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if you have any more acronyms, please let me know and I will update the list..
or if you think that an acronym should be moved between the sections, let me know
if something is not here that you would like to know what it means, leave a post and i will find out
These are all in alphabetical order,
Commonly used Acronyms for Forum
AFAIK - AS far as I know
brb - be right back
BTW - By The Way
BFN - Bye For Now
Eff - as in "F" for f**k
FWIW- for what it's worth
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer.
idk - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - in my opinion
ITB - In The Box
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LLH - Left Lane Hog
JJ – Just joking
JK – just kidding
LOL – laugh out loud
np - No Problem/s
NSFW - Not Safe For Work
OMG - Oh My Gosh
OP - Original Poster
ppl - people
RLH - Right Lane Hog (for all those people - like Australia - that drive on the Left side of the road)
TTFN - ta ta for now
TTYL - talk to you later
WTF - what the f***
Commonly used Acronyms for Counter Measures
2-Way - similar device to a CB.
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control
AL - AntiLaser (the company)
ALP - AntiLaser Priority
ALPR - Automatic License Plate Reader
ANPR - Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Belscort - A combination of two words Beltronics/Escort because 1 company owns both Beltronics and Escort)
BS - Band Segmentation
BS/RDR - look under bs or rdr - it is something the redline utilizes.
BSM - Blind Spot Monitoring system
CAS - Collision Avoidance System
CB - Citizen Band radio
C/O - Constant-On
CM - Counter measures
FF - Forward Facing. used elsewhere as well, but commonly used for the v1 because the v1 is excellent picking up rear shots, sometimes the unit is turned around.
I/O - Instant-On
JFG - Jam From Gun
JTG - Jam To Gun (don't do this to LEOs please!!)
JTK - Jam To Kill (always do this!!)
KBJ - Kill Before Jam. The act of turning off the jammer before you are targeted by Leo's. (even better than JTK, if you can do it)
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LI - Laser Interceptor
LJ - Laser Jammer
LSP - Escort's Laser ShifterPro
LT - Laser Tamers
PCAS - Portable Collision Avoidance System. Cheap, small, passive only version of TCAS for general aviation (as opposed to airline and commercial aviation). The Zaon MRX is a PCAS device that can be used on the ground to alert to aircraft nearby.
POP - POP Mode
PSL - Posted Speed Limit
Q / T - Q uick T rigger
Rabbit
RD - Radar Detector
RDD - Radar Detector Detector
RDR - Radar Detector Rejection
RLC - Red Light Camera/s
RVM - rear view mirror
SA - Situational Awareness
SWS - Safety Warning System
TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System. A system to prevent aircraft from colliding.
TSR - Traffic Sensor Rejection
TMF - Traffic Monitor Filter
VPR - Variable Pulse Rate
Commonly used Acronyms for Testing
CM - Center Mass
HL - Headlight
IPT - Instant Punchthrough, when a laser gun instantly acquires a vehicle's speed, especially if the laser jammer didn't work
PT - Punch thru
Commonly used acronyms for Radar Detectors
Valentine 1
CD - Concealed Display (for the Valentine 1)
V1 - Valentine 1
V1G2 - Valentine 1 Generation 2
V1C - valentine 1 connect, used to connect your smart phone to the V1
V1 CD - valentine 1 concealed display
YaV1 - Yet Another V1 app, a free third party Android app for the V1 that adds additional functionality to the V1
Beltronics/Escort
9500i, 9500ix: Radar detectors with GPS made and sold by Escort under the Passport label. The 9500ix is the successor to the 9500i.
9500ci: An undetectable remote-mounted radar detector by Escort. Include GPS features and ZR4 shifter heads.
"ci": Short for 9500ci.
"ix": Short for 9500ix.
"Plus": Short for the STi-R Plus.
STi or STi-D: Beltronics STi Driver - a Spectre-undetectable radar detector made and sold by Beltronics
STi Magnum: Beltronics STi Magnum - a Spectre-undetectable radar detector made and sold by Beltronics as the successor to the STi Driver.
STi-R: An undetectable remote-mounted radar detector by Beltronics. No longer made, replaced by the STi-R+.
STi-R+: (STi-R Plus): An undetectable remote-mounted radar detector by Beltronics. Similar to the STi-R but adds GPS features and the ability to add ZR4 shifter (jammer) heads.
