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This comprehensive Glossary has been designed to function as a glossary, an index and a cross reference by means of sorting features and a table of context index.

It attempts to include all of the many abbreviations, acronyms and terms that we may see in the various Waze communication mediums.

Some existed before Waze, while others were officially coined by Waze. Many evolved naturally within the various Waze communication mediums used by Wazers and staff alike. Regardless of origin, all are important to help understand Waze Speak!

Please carefully consider your use of the abbreviations and acronyms in your conversations, since they can be unfamiliar when not used in conjunction with other terms or without defining context.

Many terms apply globally, however, this glossary is North American English centric.

The descriptions within this Glossary attempt to merely resolve ambiguity of terms, and reference other Wiki pages, articles, and sections, along with other Waze and external sources. This intentional lack of description content helps avoid duplication of source content, and facilitates future maintenance when source content changes.

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Glossary Table

Waze Glossary (With sortable entries!)
Glossary Term	Abbreviation Acronym Alias	Description	Dates Updated (U) Added (A) " "
$1 USD	~	(Used for Glossary sorting test of symbols)	2015-02-20 (A) " "
AGC	(abbr.)	See the At Grade Connector Glossary Term	2014-10-12 (A)
AMGR	(abbr.)	See the Waze AM Layers Glossary Term	2014-10-11 (A)
AMGR	(abbr.)	See the Area Manager Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
Angle	~	There are three different types of angles. Please choose the relevant Glossary Term: See the Junction angle Glossary Term See the Roundabout angle Glossary Term See the Turn angle Glossary Term Also see the Juntion Angle Info Glossary Term	2014-10-12 (A)
Area	~	A "Place Area" is a Waze POI with an associated polygon displayed on the map, as opposed to the "Place Point". (not the same as "Points" as used in Points Ranking) See the Places Glossary Term Also see the Point Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-22 (A)
Area Manager	AM	An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of a given geographical area. See the Area Manager Wiki Page Also see the Editing Roles Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (U) 2014-08-11 (A)
ASR	(abbr.)	See the Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term	2012-08-18 (A)
At Grade Connector	~	Segments that interconnect roads at the same grade elevation. See the At-Grade Connectors Wiki Page	2014-10-12 (A)
Automatic Speech Recognition	ASR	The ability of a smartdevice to convert voice commands into actions on the device. See the Voice Commands Glossary Term Related entries:	2012-08-18 (A) " "
BC	(abbr.)	See the Best Continuation Glossary Term	2014-09-14 (A)
BDP	(abbr.)	See the Big Detour Prevention Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Best Continuation	BC	The segment that Waze determines is what drivers would consider the "no turning path" or "going straight" through the intersection. This segment will get a 'continue' instruction, which is ignored by the client app. See the Best Continuation Wiki Page	2014-09-14 (A)
Best Practices/Best Map Editing Practice	~	See the Best map editing practices Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Beta	beta (β)	WME and Client betas. [also add Wikipedia def link]	2015-01-30 (A)
Big Detour Prevention	BDP	(also see SDP)	2015-01-30 (A)
Big Green Sign	BGS	A Big Green Sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information.	2012-08-18 (A)
Blog	~	The Waze Blog See the Waze Blog Waze Blog	2015-01-30 (A)
BM	(abbr.)	See the Bookmarklets Glossary Term	2014-10-11 (A)
Bonus Candies	(alias)	See the Candies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus points and road goodies	Bonus Candies, Candies, Goodies, Road Goodies	Special items that appear on the map to achive bonus poiints. See the Bonus points and road goodies Wiki Page Related entries: •	2015-02-10 (A)
Bookmark	BM	Place markers in your web browser store the link to websites. Scripts can be inserted instead of URLs to create Bookmarklets. See the Bookmarklets Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Bookmarklets	BM	A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark. See the Bookmarklets Wiki Page Related entries:	2014-10-11 (A)
BugZilla	~	A third party "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System" previously used by Waze. Use of Bugzilla by Waze has been discontiued. The archived previous usage of Bugzilla Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A) " "
Camera Watch List	CWL		2015-01-30 (A)
Candies	(alias)	See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term	2013-05-11 (A)
CAR	(abbr.)	See the Community Action Request Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Car Pool Lane	Express Lane, High Occupancy Vehicle	See the Carpool, HOV, Transit_lanes Wiki Page Related entries: •	2013-03-12 (A)
Carriageway	~	UK English term for Highway. Also see the Dual Carriageway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Cartouche	~	Name of Waze map editor prior to the Waze Map Editor. See the Waze Map Editor Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
CC	(abbr.)	See the Connected Citizens Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
CC	(abbr.)	See the Center Code Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
CCP	(abbr.)		2015-02-22 (A)
CDP	(abbr.)	See the Census Designated Place Glossary Term	2013-09-10 (A)
Census Designated Place	CDP	A United States Census Bureau term for a concentration of population that lack a separate municipal government, but otherwise resemble incorporated places. It is sometimes added to a city name with that classification if there are multiple cities in the same state with that name. See the CDP Wikipedia	2013-09-10 (A)
