GameFAQs Help: Glossary of Terms

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Acronym	Meaning
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. or 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. or 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.