Glossary of common terms used on malsingmaps.com

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This is a glossary of commonly used abbreviations and GPS acronyms. See Glossary Index for Malsingmaps forum for useful threads and links.

Contents 1 Commonly used abbreviations in forum 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I 1.10 J 1.11 K 1.12 L 1.13 M 1.14 N 1.15 O 1.16 P 1.17 Q 1.18 R 1.19 S 1.20 T 1.21 U 1.22 V 1.23 W 1.24 X 1.25 Y 1.26 Z 2 Acronyms common in GPS 3 See also 4 Forum thread

Commonly used abbreviations in forum

A

1. AFAIK - As Far As I Know

B

1. BH - Better Half [1]
2. BT - Bluetooth
3. BTW - By The Way [2]

C

D

E

1. EC-R - East Coast Peninsular Malaysia Routable Map

F

1. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
2. FYA - For Your Action
3. FYI - For Your Information

G

1. GDB - Garmin Data Base - Garmin Mapsource main format for storing waypoints, tracks, routes etc [3].
2. GG - Geeks Gathering; GPS Geeks; Garmin GPSr; Goondus Gettogether
3. GND - Girl Next Door - usually a nubile hottie
4. GPI - Garmin Points of Interest - Garmin POI Loader main format, supported by newer Garmin GPSr software [4].

H

I

1. IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
2. IIANM - If I Am Not Mistaken - i.e. a caveat when speaking without knowing the full facts :)
3. IMHO - In My Humble Opinion - same as "IMO" but with more finesse
4. IMO - In My Opinion - synonymous with "tembak" i.e. shooting from the hip

J

1. JOH-R - Johor Routable Map

K

1. KL-R - KL-Routable Map

L

1. LOL - Laugh Out Loud
2. LOR - Lock On Road

M

1. MNS-R - Melaka, Negeri Sembilan Routable Map
2. MSM - Malsingmaps

N

1. NPM-R - North Peninsular Malaysia Routable Map

O

1. OTOH - On The Other Hand

P

1. PM - Private Message
2. POI - Point of Interest
3. PPC - Pocket PC
4. PRK-R - Perak Routable Map

Q

R

1. RTFA - Read The Freaking Article (polite form) [5]
2. RTFM - Read The Fine Manual or Read The Freakinging Manual (polite form) [6]

S

1. SBH-R - Sabah Routable Map
2. SG-R - Singapore Routable Map
3. SO - Significant Other
4. SWK-R - Sarawak Routable Map
5. SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
6. SWAMBO - She Who Absolutely Must Be Obeyed
7. SYT - Sweet Young Thing

T

1. TFA - The Freaking Article (polite form)

U

V

W

1. WPT - Waypoint

X

Y

Z

Acronyms common in GPS

1. C/A - Coarse Acquisition
2. DGPS - Differential GPS [7]
3. EGNOS - European Geostationary Overlay System [8]
4. EPE - Estimated Position Error [9]
5. ESA - European Space Agency [10]
6. ESTB - EGNOS Satellite Test Bed [11]
7. Galileo - EU global positioning system project [12]
8. GEO - Geostationary Earth Orbit
9. GLONASS - Global Navigation Satellite System (Russian)[13]
10. GPS - Global Positioning System [14]
11. GPSr - GPS Receiver - big toy for big boys
12. L1 - L1 GPS frequency (1575.42 MHz)[15]
13. L2 - L2 GPS frequency (1227.60 MHz)[16]
14. LAAS - Local Area Augmentation System [17]
15. LEO - Low Earth Orbit [18]
16. MSAS - Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation System [19]
17. RIMS - Ranging and Integrity Monitor Stations
18. SA - Selective Availability [20]
19. SBAS - Satellite Based Augmentation System [21]
20. TTFF - Time To First Fix
21. WAAS - Wide Area Augmentation System [22]
22. WGS-84 - World Geodetic System 1984 [23]
23. WMS - WAAS Master Station
24. WRS - Wide Area Reference Stations

See also

• Glossary Index for Malsingmaps forum of useful threads and links.
• Draft Klang Valley Map Standards for abbreviations used for names of roads and POIs in our maps.

Forum thread

• List of abbreviation found in Malsingmap (MPM)