Center Code	CC	Third party Beta Test Management Solutions used by Waze Also see the [[#|]] Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Central Reservation	~	British English term for the strip of land or barrier separating a Dual Carriageway which is also a British term for a Divided Highway. See the Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip Glossary Term	2010-10-11 (A)
CFI	(abbr.)	See the Continuous Flow Intersection Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
CH	(abbr.)	See the WME Color Highlighter Glossary Term	2013-06-03 (A)
Champ	~	See the Community Roles Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Chat	(alias)	See the WME Chat Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
City Smudge	(alias)	See the Smudged City Glossary Term
Client	~		2015-01-30 (A)
CM	(abbr.)	See the Country Manager Glossary Term See the Community Manager Glossary Term	2015-02-20 (U) 2014-12-07 (A)
Codes	~	See the Search Codes Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Action Request	CAR		2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum	Forum, Waze Forum	(this should be destiniation	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum	Forum		2015-01-30 (A)
Community Manager	CM	A Waze employee assigned as a liason between Waze staff and the leadership of a local editing community. Usually assigned to an entire country or region of countries. See the Community Roles Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Roles	~	Roles, Champ, CM, GC, LC, RC, SM See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page Also see the Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term Related entries: • • • • •	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki	(alias)	See the Waze Wiki Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens	(alais)		2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens NYC Meet-Up.	W10	The W10 are the first 10 international cities, United States Departments of Transportation (DOTs), and municipal organizations whom Waze has empowered to serve their citizens in the Connected Citizens program. See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term Also see the PR Newswire article External page	2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens Program	CCP, Connected Citizens	The Waze Connected Citizens Program (Better link needed. None found,) See the Connected Citizens Waze Blog Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Connector	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Continuous Flow Intersection	CFI	A general category type of intersectiion See the Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term Also see the Continuous Flow Intersection Wikipedia	2015-01-30 (A)
Cookies/Cookie Munching	~		2010-10-11 (A)
Coordinator	~	Coordinators are experts who coordinate between the local community and Waze Team, as community ambassadors. Usually Champs. See the Coordinators Wiki Page See the Community Roles Glossary Term Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Country Coordinator	CC	This is an uncommon term sometimes used to refer to Coordinators. See the Community Roles Glossary Term See the Coordinator Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Country Manager	CM	An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of an entire country. See the Country Manager Wiki Page Also see the Editing Roles Glossary Term	2015-02-14 (U) 2014-12-07 (A)
Crowd Source	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Curve Point	~	see Geometry Node	2015-01-30 (A)
CWL	(abbr.)	See the Camera Watch List Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) " "
DAB	(abbr.)	See the Disambigution Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Dashboard	DB	See the Dashboard Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Dashboard	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Data Base	DB		2015-01-30 (A)
Data Waze	~	Data Waze See the Data Waze Waze Blog	2015-01-30 (A)
DB	(abbr.)	See the Data Base Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
DB	(abbr.)	See the Dashboard Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
DB	(abbr.)	See the Dashboard Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Node	~		2012-08-18 (A)
Department of Transportation	DOT		2015-01-30 (A)
Detour Prevention Mechanism	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Directionality	~		2010-09-16 (A)
Dirt Road	DR	Dirt Road  is a road type in Waze, typically used to represent any dirt roads. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order. For more information on Dirt Road / 4X4 Trail select this link. See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-02-15 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Disambigution	DAB		2015-01-30 (A)
Displaced Left Turn	DLT	At specfic type of a Continuous Flow Intersection. See the Displaced Left Turn Wiki Page The Continuous Flow Intersection Glossary Term links here Also see the Continuous Flow Intersection Wikipedia Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Divided Highway	Dual Carriageway	A road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a barrier, strip of land, or other obstruction (known as a central reservation or median). In Waze, such roads may be represented by parallel segments, one for each direction, but this should only be done under certain specific conditions. Dual Carriageway is a common term used for Divided Highway in UK English. Related entries:	2010-10-11 (A)
DLT	(abbr.)	A specific type of Cotinous Flow Intersection. See the Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Dogleg	~		2015-01-12 (A)
DOT	(abbr.)	See the Department of Transportation Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
DR	(abbr.)	See the Dirt Road Glossary Term
Drives	~	See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Drives Tab Enhancer	DTE		2015-01-30 (A)
DTE	(abbr.)	See the Drives Tab Enhancer Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Dual Carriageway	Carriageway	Dual carriageway A road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a barrier, strip of land, or other obstruction (known as a central reservation or median). In Waze, such roads may be represented by parallel segments, one for each direction, but this should only be done under certain specific conditions. See the Divided Highway Glossary Term Related entries:	2010-10-11 (A)
Duplicate Cities	~	(link with Smidge Cites)	2015-01-30 (A) " "
Editable Area	~		2013-01-23 (A)
Editing Roles	~	These are assigned roles given to users who request them, and show they are qualified. They exist to enableusers to help manage and maintain the map. See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page Also see the Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term Related entries: •	2015-02-15 (A)
Elevation	Level		2015-01-30 (A)
End Point Node	~		2013-05-06 (A)
Estimated Time of Arrival	ETA	Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
ETA	~	See the Estimated Time of Arrival Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Event	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Expert	~	See the [ ]	2015-01-30 (A)
Express lane	(alias)	See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term	2012-08-18 (A)
Extension	~		2015-01-30 (A) " "
FAQ	(abbr.)	See the Frequently Asked Questions Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
FC	(abbr.)		2015-01-30 (A)
FE	(abbr.)	See the Ferry Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Federal Highway Administration	FHWA		2015-01-30 (A)
Ferry	FE	Ferry  is a road type in Waze used to represent ferry routes which can be taken with a vehicle. Template:RoadTypes See Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
FM	(abbr.)	See the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Formal Mentoring	FM	The process of rapidly advancing editors skills and knowledge through an assigned mentor, in a formal arrangement with set expectations and time limits. See the Formal Mentoring Wiki Page Related entries: •	2015-01-30 (A)
Forms [link to Forms page in Wiki]	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Forum	(alias)	See the Community Forum Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Freeway	FW	Motorway; the major road system in your country.  Freeway  is the highest of the road types in the Waze hierarchy. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order. For more information on Freeway select this link. See the Road Types Glossary Term	2010-09-15 (A)
Frequently Asked Questions	FAQ		2015-01-30 (A)
Functional Classifiction	FC		2015-01-30 (A)
FW	(abbr.)	See the Freeway Glossary Term	2010-09-15 (A) " "
Geo-Ops	~
Geographic Information System	GIS		2015-01-30 (A)
Geography Handle	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry	~		2010-09-15 (A)
Geometry Node	Curve Point, Geonode		2012-08-17 (A)
Geonode or Geo-node	~	see Geometry Node	2012-08-17 (A)
GHO	(abbr.)	See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
GIS	(abbr.)	See the Geographic Information System Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Global Champ	GC, Waze Global Champ		2015-01-30 (A)
Global Positioning System	GPS	The Global Positioning System is a satellite based system used by navigation devices to locate the device anywhere on the globe. Applications like Waze use this information to provide turn-by-turn information.	2014-02-17 (A)
GM	(abbr.)	See the Greasemonkey Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
GMAP	(abbr.)	See the Google Maps Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
GMM	(abbr.)	See the Google Map Maker Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Goodies	(alias)	See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Google Forms	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Google Hangouts	GHO, Hangout, HO, HoGs		2015-01-30 (A)
Google Map Maker	GMM		2015-01-30 (A)
Google Maps	GMAP		2015-01-30 (A)
Google Sheets	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Google Streetview	GSV, SV, SV		2015-01-30 (A)
Gore	~	A small triangular piece of land. The (typically) grassy area where the exit sign is placed. It also describes the area of land where the ramp merges with the highway.	2014-11-02 (A)
GPS	(abbr.)	See the Global Positioning System Glossary Term	2014-02-17 (A)
Grade	~		2010-09-15 (A)
Greasemonkey	GM	( do an also see for Tampermonkey) Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Groups	~	also see Google Hangouts	2015-01-30 (A)
GS	(abbr.)		2015-01-30 (A) " "
Handle	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Hanouts	(alias)	See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
HC	(abbr.)	See the Help Center Glossary Term
Help	(alias)	See the Help Center Glossary Term See the Support Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Help Center	HC, Help
High Occupancy Toll	HOT	A lane that permits single passenger vehicles who choose to pay a toll to take advantage of a lane that generally moves faster than the other lanes in the same direction. See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
High Occupancy Vehicle	HOV	See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term	2010-09-16 (A)
HN	(abbr.)	See the House Numbers Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
HO	(abbr.)	Less dersireable abbreviation for Google Hangouts. See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
HoGs	(abbr.)	Humorous abbreviaion occasionally used for "Hangout Groups". See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
HOT	(abbr.)	See the High Occupancy Toll Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
HOT Lane	(alias)	See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
House Numbers	HN		2015-01-30 (A)
HOV	(abbr.)	See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term	2010-09-16 (A) " "
IGN	(abbr.)	See the IGN Glossary Term	2013-03-11 (A)
IGN	IGN	Editors paid by Waze to make updates to the map. (Not to be confused with inter-geometry node.) See the IGN Wiki Page	2013-03-11 (A)
IL	(abbr.)	See the Israel Waze server Glossary Term	2014-05-17 (A)
IL	(abbr.)	See the Illinois USPS code Glossary Term	2014-05-17 (A)
Illinois USPS code	~	Illinois USPS postal code Also see the Israel Waze server Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-21 (A)
IM	(abbr.)	See the Informal Mentoring Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Indentifer	ID:	"ID:" is used within Permalinks to identify various objects within WME including, Cameras (unknown), Nodes (nodes=), Places (venues=), PURs (unknown), Segments (segments=), URs (mapUdateRequest=) Some ids are also visible in the left WME panel.
Informal Mentoring	IM	The process of helping editors advance their knowledge and skills as questions or issues arise, without any preexisting arrangement or expectations. This can be performed by anyone. Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Inter-geometry node	~		2014-07-29 (A)
International	Intl		2012-10-04 (A)
Internet Relay Chat	IRC		2015-01-30 (A)
ISO-8601	ISO-8601		2015-01-30 (A)
Israel Waze server	IL	Standard two-letter ISO code, which also refers to the routing and editor infrastructures which is distinct from Rest Of World and North America servers. Also see the Illinois USPS code Glossary Term Related entries:	2014-05-17 (A) " "
JAI	~	See the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Junction	Junction Node, Junction Point	The point where two or more road segments connect at their ends. It is sometimes called a 'junction node' or 'junction point', but should not be confused with other types of nodes. Junctions look different depending on the situation: Selected and editable segment junction Selected and uneditable segment junction (no permissions to change due to locks) Changed, unsaved junction A junction should be visible at the end of a dead end road, and should be corrected if not visible. See the Junction Style Guide Wiki Page Also see the Nodes Glossary Term Also see Fixing Dead-End Nodes Wiki Page	2015-02-08 (U) 2010-09-16 (A)
Junction angle	~	The measured angle between any two segments connected at a junction. Also see the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-08 (U) 2914-09-02 (A)
Junction Angle	~	Related entries:
Junction Angle Info	JAI	A browser extension script which displays Junction Angles or Turn Angles in WME. It can also estimate what a turn instruction will be for a given turn. See the WME Junction Angle Info Wiki Page Related entries: • • •	2015-02-08 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Junction node	(alias)	See the Junction Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Node Fizer	JNF		2015-01-30 (A)
Junction point	(alias)	See the Junction Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Style Guide	JSG		2015-01-30 (A) " " " "
Landmark	(alias)	The previously used term "Landmarks" has been deprecated in favor of the term "Places". See the Places Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
LC	(abbr.)	See the Local Champ Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Level	~		2013-10-17 (A)
Live Map UR Overlay	LMUR		2015-01-30 (A)
Livemap	LM		2015-01-30 (A)
Livemap, Live Map	LM		2015-01-30 (A)
Local Champ	LC, Waze Local Champ		2015-01-30 (A)
Lock	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Loops	~		2015-01-30 (A) " "
Major Highway	MH	Major Highway  is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order. For more information on Major Highway select this link. Note that when abbreviated to MH, the "M" must be capitalized to differentiate from "mH - Minor Highway". See the Road Types Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
Managed Area	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices	MUTCD		2015-01-30 (A)
Map Issue	~	A button on the Waze client app Report menu to indicate there is a problem with the map by means of an Update Request. (Recheck use of MI in Waze environment) See the Map Issue Wiki Page Also see the Update Request Glossary Term Related entries:	2013-02-25 (A)
Map Problem	MP, Map Issue	An automated report from the Waze servers that identifies a possible problem with the map. See Map problem for more information. See the Map Problem Wiki Page	2014-08-11 (A)
Map Protection	~	Methods to protect and uphold the quality of the Waze map from both intentional and unintentional harm. See the Map Protection Wiki Page Related entries: •	2015-02-09 (A)
Map Team	~
Map Tile	~		2012-02-08 (A)
MapRaid	MR		2014-11-10 (A)
Median	~		2010-10-11 (A)
Median Barrier	~		2010-10-11 (A)
Median U-Turn Intersection	MUTI		2015-01-30 (A)
Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip	~	Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway. See the Median strip Wikipedia The Central Reservation Glossary Term links here Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
MediaWiki	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Mentor	~	An experienced and knowledgeable editor, assigned the role to teach others, and help them become better editors. See the Becoming a Mentor Wiki Page See the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term See the Community Roles Glossary Term	2015-02-20 (A)
Mentoring	~	Experienced editors passing on their knowledge and skills to others. There are different categories of mentoring. See the Mentoring Wiki Page Also see the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term Also see the Informal Mentoring Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
MH	(abbr.)	See the Major Highway Glossary Term
mH	(abbr.)	See the Minor Highway Glossary Term
Michigan Left Turn	MLT	a specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and now adopted elsewhere.
Micro-dogleg	mDL		2015-02-03 (U) 2015-01-12 (A)
Minimum Bounding Box	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Minor Highway	mH	Minor Highway  is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order. For more information on Minor Highway select this link. Note that when abbreviated to mH, the "m" must not be capitalized to differentiate from "MH - Major Highway". See the Road Types Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
Mood	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Motorway	~		2010-09-15 (A)
MP	(abbr.)	See the Map Problem Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
MR	(abbr.)		2015-02-21 (A)
Multiuse Lanes	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Munching	~		2010-10-11 (A) " "
NA	(abbr.)	See the North American Glossary Term links here	2012-10-04 (A)
Name Normalization	NN, NormName		2015-01-30 (A)
nanoRep	~		2014-11-18 (U) 2013-06-01 (A)
National Functional Class	NFC		2015-01-30 (A)
NFC	(abbr.)	See the National Functional Class Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
NI	(abbr.)	See the Not Identified Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Node	~	Related entries:	2010-09-16 (A)
NormName	(alias)	See the Name Normalization Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
North American	NA		2012-10-04 (A)
Not Identified	NI		2015-01-30 (A)
Nuance ®	~		2015-01-30 (A) " "
Opening Post	OP		2015-01-30 (A)
Origin	~	Starting point for a driving route, with the destination being the ending point. (needs to be researched for usage in Livemap and Client)	2010-09-16 (A) " "
Pacman Roads	~		2010-09-24 (A)
Papyrus	~	Old working name for the Waze Map Editor. See the Waze Map Editor Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Parking Lot Road	PLR	Parking Lot Road  is a road type used in Waze for the internal roads of parking lots and driveways. Not all internal parking lot roads, and driveways are supposed to be on the map. Not to be confused with the Area Place called Parking Lot. For more information on Parking Lot Road select this link. See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-02-15 (U) 2013-06-03 (A)
Pathfinder	(alias)	See the Wayfinder Glossary Term	2012-08-17 (A)
PB	(abbr.)	See the Pedestrial Boardwalk Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Pedestrial Boardwalk	PB	Pedestrian Boardwalk  is a non-routable road type in Waze used to represent paths which should not be driven on, but which the routing server does not see these roads as an option. Template:RoadTypes See Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Permalink	PL	A browser link (http://...) that shows the map with the same view as the user who created the Permalink (PL). Location, zoom, layers, and selected segments will be the same. You can find the icon for the Permalink in the lower right corner of the WME screen (two chains linked together). When the mouse is hovered over the icon, press Control-C to copy the Permalink to the clipboard or right-click it and choose copy). You can then paste the PL into an e-mail or forum message so others can access what you are seeing. Note that you should not copy the URL from the browser address bar as a Permalink, as it does not change as you work on the screen. The Permalink icon always has the current Permalink. You can also click the Permalink icon to completely reload your current window without changing the view. See the Permalink Wiki Page Related entries:	2014-08-04 (A)
phpbb ®	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update	(alias)	See the Place Update Request Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update Request	PUR, Place Update	A Place Update Request is displayed in WME on its own layer. It is produced either from the client app similar to an Update Request, reported by a user from the requesting a new Place or an update to photo or details of an existing Place which the user doesn't have permision to update. It can also be produced in WME when an editor attempts to modify a Place locked above their rank. See the Places Glossary Term	2014-10-05 (A)
Places	Venue, Landmark	Waze's implementation of a POI system. Places can be either an Area or a Point which affects their display on the map, but not any other features. See the Places Wiki Page Related entries: • • • •	2015-02-22 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
PLR	(abbr.)	See the Parking Lot Road Glossary Term	2013-06-03 (A)
PM	(abbr.)	See the Private Messages Glossary Term	2013-04-30 (A)
POI	(abbr.)	See the Point of Interest Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Point	~	A "Place Point" is a Waze POI without associated polygon displayed on the map, as opposed to the "Place Area". (not the same as "Points" as used in Points Ranking) See the Places Glossary Term Also see the Area Glossary Term Also see the Points Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-22 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Point of Interest	POI	A specific location of interest, usually with accompanying details. Used by many GPS and mapping softwares for indentifying businesses, etc. on the map. Waze uses the "Places" for it's implementation of "Points of Interest" in it's maps. See the Places Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Points	~	"Points" as used with rank and edits. (not the same as "Point" as used in Area Point) See the Rank Glossary Term Also see the Places Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Pothole	~		2012-07-21 (A)
PR	(abbr.)	See the Private Road Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Primary Street	PS	Primary Street  is a road type in Waze, typically used to represent the collector roads in a city. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order. For more information on Primary Street select this link. See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-02-15 (U) 2014-08-11 (A)
Private Installations	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Private Message	PM	Private message See the Private Messages Wiki Page	2013-04-30 (A)
Private Messages	PM	The Private Messaging system used in the Waze forums or Messages as used in the Waze Client. See the Private Messages Wiki Page	2013-04-30 (A)
Private Road	PR	Private Road  is a road type used in Waze for drivable roads which should be mapped, but are not for public use. For more information on Private Road select this link. See Road Types Glossary Term	2015-02-15 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
PS	(abbr.)	See the Primary Street Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
PUR	(abbr.)	See the Place Update Request Glossary Term	2014-10-05 (A) " " " "
RA	(abbr.)	See the Roundabout Glossary Term	2015-02-09 (A)
Rail Road	RR	Railroad  is a non-routable road type in Waze used to represent railroad tracks which are visible from the surface. The routing server does not see these as an option. Template:RoadTypes See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Ramp	Sliproad	A freeway entrance or exit; AKA a sliproad. Ramps may be on-ramps or off-ramps. Ramps are used to connect roads at a different grade from the connecting road or freeway, and are handled specially by the Waze routing, and client. For more information on Ramps select this link. Also see the Junction Style Guide Wiki Page See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-02-15 (U) 2010-09-15 (A)
Rank	Lock level, Points Rank (ranking) and Editor Rank & Zoom terms)	See Ediitor Rank (and Cones) See Waze Points Rank and Waze Points (as seen in Waze client application) See Waze Points Level (as seen in Waze client application) Related entries:	2013-10-17 (A)
RC	(abbr.)	See the Regional Coordinator Glossary Term See the Release Candidate Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
RC	(abbr.)	See the Regional Coordinator Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Rcut	Rcut		2015-01-30 (A)
Real Time Search Engine	RTSE		2015-01-30 (A)
Red Light Camera	RLC		2015-01-30 (A)
Regional Coordinator	RC	See the Regional Coordinator Wiki Page See the Community Roles Glossary Term Also see the Country Coordinator Glossary Term Related entries: •	2015-01-30 (A)
Regression Checker	~	A specific method of Map Protection. See the Map Protection Glossary Term	2015-02-09 (A)
Release Candidate	RC	A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version. See the Release Candidate Wiktionary Also see the Release Candidate Wikipedia Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Rest Of World	ROW, ROTW, World	Related entries:	2014-05-17 (A)
Restiction Types	~		2015-01-30 (A)
RevCon	(abbr.)	See the Reverse Connectivity Glossary Term	2013-01-14 (A)
Reverse Connection	(alias)	See the Reverse Connectivity Glossary Term	2014-01-27 (A)
Reverse Connectivity	RevCon, Reverse Connection		2013-01-14 (A)
Reversible Lanes	~		2015-01-30 (A)
RLC	(abbr.)	See the Red Light Camera Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Road Candies	~	Small candy shaped icons that appear on the Waze client app. Drive over them to collect the points associated. See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Road Goodies	~	Special items that appear at random locations on the map ro special occasions like hoildays. See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Road Muching	~		2010-10-11 (A)
Road Munching	~		2010-10-11 (A)
Road Report	~
Road Types	~	Road types as used in WME, listed by their hierarchy of preference. Road Type Abbr. Highways Freeway FW Major Highway MH Minor Highway mH Ramp Ramp Streets Primary Street PS Street ST Other - drivable Dirt road / 4X4 Trail DR Parking Lot Road PLR Private Road PR Ferry FE Non-driveable Walking Trail WT Pedestrian Boardwalk PB Stairway SW Railroad RR Runway/Taxiway RW See the Road types/USA Wiki Page Related entries: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	2015-02-14 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Roles	~	Roles are assigned to users, and indicate involvment in certain areas of Waze. They can be used to identify a users place in the community leadership hierarchy,a special interest, knowledge, or skills set. There are a number of different roles in Waze. See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page Also see the Reorganization of the Community: What does my role mean? Waze forum Also see the Your Rank and Points Wiki Page Related entries: •	2015-01-30 (A)
ROTW	(abbr.)	See the Rest Of World Glossary Term	2015-02-21 (A)
Roundabout	RA		2015-02-09 (A)
Roundabout angle	~	The relative position in compass degrees where a segment connects to a roundabout. See the Roundabout Angle Wiki Page Related entries:	2015-02-08 (U) 2914-09-02 (A)