Redline: An undetectable dash mounted radar detector by Escort (windscreen mount). Similar to Bel STi Magnum.
Redline BS/RDR : The Redline with updated firmware.
RL: Short for Redline.
RX65: A radar detector made and sold by Beltronics. Older ones use the S7 platform, and USA mode would turn RDR off for better performance. Newer units use the M4 platform.
X50: Escort Passport 8500 X50 - a radar detector made and sold by Escort. It's the successor to the Passport 8500. Older units used the S7 platform, newer ones are M4.
EL: Escort Live
S7, M5, M4, M3: Horn/platform designations/designs used in Beltronics and Escort radar detectors. Each has its features and benefits.
Belscort: Shorthand term when discussing topics common to both Beltronics and Escort products, or the company as a whole.
VPR - Variable Pulse Rate
Not Commonly used Acronyms
Hellginia: Virginia
Rarely used Acronyms
BLIS - This is Fords BLind spot Information System (causes false's for RD's)
DA - Digital Ally - a maker of video equipment and the Laser Ally lidar gun (also referred to sometimes as DGLY, their stock symbol)
DALA - Digital Ally Laser Ally - an acronym to distinguish the Laser Ally gun from "LA" which stands for Laser Atlanta
DET - DragonEye Technology, makers of the DragonEye Compact lidar gun
ERP - "Effective radiated power" Is a measure of power output (Watts) for laser sensors.
LA - Laser Atlanta - a maker of lidar guns. Sometimes a Laser Atlanta gun itself will be referred to as an "LA"
LCA - Lane Change Assist
LCC - Laser Cruise Control
LNA - Low Noise Amplifier
LRB - shorthand for an Ultralyte LR-B lidar gun
PL2, PL3, PL4 - Kustom Pro Laser II, III, and IV - lidar guns distributed by Kustom Signals
PPS - pulse per second, the pulse rate of a lidar gun
TS - Truspeed (a series of lidar guns made by LTI)
TSS - Truspeed-S, a compact lidar gun made by LTI
UL - Ultralyte (a series of lidar guns made by LTI)
VG2 (or VG-2) - a Radar Detector Detector (RDD). Now obsolete and most departments that used them have replaced them with Spectre RDDs.
if you have any more acronyms, please let me know and I will update the list..
or if you think that an acronym should be moved between the sections, let me know
if something is not here that you would like to know what it means, leave a post and i will find out
These are all in alphabetical order,
Commonly used Acronyms for Forum
AFAIK - AS far as I know
brb - be right back
BTW - By The Way
BFN - Bye For Now
Eff - as in "F" for f**k
FWIW- for what it's worth
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer.
idk - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - in my opinion
ITB - In The Box
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LLH - Left Lane Hog
JJ – Just joking
JK – just kidding
LOL – laugh out loud
np - No Problem/s
NSFW - Not Safe For Work
OMG - Oh My Gosh
OP - Original Poster
ppl - people
RLH - Right Lane Hog (for all those people - like Australia - that drive on the Left side of the road)
TTFN - ta ta for now
TTYL - talk to you later
WTF - what the f***
Commonly used Acronyms for Counter Measures
2-Way - similar device to a CB.
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control
AL - AntiLaser (the company)
ALP - AntiLaser Priority
ALPR - Automatic License Plate Reader
ANPR - Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Belscort - A combination of two words Beltronics/Escort because 1 company owns both Beltronics and Escort)
BS - Band Segmentation
BS/RDR - look under bs or rdr - it is something the redline utilizes.
BSM - Blind Spot Monitoring system
CAS - Collision Avoidance System
CB - Citizen Band radio
C/O - Constant-On
CM - Counter measures
FF - Forward Facing. used elsewhere as well, but commonly used for the v1 because the v1 is excellent picking up rear shots, sometimes the unit is turned around.
I/O - Instant-On
JFG - Jam From Gun
JTG - Jam To Gun (don't do this to LEOs please!!)
JTK - Jam To Kill (always do this!!)
KBJ - Kill Before Jam. The act of turning off the jammer before you are targeted by Leo's. (even better than JTK, if you can do it)
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LI - Laser Interceptor
LJ - Laser Jammer
LSP - Escort's Laser ShifterPro
LT - Laser Tamers
PCAS - Portable Collision Avoidance System. Cheap, small, passive only version of TCAS for general aviation (as opposed to airline and commercial aviation). The Zaon MRX is a PCAS device that can be used on the ground to alert to aircraft nearby.
