From: Otto Heuer #3 <ottoh3@cfsmo.honeywell.com>
Subject: FAQL: ACRONYMS USED IN THE REC.ARTS.STARTREK.* NEWSGROUPS
To: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Posted-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 00: 04:58 -0500
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:04:58 GMT
Received-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 00: 04:18 CDT


       LIST OF ACRONYMS USED IN THE REC.ARTS.STARTREK.* NEWSGROUPS
			  (last updated 5/18/92)

This is a list of  acronyms used  in the  rec.arts.stertrek.* newsgroups to
avoid having to type  out often-used  longish words.   Please  refer to the
"LIST OF PERIODIC POSINGS TO r.a.s.* NEWSGROUPS" article for a full list of
periodic postings.

===========================================================================

			     A C R O N Y M S

1) ===== THE SERIES

   TAS     = The Animated Series 
   TOS     = The Original Series (or The Old Series)
   TNG     = The Next Generation
   TCS     = The Cartoon Series/The Comics Series
   TFS     = The Film Series
   DS9,DSN = Deep Space Nine

2) ===== THE MOVIES

   TMP     = The Motion Picture (ST1)
   TWoK    = The Wrath of Khan (ST2)
   TSfS    = The Search for Spock (ST3)
   TVH     = The Voyage Home (ST4)
   TFF     = The Final Frontier (ST5)
   TUC     = The Undiscovered Country (ST6)

3) ===== PEOPLE

   GR      = Gene Roddenberry
   RA      = Richard Arnold
   TPTB    = The Powers That Be (usually referring to GR or Paramount)
   Bjo     = Bjo "Bee-joe" Trimble, author of Concordance
   JTK     = James T. Kirk
   The Great Bird = Gene Roddenberry has been known as "The Great Bird of
             the Galaxy" as an in-joke from the cast of TOS ever since a
             line Sulu said to Janice Rand in "The Man Trap" ("You're the
             great bird of the galaxy.")  It has also been referenced in
             TNG's "The Naked Now".  When Data was looking through records,
             we see a parrot with Roddenberry's face and a StarFleet shirt.
             "Conspiracy" may have had the same picture when Data was
             searching StarFleet orders.

4) ===== SHIPS

   NCC     = Naval Construction Contract
   USS     = United Space Ship
   BoP     = The Romulan (and Klingon) Bird of Prey vessel
   The Big E = The Enterprise

5) ===== SPEEDS

   WF      = Warp Factor
   c       = The speed of light (186,000 miles/sec (300,000 km/sec))
   FTL     = Faster than Light (warp speeds)

6) ===== PLACES

   KHP     = Klingon Home Planet (since TPTB refuse to give it a name)
   RNZ     = Romulan Neutral Zone
   SFC     = Star Fleet Command
   SFA     = Star Fleet Academy
   UFP     = United Federation of Planets
   SF      = Star Fleet or Science Fiction (depending on context)

7) ===== GAMES

   SFB     = Star Fleet Battles
   SFU     = Star Fleet Universe
   FASA    = Fredonianian Aviation and Space Administration
             or Fantasimulations Associates
             (both of these come from the people at FASA)
   TFG     = Task Force Games (company that puts out SFB)
   ADB     = Amarillo Design Bureau (company that created SFB)
   ST-RPG  = Star Trek Role Play Game (FASA)

8) ===== GENERAL (NOT ONLY R.A.S.*) ACRONYMS

   IMHO    = In My Humble Opinion
   RFU     = Reserved for Future Use
   FYI     = For Your Information

If you see other acronyms (and are relatively new to UseNet),  refer to the
"often asked  questions  for  new  users"  file in  the news.newusers group
(where you'll also find articles on nettiquette that will save  you lots of
grief (like keeping signature lines to a minimum)).

9) ===== MISC

   VISOR   = Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement
   IDIC    = Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations  (Vulcan Credo)
             aka Philosophy of Nome
   LLaP    = Live Long and Prosper
   YATI    = Yet Another Trek Inconsistency/Yet Another Technical Inconsistency
   UESPA   = United Earth Space Probe Agency
   FX, SFX = (special) Effects
   ILM     = Industrial Light and Magic
   K/S     = Generally refers to the "liberal" writing style of some of 
             the less-accepted Trek books and fanzines dealing with Kirk 
             and Spock being "more than close friends".

10) ===== WORDS

teaser     = the short scene that comes before the opening credits.
trailer    = previews (commercials) for the next EXCITING episode.

retcon     = to declare that something never happened (like Kirk's 
             middle initial being "R"). Short for RETroactive CONtinuity.
canon      = what Roddenberry/Paramount decides is "real" Trek. Gene has 
             already declared every novel (including the one(s) he 
             wrote) to be non-canon.

Trekkie    = A groupie fan.  Someone who wears Spock ears and thinks that
             makes them important.  Asks questions like "what did you have
             for breakfast on the Tuesday when you shot scene 46a of
             episode 5?"  The most die-hard fan, who lives, eats, and
             breathes Star Trek.  Term originated in the late 1960s when it
             meant "any fan of Star Trek".  This has actually made it into
             the dictionary according to Leonard Nimoy, who suggested that
             they change the entry to "Trekker", a more acceptable term
             these days.

Trekker    = A fan who is interested in the show and the idea of Star Trek,
             but doesn't let it interfere with his/her life.  This is
             apparently being added to an upcoming edition of Webster's
             Dictionary.  Term came into popularity in the 1970s when the
             press gave "Trekkie" a bad name.

trekker    = (with a small "t") A person who travels vast distances.

Trekologist= A fan who enjoys collecting Star Trek technical literature and
             trying to logically and rationally explain continuity errors
             in the show.

Treknician = A fan who enjoys collecting data (and debating with others) on
             the technical aspect of Star Trek (warp technology,
             transporter technology, shields, etc.).

Episode names are commonly referred to by acronym; most are  fairly easy to
figure out (EaF for "Encounter at Farpoint", etc.).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you know of any other topics that should be included in this list, feel
free to email me at one of the addresses below.

		--Otto "HACK-MAN" Heuer
 _____  _________  _                         _____   _____   _____   _____ 
|  ___||  _______|| | Otto E. Heuer, CEO    ||___|| |_   _| |_   _| ||___||
| |__  | |___  ___| | FSD, Inc.             |  o  |   | |     | |   |  o  |
|  __| |___  ||  _  | "The innovator for    |__O__|   |_|     |_|   |__O__|
| | _______| || |_| | software solutions."            C, Pascal, Fortran, BASIC
|_||_________||_____|         Assembly Language, Snobol, Ada, APL, Prolog, LISP
Unix, MS-DOS, ProDOS       .  .   .   .... .  .   .   .   .   .   . Audio/Video
ottoh@cfsmo.honeywell.com  :..: .:.:. :    :.' .. :`.': .:.:. :`. :   Star Trek
hackman@pnet51.orb.mn.org  :  : :   : :... : `.   :   : :   : :  `:  Apple IIgs
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc