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AcronymMeaning
AIM AOL Instant Messanger, a popular instant messaging program.
CE Current Events, one of the GameFAQs social message boards.
EUC An encoding standard for displaying Japanese text. Most web browsers can display Japanese text incoded in this manner.
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s). Originally designated as a list of questions and answers on a specific topic, it has evolved to mean almost any online help file.
FPS Frames Per Second, which is a measure of how fast a video screen is refreshed. Most 3D games run at least 25 frames per second for smooth motion, and 60 frames per second (50 in PAL) is the fastest a normal television can display.
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First Person Shooter, a game type typified by a first-person view. Doom, Quake, Unreal, Perfect Dark, and Halo are all First Person Shooters.
GCN Nintendo's official abbrevation (as well as the one used on GameFAQs) for the GameCube.
JIS A GameFAQs abbreviation for "Shift-JIS", an encoding standard for displaying Japanese text. Most web browsers can display Japanese text incoded in this manner.
KOS Kill On Sight, a term borrowed from EverQuest, which denotes the status of a message board user whose new accounts will be banned "on sight" by the moderators for past violations with multiple accounts.
LUE Life, the Universe, and Everything, one of the GameFAQs social message boards.
MBA Message Board Announcements, one of the GameFAQs announcement message boards.
MBH Message Board Help, one of the GameFAQs site message boards.
NTSC The standard for television sets in the North America, Japan, and parts of Asia with a refresh rate of 60 frames per second.
PAL The standard for television sets in most of Europe, Australia, Africa, and South America with a refresh rate of 50 frames per second and slightly larger screen height than NTSC. The difference between PAL/SECAM and NTSC standards accounts for a lot of the delay in bringing games to PAL countries.
PS2 The standard abbreviation for the Sony PlayStation2.
PSX The standard abbreviation for the Sony PlayStation. The "X" doesn't stand for anything.
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A special version of the PlayStation2 featuring a digital video recorder and other features.
RI Random Insanity, one of the GameFAQs social message boards.
SCEA, SCEE, SCEI Sony Computer Entertainment America, Europe, and Inc. (Japan), respectively. Reponsible for the creation of the PlayStation and PlayStation2 and some software for those consoles.
SECAM The standard for television sets in France and a few other countries with a refresh rate of 50 frames per second and slightly larger screen height than NTSC. The difference between PAL/SECAM and NTSC standards accounts for a lot of the delay in bringing games to PAL countries.
TOU The message board Terms of Use, the rules that dictate expected behavior on the message boards. It is located at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/tou_anno.html
YIM Yahoo! Instant Messanger, a popular instant messaging program.

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