POP - POP Mode
PSL - Posted Speed Limit
Q / T - Q uick T rigger
Rabbit
RD - Radar Detector
RDD - Radar Detector Detector
RDR - Radar Detector Rejection
RLC - Red Light Camera/s
RVM - rear view mirror
SA - Situational Awareness
SWS - Safety Warning System
TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System. A system to prevent aircraft from colliding.
TSR - Traffic Sensor Rejection
TMF - Traffic Monitor Filter
VPR - Variable Pulse Rate
Commonly used Acronyms for Testing
CM - Center Mass
HL - Headlight
IPT - Instant Punchthrough, when a laser gun instantly acquires a vehicle's speed, especially if the laser jammer didn't work
PT - Punch thru
Commonly used acronyms for Radar Detectors
Valentine 1
CD - Concealed Display (for the Valentine 1)
V1 - Valentine 1
V1G2 - Valentine 1 Generation 2
V1C - valentine 1 connect, used to connect your smart phone to the V1
V1 CD - valentine 1 concealed display
YaV1 - Yet Another V1 app, a free third party Android app for the V1 that adds additional functionality to the V1
Beltronics/Escort
9500i, 9500ix: Radar detectors with GPS made and sold by Escort under the Passport label. The 9500ix is the successor to the 9500i.
9500ci: An undetectable remote-mounted radar detector by Escort. Include GPS features and ZR4 shifter heads.
"ci": Short for 9500ci.
"ix": Short for 9500ix.
"Plus": Short for the STi-R Plus.
STi or STi-D: Beltronics STi Driver - a Spectre-undetectable radar detector made and sold by Beltronics
STi Magnum: Beltronics STi Magnum - a Spectre-undetectable radar detector made and sold by Beltronics as the successor to the STi Driver.
STi-R: An undetectable remote-mounted radar detector by Beltronics. No longer made, replaced by the STi-R+.
STi-R+: (STi-R Plus): An undetectable remote-mounted radar detector by Beltronics. Similar to the STi-R but adds GPS features and the ability to add ZR4 shifter (jammer) heads.
Redline: An undetectable dash mounted radar detector by Escort (windscreen mount). Similar to Bel STi Magnum.
Redline BS/RDR : The Redline with updated firmware.
RL: Short for Redline.
RX65: A radar detector made and sold by Beltronics. Older ones use the S7 platform, and USA mode would turn RDR off for better performance. Newer units use the M4 platform.
X50: Escort Passport 8500 X50 - a radar detector made and sold by Escort. It's the successor to the Passport 8500. Older units used the S7 platform, newer ones are M4.
EL: Escort Live
S7, M5, M4, M3: Horn/platform designations/designs used in Beltronics and Escort radar detectors. Each has its features and benefits.
Belscort: Shorthand term when discussing topics common to both Beltronics and Escort products, or the company as a whole.
VPR - Variable Pulse Rate
Not Commonly used Acronyms
Hellginia: Virginia
Rarely used Acronyms
BLIS - This is Fords BLind spot Information System (causes false's for RD's)
DA - Digital Ally - a maker of video equipment and the Laser Ally lidar gun (also referred to sometimes as DGLY, their stock symbol)
DALA - Digital Ally Laser Ally - an acronym to distinguish the Laser Ally gun from "LA" which stands for Laser Atlanta
DET - DragonEye Technology, makers of the DragonEye Compact lidar gun
ERP - "Effective radiated power" Is a measure of power output (Watts) for laser sensors.
LA - Laser Atlanta - a maker of lidar guns. Sometimes a Laser Atlanta gun itself will be referred to as an "LA"
LCA - Lane Change Assist
LCC - Laser Cruise Control
LNA - Low Noise Amplifier
LRB - shorthand for an Ultralyte LR-B lidar gun
PL2, PL3, PL4 - Kustom Pro Laser II, III, and IV - lidar guns distributed by Kustom Signals
PPS - pulse per second, the pulse rate of a lidar gun
TS - Truspeed (a series of lidar guns made by LTI)
TSS - Truspeed-S, a compact lidar gun made by LTI
UL - Ultralyte (a series of lidar guns made by LTI)
VG2 (or VG-2) - a Radar Detector Detector (RDD). Now obsolete and most departments that used them have replaced them with Spectre RDDs.
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