Routing Penalties	~		2015-01-30 (A)
ROW	(abbr.)	See the Rest Of World Glossary Term	2014-05-17 (A)
RR	(abbr.)	See the Rail Road Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
RTSE	(abbr.)	See the Real Time Search Engine Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Runway/Taxiway	RW, Taxiway	Runway/Taxiway  is a roaf type in Waze which is used for runways and taxiways in airports. Not all runways and taxiways should be included in the map. Template:RoadTypes See the Road Types Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-11 (A)
RW	(abbr.)	See the Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) " "
SB	(abbr.)	See the Scoreboard Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Scoreboard	SB		2015-01-30 (A)
SDP	(abbr.)	See the Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Seach Codes	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Search Codes	~	See the Search Codes Wiki Page Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Seg	(abbr.)	See the Segment Glossary Term
Segment	Seg		2012-02-07 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments	SRS	Selected Roundabout Segments; browser extension for WME	2015-01-30 (A)
Self Connectiviey	SelfCon	Related entries:	2013-01-14 (A)
Self-Management	SM		2015-01-30 (A)
SelfCon	~	See the Self Connectiviey Glossary Term	2013-01-14 (A)
Simple Segments	SimSeg		2015-02-09 (A)
Single Point Urban Interchange	SPUI		2015-01-30 (A)
Slack	~		2015-02-21 (A)
Slip Road	(alias)	See the Ramp Glossary Term	2010-09-15 (A)
SM	(alias)		2015-01-30 (A)
SM	(abbr.)		2015-01-30 (A)
Small Detour Prevention	SDP	(also see BDP)	2015-01-30 (A)
Smudged City	City Smudge		2013-06-01 (A)
Split	~		2014-12-10 (A)
SPUI	(abbr.)	See the Single Point Urban Interchange Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
SRS	(abbr.)	See the Selected Roundabout Segments Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
ST	(abbr.)	See the Street Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Stairway	SW	See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Starting Point	~	(needs to be researched for usage in Livemap and Client)	2015-02-18 (A)
State Manager	SM	See the State Manager Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
State Route/Road	see Road Type		2015-01-30 (A)
Status	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Street	ST	Street  is the lowest public road type in Waze, typically used to represent the local roads in a city. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order. For more information on Street select this link. See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-02-15 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Streetview	(alias)		2015-01-30 (A)
Streetview	SV		2014-08-14 (A)
Super Permalink	~	See the Permalink Glossary Term	2015-02-09 (A)
Support	Help		2015-01-30 (A)
SV	(abbr.)		2015-01-30 (A)
SV	(abbr.)		2014-08-14 (A)
SW	(abbr.)	See the Stairway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) " "
Tampermonkey	~	Also see the Greasemonkey Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Taxiway	TW	Prefered term is Runway/Taxiway See the Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
TB	(abbr.)	See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
TB	(abbr.)	See the Time Based Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
TBR	(abbr.)	See the Time Based Restriction Glossary Term	2015-02-21 (A)
TBSR	(abbr.)		2013-11-04 (A)
TBTR	(abbr.)		2013-11-04 (A)
Teams	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Text to Speech	~	Navigation instructions spoken to the driver by the Waze application that includes street names. Some of the Waze "voices" used for navigation support , while others can only speak directions, and cannot speak street names due to their lack of . Also see the Voice Glossary Term Also see the Voice Commands Glossary Term Also see Kevin Hart rescording voices for Waze. External page Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Throttling	~	A specific method of Map Protection. See the Map Protection Glossary Term	2015-02-09 (A)
Tile	~		2012-02-08 (A)
Time Based	TB		2015-01-30 (A)
Time Based Restriction	TBR		2013-03-27 (A)
Time Based Segment Restriction	TBSR	See the Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term Related entries:	2013-11-04 (A)
Time Based Turn Restriction	TBTR	See the Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term Related entries:	2013-11-04 (A)
TL	(abbr.)		2014-02-06 (A)
Toolbox	(alias)	See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Toolbox	(alias)	See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
TR	(abbr.)	See the Turn Restriction Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Traffic Locks	TL	See the Traffic Locks Glossary Term Related entries:	2014-02-06 (A)
Transclude	Transclusion		2015-01-30 (A)
Transfix	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Transit Lane	~		2013-03-12 (A)
TTS	(abbr.)	See the Text to Speech Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Turn angle	~	The supplementary angle to the junction angle between any two segments connected at a junction. See the Turn angle Wiki Page Also see the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-08 (U) 2014-09-02 (A)
Turn Restriction	TR		2015-01-30 (A)
TW	(abbr.)	See the Taxiway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) " "
