The SPECIAL acronym derived from the Primary stats of the Fallout series
Acronyms and abbreviations are frequently encountered in the Fallout series games and associated materials. This page is a mixed glossary of all acronyms and abbreviations used in both gameplay and lore.
Lore[]
Computers and Robots[]
- AI: Artificial Intelligence
- AP: Artificial personality
- ACE: Artificial Conscious Entity
- AVA: Automated Voting System of Appalachia
- ARIC-4: Autonomous Research Intelligence Computer v.4
- ATHENA: Augmented Telecom Hub Extension Network Agent
- BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
- CC: Carbon copy, used for forwarding emails
- CT scan: Computerized Tomography
- CPU: Central processor unit
- CODE: Challenge, Opportunity, Discipline, Ethics
- EBE: Emergency Broadcast Emitter
- ED-E: Eyebot Duraframe Subject E
- FCG: Field Compliance Generator
- FETCH: Faithful Electronic Trash Collection Hound
- FISTO: Fully Integrated Security Technetronic Officer
- GECK: Garden of Eden Creation Kit
- LLM: Large Language Model
- MAIA: Mayoral Artificial Intelligence Assistant
- MARGOT: Metro Authority Rapid Governmental Transit System
- MODUS: Multi-Operation Directions and Utility System
- NAVCOMP, NAVCOM: Navigational Computer
- OS: Operating System
- PAM: Predictive Analytic Machine
- PIP-Boy: Personal Information Processor-Boy
- SCIU: Sink Central Intelligence Unit
- SMART: Sugar Management and Re-education Terminal
- SODUS: Single-Operation Directions and Utility System
- TOMIS: Total Office Multi-Channel Intercom System
- UOS: Unified Operating System
- VDU: Video Display Unit[1]
Locations[]
- CA: California
- CCCP: Cyrillic abbreviation of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик)
- DC: District of Columbia
- LA: Los Angeles
- LVB: Las Vegas Boulevard, which contains the New Vegas Strip
- MA or Mass.: Massachusetts
- NH: New Hampshire
- NYC: New York City
- NCRCF: NCR Correctional Facility
- PA: Pennsylvania
- PRC: People's Republic of China
- UK: United Kingdom
- USA: United States of America
- USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- WVa: West Virginia[2]
Organizations[]
- AMS: Atomic Mining Services
- AFAD: Animal Friends and Defenders
- BADTFL: Bureau of Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco, Firearms and Lasers
- Big MT: Big Mountain
- BOS, BoS: Brotherhood of Steel
- CD, CDA: Civil Defense Administration
- CCC: Crimson Caravan Company
- CIT: Commonwealth Institute of Technology
- COS, CoS: Circle of Steel[3]
- COC: Children of the Cathedral[4]
- CPG: Commonwealth Provisional Government
- CSU: Crime Scene Unit, a police unit responsible for investigating crime scenes.[5]
- DA: United States Department of the Army
- DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency
- DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles
- DOD: Department of Defense
- DOE: Department of Energy
- DOI: Department of the Interior
- DOJ: Department of Justice
- DOS: Department of State
- DOT: Department of the Treasury
- DCTA: DC Transit Authority
- FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation[6]
- FEZ-NV: Free Economic Zone of New Vegas
- GAI: General Atomics International
- GAO: General Accounting Office
- GNN: Galaxy News Network
- GNR: Galaxy News Radio
- IRS: Internal Revenue Service
- IONDS: Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System
- JCS, JCOS: Joint Chiefs of Staff
- MTA: Mass Transit Authority (Boston MTA)
- NE: National Electric[7]
- NAR: New Appalachian Railroad
- NCR: New California Republic
- NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NCRA: National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary[8] or New California Republic Army[9]
- NORAD: North American Aerospace Defense Command
- NPS: National Park Service
- OSI: Office of Science and Industry
- PLA: People's Liberation Army
- PRC: People's Republic of China
- REPCONN: Rocket Engineering and Production Company of Nevada
- SRB: Synth Retention Bureau
- SSO: Special Security Office[10]
- SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics, a police tactical unit.[5]
- UN: United Nations
- USA: United States Army
- USN: United States Navy
- USAF: United States Air Force
