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ACC
see accelerometer.
accelerometer
ACID
Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability.
action
actuator
ADC
See Analog-to-digital converter in Wikipedia.
AEG
Airsoft/Auto Electric Gun.
AEP
Airsoft/Auto Electric Pistol.
agent
An agent is something that has agency.
AH
Attitude Hold.
airsoft
See Airsoft in Wikipedia.
aka, or a.k.a.
also known as.
API
Application Programming Interface.
AP
Aerial Photography.
APM
ArduPilot Mega.
ARM
augmented reality (AR)
See Augmented reality in Wikipedia.
autonomous
AUX
AVR
back spin
ballistics
barrel
BB
Ball bullet.
BDU
See Battle Dress Uniform in Wikipedia.
BGC
brushless gimbal controller.
BLDC motor
See Brushless DC electric motor in Wikipedia.
blowback
Bluetooth
Boyd Cycle
See OODA Loop.
C++
a widely-used systems programming language.
C&C
[[Command & Control]].
CCCP
Consensus Command and Control Protocol.
CI
Counterintelligence.
CPU
Central Processing Unit.
CoAP
Constrained Application Protocol.
COMSEC
Communications Security.
control theory
See Control theory in Wikipedia.
CQB
Close Quarter Battle.
CTF
Capture the Flag.
DART
the Dynamic Animation and Robotics Toolkit physics engine.
DDS
Data Distribution Service.
DSM2
a 2.4 GHz channel RF link technology.
DRY
Don't Repeat Yourself.
EBB
Electric Blow Back.
effective range
exteroception
The perception of the external state of the environment surrounding the robot.
field gaming
flash hider
FPE
Foot-Pounds of Energy.
FPS
Feet per Second.
FPV
See *First-person view in Wikipedia.
full auto
gamemaster
See Gamemaster in Wikipedia.
GBB
Gas Blow Back.
gear up
GCS
Ground Control Station.
gimbal
GIS
Geographic Information System.
Git
a revision control management system.
GPS
See Global Positioning System in Wikipedia.
Green Gas
See Green Gas in Wikipedia.
GUI
See Graphical user interface in Wikipedia.
gyro
See Gyroscope in Wikipedia.
gyroscope
See Gyroscope in Wikipedia.
hexacopter
HDD
Hard-Disk Drive.
HFC-143a
Hi-Cap
HMD
Head-Mounted Device.
HTTP
HUD
See Heads-up display in Wikipedia.
I2C
See I²C in Wikipedia.
I2P
an overlay network.
IF
Imitation Firearm.
IMU
See Inertial measurement unit in Wikipedia.
IP
Internet Protocol.
IR
infrared.
IRC
JPEG
a lossy-compression digital image file format.
JS
JavaScript.
JST connector
KISS.
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
LARP
See Live action role-playing game in Wikipedia.
laser
Linux
an operating system used on drones and servers.
live-action game
See Live-action game in Wikipedia.
LMDB
a B+tree software library.
LPEG
Low Power Electric Guns.
LPF
See Low-pass filter in Wikipedia.
mag
magazine.
mAh
mainspring
MAVLink
a protocol for communicating with drones.
mechbox
MILSIM
Military Simulation.
mixed-reality game
See Mixed reality game in Wikipedia.
MPEG
Mid Powered Electric Gun.
MQTT
MR
mixed reality.
multicopter
NPC
OCaml
A programming language used in the implementation of Consensus Reality. See OCaml.
octocopter
ODE
the Open Dynamics Engine physics engine.
ontology
OODA Loop
See OODA Loop. Also known as the Boyd Cycle.
OpenCV
a computer vision software library. See also OpenCV
OpenGL
a computer graphics standard.
OWL
Web Ontology Language.
own
pain penalty
paintball
See Paintball in Wikipedia.
payload
pervasive game
See Pervasive game in Wikipedia.
Ingress
See Ingress in Wikipedia.
PD
Public Domain.
PDD
Public Domain Dedication/Declaration.
PID controller
See PID controller in Wikipedia.
pitch
PIXHAWK
an autopilot module for drones.
plinking
POA
Point of Aim.
POI
Point of Interest; or, Point of Impact.
pose
position and orientation.
proprioception
aka kinesthetic perception. The perception of the internal state of the robot.
PRU
Programmable Real-Time Unit.
PWM
See Pulse-width modulation in Wikipedia.
PX4
an autopilot module for drones.
quadcopter
RAM
Random Access Memory.
RAW
digital camera format.
RAS
Rail Adapter System.
RC
radio control.
RF
radio frequency.
RFC
Request For Comments.
RDF
Resource Description Framework.
RDFS
RDF Schema.
RIF
Replica Imitation Firearm.
RIS
Rail Interface/Integration System.
RK4
4th-Order Runge-Kutta.
roll
ROF
Rate of Fire, meaning the RPM output of an AEG.
ROS
RPC
Remote Procedure Call.
RPM
Rounds per Minute.
RPS
Rounds per Second.
RTF
Ready to Fly.
RTLS
See Real time locating system.
rqt
a program bundled with ROS.
rviz
a program bundled with ROS.
rx
receive.
scope
semi-auto
serious game
See Serious game in Wikipedia.
servo
See Servomechanism in Wikipedia.
SBC
See Single-board computer in Wikipedia.
SIG
Special Interest Group.
skirmish
SLAM
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping.
SPARQL
SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language.
SSD
Solid-State Drive.
SOC
State of Charge.
SoC
System-on-Chip.
speed loader
spin-up
STOMP
Simple Text Oriented Messaging Protocol.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol.
telemetry
terminal ballistics
throttle
Tor
an overlay network.
TOT
See Time on Target in Wikipedia.
trajectory
TTL
tx
transmit.
UART
See Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter in Wikipedia.
UAV
Unmanned Aerial/Autonomous Vehicle, aka a drone. See UAV in Wikipedia.
UDP
User Datagraph Protocol.
upgradeability
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator.
URN
Uniform Resource Name.
USB
See Universal Serial Bus in Wikipedia.
UUID
Universally Unique Identifier.
VR
virtual reality.
VRD
Virtual Retinal Display.
wargame
See Kriegsspiel, Wargaming, and Military exercise in Wikipedia.
waypoint
Weaver Rail
WebGL
Web Graphics Library is a computer graphics standard based on OpenGL.
Wi-Fi
a local area wireless computer networking technology.
yaw
TODO
Updated