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 |