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Terms and Abbreviations

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Abbrevations or Terms

Term Meaning(s) Example
AI Artificial intelligence (for living non-player entities) There's still a problem with the villager AI. They don't know how to locate doors.
API Application programming interface They finally made a documentation for their API.
CI Continuous integration Does that repository have CI enabled?
CS ClearSky CS came a month after Genisys, the second deriative of PocketMine, was released.
DB Database How many tables are in the DB?
DDoS Distributed denial-of-service attack He launched a DDoS attack on our server today, but we were able to mitigate it.
Dedi Dedicated server I can't host a server on my PC anymore, we need to get a Dedi.
Dev Developer/Develop/Development Looking for plugin devs. Your question isn't related to plugin dev.
Doc/Docs Documentation Your plugin needs better docs to make more devs add support for it.
DoS Denial-of-service attack She threatened them with a DoS attack.
Dup Duplication This thread is a dup. Please google it.
FPS Frames per second 60 FPS is optimal for PC games.
FTP File Transfer Protocol Please download the file from the FTP server.
FTP/FTxP FloatingTextParticle How do you spawn an FTxP?
GC Garbage collection (a form of automatic memory management) Java takes care of GC on its own.
ID A (usually) unique identifer of any data types, including integers, strings or even objects You can create a new stdClass as a unique ID and compare them using the === operator.
IDE Integrated development environment (application that helps developers write code) Which IDE do you use?
IM ImagicalMine IM was the first PocketMine derivative that threatened the community's survival.
IP Internet Protocol address Do you know his IP address?
IRC Internet Relay Chat Though the forums may seem empty, plenty of users hang out at the IRC.
LAN Local area network (the devices connected to your router) If not port-forwarded, the server will only be visible on your LAN.
MCPE/MPE Minecraft: Pocket Edition There's been so many updates for MCPE recently.
MOTD Message of the day (message displayed to players in the server list) Can you see our MOTD?
NPC Non-player characters: An in-game character with a human-like AI The NPC villager lives in an NPC village.
NPC A dummy human The plugin Slapper by @jojoe77777, which allows management of NPCs, probably got its name inspired by the SlapIt plugin by @LegendOfMCPE, citation needed.
OP Operator (someone with special privileges on a Minecraft server) May I have OP?
OP Original Post/Original poster The OP didn't give sufficient information to solve the problem.
Perm Permission They messed up the perms in the plugin.
PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (the language PocketMine is written in) Why was this written in PHP?
PM PocketMine (project name), Private Messaging Does she still write PM plugins?
PR Pull request (on GitHub) Did he merge the PR yet?
Pseudocode Code that is not meant to be run _Please refer to [[Example code or pseudocode
RCON Remote console Does that server have RCON enabled?
SQL Structured Query Language Does their back-end use an SQL database?
SSH Secure socket shell You can remotely connect to a computer using SSH.
Sync Synchronize How to sync the SimpleAuth data between two servers?
in Sync Synchronous All functions related to the PocketMine server instance should be run in sync.
Sync Synchronized Please refer to Threaded::synchronized
TPS Ticks per second (indicates how many times a second things are updating) The lower your TPS, the slower your server will be.
Trigo Trigonometry/Trigonometric functions This feature may involve some trigo trouble.
VPN Virtual private network Are those players behind the same VPN?
VPS Virtual private server How much does it cost for a VPS?
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