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Alphabet soup From:   Tom Keith Address:   tom@bkgm.com Date:   19 April 2004 Subject:   Longer list Forum:   GammOnLine [Updated May 2010 with suggestions from Timothy Chow, Ray Kershaw, and Daniel Murphy.] Backgammon ABT American Backgammon Tour ATS at the score/according to the score BG backgammon BGO BGOnline.org BIBA British Isles Backgammon Association BK Burger King, where Whoppers are sold BO bear off BOA bearoff analyzer BYOB bring your own board CF cubeful CI confidence interval CJC Carol Joy Cole CL cubeless CO crossover CP cash point CPW cubeless probability of winning CR Crawford D/D double/drop D/P double/pass D/T double/take DB database DBgF Dansk Backgammon Forbund (Danish Backgammon Federation) DG DailyGammon DMP double match point DP drop point EMG equivalent to money game Elo Arpad Elo, inventor of the chess rating formula EPC effective pipcount EQ equity ER error rate (Snowie) FIBS First Internet Backgammon Server FRAM "You can pay me now or you can pay me later." G gammon GG GamesGrid GG gammon-go GG good game GL good luck GL2U2 good luck to you too GM good match GNUBG Gnu Backgammon GOL GammOnLine GP gammon price GR gammon rate GS gammon-save GU GammonU.com GV GammonVillage GWC game winning chances JF Jellyfish JSD joint standard deviation KC Kleinman count MC Monte Carlo MEC match equity calculator MEQ match equity MET match equity table MFIC Patrick Gibson MWC match winning chances NBGF Norges Backgammonforbund NC nice cube ND no double NEBC New England Backgammon Club NG Nackgammon NM nice move NN neural network NR nice roll OLM online match OPM one-point match OTB over the board PBEM play by email PC pip count PC post-Crawford POH point on head PPG points per game PR performance rating (eXtreme Gammon) PRAT position, race, and threats QF quiz factor RGB rec.games.backgammon RNG random number generator RO rollout RD/P redouble/pass RD/T redouble/take SBGF Svenska backgammonförbundet SD standard deviation SGF Smart Game Format SW Snowie SWAG Scientific Wild-Ass Guess TCTC too close to call TD tournament director TG too good TMG TrueMoneyGames TMP too many points (on a board) TMP total match points (experience points) in a rating list TP take point USBGF United States Backgammon Federation UTG under the gun VOG Vinco Online Games VR variance reduction WBF World Backgammon Federation WC world class WBGT World Backgammon Tour X-22 Paul Magriel XG eXtreme Gammon XGR+ eXtreme Gammon's XG Roller+ setting General AFAIK as far as I know AFAICT as far as I can tell ASAP as soon as possible BBS bulletin board system BRB be right back BTW by the way CWOT complete waste of time FAQ frequently asked question FTF face to face FWIW for what it's worth FYI for your information GMTA great minds think alike GUI graphical user interface HTH hope that helps IAE in any event IIRC if I recall correctly IMHO in my humble opinion IMO in my opinion IOW in other words IRL in real life IYKWIM if you know what I mean LMAO laughing my ass off LOL laughing out loud NM no message NP no problem NT no text OMG oh my god OT off topic OTOH on the other hand POV point of view PTB powers that be ROFL rolling on the floor laughing RTFM read the manual TBC to be continued TIA thanks in advance TIC tongue in cheek TY thank you TYVM thank you very much WRT with respect to WYSIWYG what you see is what you get YMMV your mileage may vary YW you're welcome   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Terminology

Alphabet soup  (Tom Keith, Apr 2004) 

"Anchor and guard" position  (Chase+, Apr 2010) 

"Back game"  (Marty Storer, Jan 2004) 

"Baffle box"  (garyo+, Mar 2005) 

"Bagai position"  (Timothy Chow, Dec 2012) 

"Banana split"  (Rich Munitz+, June 2011) 

"Banana split"  (Adam Stocks+, Sept 2004) 

