Abbrevations or Terms

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Non-recognized Terms

Knowing about non-common sense is much more important than having common sense. This section is much more important than the section about recognized terms. Avoid using these terms or phrases, or add sufficient elaboration on them.

Term	Problem
Not working	There are myriad ways of "not working". Is it a crash? Any error messages? Simply did nothing? What did you expect it to do? What is the outcome now? Give information please. Simply saying "not working" doesn't explain anything.

Recognized Terms

Term	Meaning(s)	Example/Note/Reference
AI	Artificial intelligence (for living non-player entities)	There's still a problem with the villager AI. They don't know how to locate doors.
API	Application programming interface	They finally made a documentation for their API.
CI	Continuous integration	Does that repository have CI enabled?
CS	ClearSky	CS came a month after Genisys, the second deriative of PocketMine, was released.
DB	Database	How many tables are in the DB?
DDoS	Distributed denial-of-service attack	He launched a DDoS attack on our server today, but we were able to mitigate it.
Dedi	Dedicated server	I can't host a server on my PC anymore, we need to get a Dedi.
Dev	Developer/Develop/Development	Looking for plugin devs. Your question isn't related to a plugin dev.
Dev	"Deviation" as in standard deviation	An SQL database facilitates the calculation of the stddev of your player's online time.
Doc/Docs	Documentation	Your plugin needs better docs to enable more devs to add support for it.
DoS	Denial-of-service attack	She threatened them with a DoS attack.
Dup	Duplication	This thread is a dup. Please google it.
Fork	A GitHub fork	Please refer to GitHub user documentation -- Fork a repo
Fork	A PocketMine derivative	Although @Intyre kept emphasizing that these PocketMine derivatives aren't really GitHub forks, the term "PocketMine forks" is already too commonly used like a cancer in the community, like the HTTP "Referer" header.
FPS	Frames per second	60 FPS is optimal for PC games.
FTP	File Transfer Protocol	Please download the file from the FTP server.
FTP/FTxP	FloatingTextParticle	How do you spawn an FTxP?
GC	Garbage collection (a form of automatic memory management)	Java takes care of GC on its own.
Hack	Usage of mods to exploit servers	I need an anti-hack plugin.
Hack	(Specification recommended) General act of programming to solve difficult problems	They entered the annual Hackathon.
Hack	(Specification recommended) Attack on a computer system	Hack into your clients and install the authentication app on them!
ID	An (usually) unique identifier of any data types, including integers, strings or even objects	You can create a new stdClass as a unique ID and compare them using the === operator.
IDE	Integrated development environment (application that helps developers write code)	Which IDE do you use?
IM	ImagicalMine	IM was the first PocketMine derivative that threatened the community's survival.
IP	Internet Protocol address	Do you know his IP address?
IRC	Internet Relay Chat	Though the forums may seem empty, plenty of users hang out at the IRC.
LAN	Local area network (the devices connected to your router)	If not port-forwarded, the server will only be visible on your LAN.
MCPE/MPE	Minecraft: Pocket Edition	There's been so many updates for MCPE recently.
MOTD	Message of the day (message displayed to players in the server list)	Can you see our MOTD?
NBT	Named Binary Tag, a data serialization standard used by Minecraft; also a library class in PocketMine	The NBT file is corrupted. Probably some bugs with the NBT class in PocketMine.
NPC	Non-player characters: An in-game character with a human-like AI	The NPC villager lives in an NPC village.
NPC	A dummy human	The plugin Slapper by @jojoe77777, which allows management of NPCs, was named after the SlapIt plugin by @LegendOfMCPE.
OP	Operator (someone with special privileges on a Minecraft server)	May I have OP?
OP	Original Post/Original poster	The OP didn't give sufficient information to solve the problem.
Perm	Permission	They messed up the perms in the plugin.
PHP	PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (the language PocketMine is written in)	Why was this written in PHP?
PM	PocketMine (project name), Private Messaging	Does she still write PM plugins?
PR	Pull request (on GitHub)	Did he merge the PR yet?
Pseudocode	Code that is not meant to be run	Please refer to Code Environment: Example code/Pseudocode
RCON	Remote console	Does that server have RCON enabled?
SQL	Structured Query Language	Does their back-end use an SQL database?
SSH	Secure socket shell	You can remotely connect to a computer using SSH.
Sync	Synchronize	How to sync the SimpleAuth data between two servers?
in Sync	Synchronous	All functions related to the PocketMine server instance should be run in sync.
Sync	Synchronized	Please refer to Threaded::synchronized
TPS	Ticks per second (indicates how many times a second things are updating)	The lower your TPS, the slower your server will be.
Trigo	Trigonometry/Trigonometric functions	This feature may involve some trigo trouble.
VPN	Virtual private network	Are those players behind the same VPN?
VPS	Virtual private server	How much does it cost for a VPS?