- USCG: US Coast Guard
- USDA: Department of Agriculture
- USFS: United States Forest Service
- USGS: United States Geological Survey
- USMC: United States Marine Corps
- USSA: United States Space Administration
- USSS: United States Secret Service
- VT: Vault-Tec Corporation
- VSS: Virtual Strategic Solutions
- VTU: Vault-Tec University
- WRA: War Relocation Authority
Vehicles and objects[]
- +P: Overpressure
- AR: Assault rifle
- AP: Armor piercing
- APC: Armored personnel carrier
- AMR: Anti-materiel rifle
- APW: Anti-personnel weapon (25mm grenade APW (GRA))
- ASAM: Automated surface to air missile
- BR: Battle rifle
- CAMP: Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform
- DD: Dumdum
- DU: Depleted uranium
- EC: Electromagnetic cartridge
- ECP: Electron charge pack
- FC: Fusion core
- FMJ: Full metal jacket
- HN: Hypodermic needle
- JHP: Jacketed hollow point
- JSP: Jacketed soft point
- IFV: Infantry fighting vehicle
- LSD: Lysergic acid diethylamide
- LAER: Laser Assisted Electrical Rifle
- MG: Machine gun
- MS: Motor ship
- MFC: Microfusion cell
- MRE: Meal ready-to-eat
- PA: Power armor
- RCW: Rapid Capacitor Weapon (laser RCW)
- SS: Steam ship
- SAM: Surface to Air Missile
- SEC or EC: Small energy cell
- SMG: Submachine gun
- SSN: Submersible Ship, Nuclear
- SWC: Semi-wadcutter
- TNT: Trinitrotoluene, often used to refer to Dynamite.
- UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
- USO: Unidentified Submerged Object
- USS: United States Ship
- VB: Vertibird
Positions[]
- AC: Agent in Charge (Derek Garrison)
- CO: Commanding Officer
- CEO: Chief Executive Officer
- CFO: Chief Financial Officer
- CTO: Chief Technical Officer
- CPA: Certified Public Accountant (Elise Walton)
- VP: Vice-president
- WC: Wing Commander
- XO: Executive Officer
Ranks[]
- 1st LT, 1LT: First Lieutenant
- 2nd LT, 2LT: Second Lieutenant
- 1SG: First Sergeant
- BG: Brigadier General
- CPL: Corporal
- CPT, Capt: Captain
- CWO: Chief Warrant Officer
- CMSGT: Chief Master Sergeant
- COL: Colonel
- GEN: General
- GySgt: Gunnery Sergeant
- JrCpt: Junior Captain
- LT: Lieutenant
- LTC, LT Col: Lieutenant Colonel
- LCPL: Lance Corporal
- MAJ: Major
- MSG: Master Sergeant
- PFC: Private First Class
- PVT: Private
- PV2: Private Second Class
- RGR: NCR Ranger
- SP: Specialist, this rank has several grades: 1 to 5
- SGT: Sergeant
- SLT: Sub-Lieutenant
- SrA: Senior Airman
- SSGT: Staff Sergeant
- SMSGT, SSG: Senior Master Sergeant
- TSGT: Technical Sergeant
- WO: Warrant Officer
Military[]
- AA: Anti-Aircraft
- AO: Area of Operations
- AFB: Air Force Base
- AWOL: Absent without official leave
- CIC: Combat Information Center
- DEFCON: Defense Readiness Condition, a pre-War alert state.[11]
- FOB: Forward Operating Base
- FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition[Non-game 1]
- HUMINT: Human Intelligence
- IFF: Identification Friend or Foe
- ICBM: Intercontinental ballistic missile
- KP: Kitchen patrol
- LZ: Landing zone
- LEAP-X: Life Extension And Prolongation program
- MP: Military Police
- MIRV: Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle
- NBC: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
- SAC: Strategic Air Command
- SATCOM: Satellite Communications
- SLBM: Submarine-launched ballistic missile
- SIGINT: Signal Intelligence
Miscellaneous[]
- ATC: Air traffic control
- ATLAS: Atmospheric Terraforming Laser Accelerator System program
- DERPI: Defense Experimental Research Project Initiative
- DO GOOD: Dweller's Official Guide to Obtaining Overseers Democratically[12]
- EMP: Electromagnetic pulse
- ESS: Elronologist Space Ship (ESS Quetzel)
- FEV: Forced Evolutionary Virus
- FOV: Field of view
- FRP: Fiberglass reinforced plastic
- GmbH: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, German for limited liability company
- GOAT: Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test
- HR: Human resources
- Hz: Hertz
- HEPA: High-efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA 20 cartridge filter)
- HVAC: Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
- ID: Identification, often used for ID cards
- IT: Internal Technology
- Jr.: Junior
- LEO: Law Enforcement Officer[13]
- LLC: Limited Liability Company
- LOS: Line of sight[14]