"Beavers"  (Sander van Rijnswou, May 1999) 

"Beavers"  (Shuman Lloyd Lee, Aug 1991) 

"Blunder", "whopper"  (Raccoon+, July 2005) 

"Bot"  (Pit Bull+, Mar 2004) 

"Bronstein" clock setting  (rew+, Sept 2012) 

"Calcutta auction"  (Roland Scheicher+, Dec 2001) 

"Chouette"  (Roland Scheicher+, Mar 2002) 

"Cube provocation play"  (Chuck Bower+, Apr 2007) 

"Dance"  (William R. Tallmadge, May 1998) 

"Dropper"  (Robert D. Johnson, Sept 1996) 

"Duplication" and "diversification"  (Simon Woodhead, Nov 1991) 

"Equity"  (Gregg Cattanach, Aug 2000) 

"Equity"  (Gary Wong, Dec 1998) 

"Equity"  (Chuck Bower, Oct 1996) 

"Equity"  (Michael J. Zehr, Mar 1996) 

"Equity", "volatility", "claim", "market"  (Erik Gravgaard, June 1995) 

"Freeroll"  (montygram, Nov 2005) 

"Gammon price"  (Ron Karr, Aug 1996) 

"Gammon rate", "gammon price"  (David Montgomery, June 1995) 

"Gammon-go" (GG) and "gammon-save" (GS)  (Mary Hickey, Feb 2004) 

"Gammon-go" (GG) and "gammon-save" (GS)  (Marty Storer, Oct 2002) 

"Gammon-go" (GG)   (Chuck Bower, Jan 2004) 

"Golden point"  (Daniel Murphy, Dec 2004) 

"Holding game"  (Alan Webb+, Dec 1998) 

"In the box"  (Ken Bame+, Sept 2012) 

International phrase dictionary  (David Allen Sorensen, Sept 1997) 

"Joker"  (Richard Divdesman, Sept 1998) 

"Kamikaze play"  (Bill Patterson+, June 2011) 

"Kauder paradox"  (Carl Tait+, Nov 1995) 

"Latto paradox"  (Jean-Pierre Seiman+, July 2004) 

"Lose your market"  (Shuman Lloyd Lee+, Aug 1991) 

"MCV"  (Mislav Radica+, Oct 2009) 

"PRaT"  (Raccoon+, Jan 2007) 

"Phantom double hit"  (Marty Storer, May 2010) 

"Polish prime"  (Jason Lee+, Jan 2006) 

"Pure play"  (Daniel Murphy, Nov 2000) 

"Pure play"  (Casey Forrest+, Feb 1996) 

"Raccoon"  (Steven Keats, Feb 2011) 

"Root number"  (Ken Bame, June 2004) 

"Russian Bridges"  (leobueno+, Mar 2013) 

"Short play"  (AJ+, July 2012) 

"Speed board"  (Gregg Cattanach, June 2004) 

"Splot"  (mamabear, Apr 2007) 

"Squeeze", "trap play"  (Philippe Michel+, Feb 1997) 

"Suicide play"  (Brian Sheppard, Aug 1997) 

"Swing tournament"  (Carlo Melzi+, Mar 2006) 

"Table stakes"  (Carlo Melzi, Sept 2002) 

"Technical play"  (Adam Stocks+, July 2002) 

"Thematic"  (Beauregard+, Aug 2009) 

"Thorp count"  (Stephen Turner, June 1996) 

"Time," "timing," "checker," "dancing"  (Marty Storer, Apr 1992) 

Turkish names for rolls  (Lars Soezueer, Mar 1997) 

"Vigorish"  (Anthony R Wuersch, Feb 1995) 

"Volatility"  (Michael J. Zehr, June 1998) 

"Wash"  (Hardy Hübener+, Sept 2004) 

"Wash"  (Brian Sheppard, July 1997) 

"Weaver"  (Alan Webb+, May 2000) 

"Zone" of attack  (Matt Reklaitis+, Dec 2007) 

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