB | Pinbot | ||
PB | Playboy | ||
PB | Playboy | ||
PB2K | Pinball 2000 | Tech | |
PB35 | Playboy 35th Anniversary | ||
PC | Pinball Circus | ||
PCB | Printed Circuit Board | Tech | |
PF | Playfield | Tech | |
PF | Police Force | ||
PIA | Peripheral Interface Adapter | Tech | |
PITA | Pain in the Ass (Arse) | Play | Derogatory term |
PM | Pinball Magic | ||
POA | Path of Adventure | Play | From Williams Indiana Jones. |
POA | Pinball Owners Association (UK) | Group | |
POPEYE | Popeye Saves the Earth | ||
POS | Piece/Pile of sh*t | Used to describe the previous machine. | |
POS | Piece/Pile of sh*t | Used to describe Stern Pinball's Big Buck Hunter Pro. | |
POS | Piece/Pile of sh*t | Used to describe Stern Pinball's The Rolling Stones. | |
POS | Piece/Pile of sh*t | Tech | |
POTC | Pirates of the Caribbean | ||
POTO | Phantom of the Opera | ||
PP | Pistol Poker | ||
PP:TS | Pro Pinball: Timeshock! (video pin) | Video Pinball | |
PP:TW | Pro Pinball: The Web (video pin) | Video Pinball | |
PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory | Tech | |
PS | Pool Sharks | ||
PSTE | Popeye Saves the Earth | ||
PtC | Punchy the Clown | ||
PZ | Party Zone | ||
QA | Quality Assurance | Tech | |
QC | Quality Control | Tech | |
QMB | Quick Multi-Ball | Play | |
R&B | Rocky & Bullwinkle | ||
R911 | Rescue 911 | ||
RAM | Random Access Memory | Tech | |
RB | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | ||
RBION | Ripley's Believe It or Not | ||
RCT | Roller Coaster Tycoon | ||
RF | Royal Flush | ||
RFM | Revenge From Mars | ||
RG | Riverboat Gambler | ||
RG | Rollergames | ||
RGP | Rec.Games.Pinball | Group | |
RHPS | Rocky Horror Picture Show | Forum | |
RIOT | RAM/IO/Timer | Tech | |
RK | Road Kings | ||
ROI | Return on Investment | Tech | |
ROM | Read Only Memory | Tech | |
ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing | Forum | |
RPM | Revolutions Per Minute | Tech | |
RS | Road Show | ||
RS | Rolling Stones | ||
RS | Rolling Stones | ||
RTFM | Read the Freakin' Manual | Tech | |
RTU | Rule the Universe | Play | From Attack From Mars. |
SA | Shaq Attack | ||
SB | A.G. Soccer-Ball | ||
SC | Safe Cracker | ||
SCPA | Steel City Pinball Association | Group | |
SDTLO | Straight Down The Left Outlane | Play | |
SDTM | Straight Down The Middle | Play | |
SDTO | Straight Down The Outlane | Play | |
SDTRO | Straight Down The Right Outlane | Play | |
SF | Special Force | ||
SF2 | Street Fighter II | ||
SFII | Street Fighter II: Champion Edition | ||
SG | Stargate | ||
SH | Spy Hunter | ||
SI | Space Invaders | ||
SJ | Space Jam | ||
SJ | Super Jackpot | Play | |
SJP | Super Jackpot | Play | |
SLING | Slingshot | Tech | |
SM | Spider Man | ||
SM | Spider-Man | ||
SMB | Spider-Man (Black Suit) | ||
SMB | Super Mario Bros. | ||
SMB-MW | Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World | ||
SNES | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Computer Gaming | |
SnS | Surf 'n' Safari | ||
SOF | Swords Of Fury | ||
SOL | Short Of Luck | Play | |
SOL | Stroke of Luck | Play | From Attack From Mars. |
SOTS | Straight Out The Side | Play | |
SP | South Park | ||
SPL | Seattle Pinball League | Group | Formed 2009. |
SPP | Simpsons Pinball Party | ||
SS | Scared Stiff | ||
SS | Silver Slugger | ||
SS | Skill Shot | Magazine | Seattle's Pinball 'Zine. |