ULM	(abbr.)	See the User Level Monitor Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
United States Postal Service	~	United States Postal Service See the United States Postal Service External page	2015-02-21 (A)
Universally Unique Identifier	UUID	See the Universally Unique Identifier Wikipedia Also see the UUID Waze forum	2015-01-30 (A)
Update Report Overview	URO, URO+		2015-01-30 (A)
Update Request	UR, Map Issue	An Update Request is a Map Issue reported by a user from the Waze client app. It is also a layer in the Waze Map Editor See the Update Request Wiki Page Also see the Map Issue Glossary Term Related entries:	2012-10-04 (A)
UR	(abbr.)	See the Update Request Glossary Term	2012-10-04 (A)
URO	(abbr.)	See the Update Report Overview Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
URO+	(abbr.)	See the Update Report Overview Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
User Level Monitor	ULM	Deprecated term. Replaced with Community Action Request.	2015-01-30 (A)
USPS	(abbr.)	See the United States Postal Service Glossary Term	2015-02-21 (A)
UUID	(abbr.)	See the Universally Unique Identifier Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) " "
Validator	(alias)	See the WME Validator Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Venue	(alias)	Internal term used within the WME code to identify Places. See the Places Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Voice	~	Various male and female voices are available based on location, in a number of languages to provider spoken navigation instuctions. While all voices provide turn instructions, only some also provide Text to Speech () instructions for street names. In the U.S,, Samantha and Tom are two English speaking voices that support . All voices are assigned human names in the client application. Novelty voices may also be available for some languages such as "Boy Band", and celebrity voices such as commedian Kenvin Hart introduced in late 2013. See the Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term Also see the Text to Speech Glossary Term Also see Kevin Hart rescording voices for Waze. External page Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Voice Commands	~	See the Voice Commands Wiki Page Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A) " "
Walking Trail	WT	Walking Trail  is a routable road type in Waze used to represent paths which should not be driven on, but which the routing server still sees as an option. Template:RoadTypes See Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
WAS	(abbr.)	See the WME Aerial Shifter Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Wayfinder	WF, Pathfinder	See the Wayfinder Wiki Page	2012-08-17 (A)
Waze AM Layers	AMGR	3rd party web tool used to visualize Managed Areas from WME-Tools. Coming soon: http://waze.tools See the WME-TOOLS.com External page Also see the Coming soon: waze.tools External page	2014-10-11 (A)
Waze Champ	~		2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Expert	~	Related entries:	2015-02-11 (A)
Waze Expert	~	Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Forum	(alias)	See the Community Forum Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Geo-Ops	~		2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Global Champ	(alias)		2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Local Champ	(alias)	See the Local Champ Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Map Editor	WME	See the Waze Map Editor Wiki Page	2012-12-24 (A)
Waze Map Team	~		2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Mobil	~	See the [Waze Mobil Waze Mobil] External page	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Speak	~	Friendly term that implies the use of the terms in this glossary within communications.	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki	~	Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Wiki	Community Wiki, Wiki	When capitalized, "Wiki" as used in Waze communications implies the specific "Waze Wiki". (Side note: The word "wiki" is Hawaiian for "fast".) See the Main Page Wiki Page Also see the wiki Wikipedia Related entries:
Wazer	~	Any user of Waze, and the name used for an anonymous user in the Waze client mobile application. See the Waze symbols Wiki Page	2010-09-24 (A)
WF	(abbr.)	See the Wayfinder Glossary Term	2012-08-17 (A)
Wiki	(alais)	See the Waze Wiki Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
WME	(abbr.)	See the Waze Map Editor Glossary Term	2012-12-24 (A)
WME Aerial Shifter	WAS		2015-01-30 (A)
WME center to Begin-End of Street	WME-BES		2015-01-30 (A)
WME Chat	Char		2015-01-30 (A)
WME Color Highlighter	CH, WMECH	See the Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Wiki Page	2013-06-03 (A)
WME Toolbox	WMETB		2015-01-30 (A)
WME Toolbox	WMETB, TB, Toolbox		2015-01-30 (A)
WME Validator	WMEV, Validator		2015-01-30 (A)
WMECH	(abbr.)	See the WME Color Highlighter Glossary Term	2013-06-03 (A)
WMETB	(abbr.)	See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
World	(alais)	See the Rest Of World Glossary Term	2012-10-04 (A)
WT	(abbr.)	See the Walking Trail Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) " " " " " "
Zoom	~		2015-01-30 (A)

Notes

Many other non-Waze centric terms not included above may be found in various resources such as the Wiktionary - English Internet Slang.

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