- LTD: Limited Company
- Laser: Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
- NDA: Non-disclosure agreement
- OD: Overdose
- PD: Police department, often has the city abbreviated in the front, such as LAPD, SLCPD, or BPD
- PR: Public relations
- PALS: Post-Apocalypse Loyalty Simulator
- PMC: Private Military Company
- PMV: Poseidon Marine Vessel (PMV Valdez)
- PVP: Pan-Immunity Virion Project
- PITA: Pain in the ass[15]
- R&D: Research and Development
- RFID: Radio Frequency Identification[16]
- SPF: Sun Protection Factor
- TM, ™: Trademark
- TDC: Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion
- ULF: Ultra low frequency (372.12Hz ULF, 546.14Hz ULF, 631.08Hz ULF, 743.00Hz ULF)
- USC: United States Code
- VEST: Virginias Endurance and Survival Training
- VDSG: Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
- VSSG: Vault Seller's Survival Guide
- VTOL: Vertical Take Off and Landing
- WWI: World War I
- WWII: World War II
Gameplay[]
- AP: Action Points
- ADS: Aim down sights
- AOE: Area of Effect
- DMG: Damage
- DPS: Damage Per Second
- DR: Damage Resistance
- DT: Damage Threshold
- GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System, the original ruleset for Fallout
- HP: Hit Points
- PVE: Player vs. Environment
- PVP: Player vs. Player
- VANS: Vault-Tec Assisted Navigation System
- VATS: Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System
- SPECIAL: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck
Fallout 76[]
The following list notes some of the more commonly used acronyms to refer to specific legendary effects or events.
- B2525: Bloodied, -25 % VATS cost, +25% Fire Rate
- BFFR: Bloodied Faster Fire Rate
- LitS: Line in the Sand
Fallout: The Roleplaying Game[]
- CD: Combat dice, which in terms of dice is a d6.
- TN: Target Number, the combined value of the primary stat and skill, and rolling under the target number is needed to get a success.
- STR: Strength
- PER: Perception
- END: Endurance
- CHA: Charisma
- INT: Intelligence
- AGI: Agility
- LUK: Luck
References[]
- ↑ PRO SCEN.MSG (Fallout): "{5500}{}{VDU}"
"{5501}{}{This Video Display Unit has a variety of computer monitors and other screens. It looks very, very busy.}" - ↑ Form ID 00451CBA "WVa Trucker Cap"
- ↑ Christine's CoS silencer rifle and recon armor
- ↑ PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout): "{14100}{}{COC Badge}"
"{14101}{}{A badge in the shape of the Children of the Cathedral symbol. On one side you notice bumps and indentations, almost reminding you of a key.}" - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Monongah terminal entries; terminal, Incident 1542: "(...) Mrs. Claybourne reported that she had seen a large, threatening animal on her property. She claimed it was the size of a bear but walked upright. Returning to her residence I was only able to find one animal print. The rest had been trampled by SWAT and CSU staff. The print will be sent to forensics next week. (...)"
- ↑ Shanghai Sally: Berkeley Springs
- ↑ Chris Avellone’s correspondence with Tagaziel
- ↑ Germantown police HQ terminal entries; terminal
- ↑ Camp Golf terminal entries; Squad readiness reports terminal
- ↑ USAF Satellite Station Olivia terminal entries; guard terminal, Daily Briefing
- ↑ MODUS: "And, oh, have they arisen. This DEFCON rating the general speaks of has been pegged at its maximum for some time now, due to the hazardousness unleashed by our earlier guests."
(MODUS' dialogue) - ↑ Vault 11 terminal entries; Public terminal, Vault 11 Election Guide
- ↑ Rex's full model name
- ↑ Torn journal page (Old World Blues)
- ↑ Maggie "Pita" Stern
- ↑ RFID device
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout Bible 8: "Ghouls are a different matter. BOS contact with ghouls (around the times of F2) has been limited, but negative - it's difficult for the BOS to respect a stumbling crew of emaciated scavengers that tend to dismantle or FUBAR old world technology. BOS' anger grew even further when various salvaging operations began in the Glow (a location which the BOS came to regard highly both for their fallen comrades and the Pre-War technology there) with ghouls at the forefront. Most BOS members see ghouls as filthy scavengers. "