SS | Slingshot | Tech | |
SS | Solid State | Tech | |
SS | Space Shuttle | ||
SS | SuperSonic | Bally table. | |
SSO | Sharkey's Shootout | ||
SST | Starship Troopers | ||
SST | Starship Troopers | ||
ST | Star Trek | ||
ST | Star Trek | ||
STDE | Star Trek | ||
STDM | Dyslexic version of SDTM | Play | The lead programmer does this occasionally too. |
STTNG | Star Trek: The Next Generation | ||
SW | Star Wars | ||
SWE1 | Star Wars Episode 1 | ||
SWT | Star Wars Trilogy | ||
SX | Striker Xtreme | ||
T2 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | ||
T3 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | ||
TAF | The Addams Family | ||
TAFG | The Addams Family Special Collectors Edition | ||
TCFPA | Twin Cities Flipper Pin Association | Group | |
TF | Title Fight | ||
TF | Transformers | ||
TFTC | Tales from the Crypt | ||
TI | Tropic Isle (Gottlieb 1962) | ||
TIA | Thanks In Advance | Forum | |
TLA | Three Letter Acronym | Forum | |
TM | Time Machine | ||
TM | TradeMark | Forum | |
TM:BOP | The Machine: Bride of Pinbot | ||
TMNT | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | ||
TO | Tee'd Off | ||
TOM | Theatre of Magic | ||
ToPL | Toronto Pinball Association | Group | |
TOTAN | Tales of the Arabian Nights | ||
TP | Test Point | Tech | |
TPW | Tommy Pinball Wizard | ||
TRPA | Three Rivers Pinball Association | Group | |
TRS | The Rolling Stones | ||
TS | Pro Pinball: Timeshock! (video pin) | Video Pinball | |
TS | The Shadow | ||
TS | The Simpsons | ||
TS | The Sopranos | ||
TSPP | The Simpsons Pinball Party | ||
TTFN | Ta-Ta For Now | Forum | |
TTL | Transistor-Transistor Logic | Tech | |
TTM | Tour The Mansion | Play | From Addams Family. |
TTR | Transporter - The Rescue | ||
TZ | Twilight Zone | ||
UL | Upper Left | Tech | |
UR | Upper Right | Tech | |
USAF | U.S.A. Football | ||
VA | Vacation America | ||
VAPS | Video Arcade Preservation Society | Group | |
VBAT | Battery Voltage | Tech | |
VDC | Volts Direct Current | Tech | |
VFD | Vacuum Fluorescent Display | Tech | |
VGA | Video Graphics Array (or Video Gate Array) | Tech | |
VJ | Vacation Jackpot | Play | From White Water. |
VM | Video Mode | Play | |
VND | Viper Night Driving | ||
VPF | Visual Pinball Forums | Group | Pinball forum dedicated to the Visual Pinball program. |
VUK | Vertical Up Kicker | Tech | |
W/L | When Lit | Play | |
W?D | Who ? Dunnit | ||
WC | World Cup '90 | ||
WChS | World Championship Soccer (Gottlieb) | ||
WCS | World Championship Soccer | ||
WCS | World Cup Soccer | ||
WCS94 | World Cup Soccer | ||
WD | Who ? Dunnit | ||
WH2O | White Water | ||
WMS | Williams | Mfr | Now WMS Gaming. |
WO | Wipeout | ||
WOF | Wheel Of Fortune | ||
WOW | Term for added (extra) ball in add-a-ball games | Play | |
WOZ | Wizard of Oz | ||
WPC | Williams Pinball Controller | Tech | |
WPT | World Poker Tour | ||
WSC | World Soccer Challenge | ||
WTB | Want To Buy | Forum | |
WTB | Wanted To Buy | Forum | |
WTD | Wanted | Forum | |
WTS | Want To Sell | Forum | |
WTT | Want To Trade | Forum | |
WTT | Wanted To Trade | Forum | |
WW | Waterworld | ||
WW | Whirlwind | ||
WW | White Water | ||
WW | Whitewood | Tech | |
WWF | World Wrestling Federation: Royal Rumble | ||
WWW | World Wide Web | Tech | |
XB | eXtra Ball | Play | |
XF | X Files |