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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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Waze Glossary (With sortable entries!)
Glossary Term	Abbreviation / Acronym	Description	Date Updated Date Added
Angle	~	There are three different types of angles described in the Wiki: Junction angle Roundabout angle Turn angle
Automatic Speech Recognition	ASR	The ability of a smart-device to translate a user's voice commands into actions on the device.
Big Green Sign	BGS	A large green sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information.
Color Highlights	CH, WMECH	See the WME Color Highlights glossary term.
Express Lane	~	See HOV Lane - High Occupancy Vehicle glossary term.	2014-10-10 (U)
Federal Highway Administration	FHWA	The FHWA is a U.S. governmental agency that provides stewardship over the construction, maintenance and preservation of the Nation’s highways, bridges and tunnels. It is a guiding resource for Waze editing. See the FHWA website. Also see the MUTCD glossary term.	2014-11-01 (U)
HOV Lane - High Occupancy Vehicle	HOV	A vehicle with 2 or more occupants. HOV Lanes, also known as Carpool Lanes and Transit Lanes, are lanes restricted for the use of cars carrying a specified number of occupants. Also see Carpool lanes term for more information.	2014-10-10 (U)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices	MUTCD	This defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public travel. The MUTCD is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart F. The information from the standards in this document are used throughout Waze in the U.S. State by state variations of this standard are listed here on their website.^[1] See the MUTCD FHWA website. Also see the Federal Highway Adminstration glossary term.
nanoRep	~	A 3rd party website previously used by Waze for their Support system. See [nanorep] Also see Waze Support	2014-11-18 (U)
Pathfinder	~	Depreciated Waze term. See Wayfinder term.	n/a (U)
Self Management	SM	Also see Self Management in Wiki. Also see State Manager glossary term.	(date) (U)
State Manager	SM	Also see Self Management glossary term.	(date) (U)
Transclude	~	2014-10-31
Transclusion	~	Transclusion is generally the inclusion of the content of a document into another document by reference. In a Wikipedia context, it is the use of the template functionality of MediaWiki to include the same content in multiple documents without having to edit those documents separately. Also see Wikidedia Transclusion Article	2014-10-31 (U)
Wayfinder	WF, Wf, Way Finder	Road segments designed to give instructions that Waze would otherwise not give to drivers. This is often done where the default instructions might confuse the driver, or fail to make a correct maneuver. Wayfinders almost always occur at a fork, and use short extra segments, differing road types, specially-named segments, or all three to accomplish their goals. Wayfinders may be used for exit-only lanes, multiple road branches, turn instructions needed where exit ramps transition to local streets or other highways, or to avoid accidentally taking any of the above. It is a complex topic, and relies on in-depth understanding of Waze's standard rules for generating instructions. (The term Pathfinder has also been used and is depreciated.) Also see the Junction Style Guide for more information.	n/a (U)
wiki	Wiki	The word "wiki" is Hawaiian for "to hurry", "quick", or "fast". The Waze Wiki is a specialized wiki web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in collaboration with others. Within the context of Waze, when the word "wiki" is capitalized as "Wiki" it infers, the "Waze Wiki" as a proper noun.	2014-10-31 (U)
WME Color Highlights	WMECH, CH	A browser extension script for WME. See the ̼Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Wiki page for more info.	(date) (U)
(glossary term)	(abbr.)	(description) THIS IS A TEMPLATE ROW Copy only. Do not edit or delete.	(date) (U)
example 1	e1	this is a template entry page	2015-01-25 (U)
example 2	e2, 2E, a2	this is a template item with a single blank row above	2015-01-25 (U)
example 3	e3	this is a template entry with each parameter on a separate line
example 4	e4	this is a template entry with each parameter on a separate line and a footnote^[2]
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Area Manager	AM	An assigned role to help manage a given geographical area. See Area Manager Wiki Page Also see Community Roles Glossary Term
Waze AM Layers	AMGR	3rd party web tool used to visualize Managed Areas from WME-Tools. See WME-TOOLS.com External page Also see Coming soon: waze.tools External page	2015-02-08 (A)
Angle	~	There are three different types of angles. Please choose the relevant Glossary Term: See Junction angle Glossary Term See Roundabout angle Glossary Term See Turn angle Glossary Term Also see Juntion Angle Info Glossary Term Jump back ^ ^ ^ ^	2014-10-12 (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 Junction Style Guide Wiki Page Also see Nodes Glossary Term Also see Fixing Dead-End Nodes Wiki Page	2015-02-08 (U)
Junction node	~	See Junction Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (A)
Junction point	~	See Junction Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (A)
Junction angle	~	The measured angle between any two segments connected at a junction. Also see Junction Angle Info Glossary Term Related entries: _^Angle \| Jump back ^	2015-02-08 (U)
Roundabout angle	~	The relative position in compass degrees where a segment connects to a roundabout. See Roundabout Angle Wiki Page Related entries: _^Angle	2015-02-08 (U)
Turn angle	~	The supplementary angle to the junction angle between any two segments connected at a junction. See Turn angle Wiki Page Also see Juntion Angle Info Glossary Term Related entries: _^Angle \| Jump back ^	2015-02-08 (U)
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 WME Junction Angle Info Wiki Page Related entries: _^Angle • _{^{Junction angle}} • _{^{Turn angle}}	2015-02-08 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Automatic Speech Recognition	ASR	The ability of a smartdevice to convert voice commands into actions on the device. See Voice Commands Glossary Term	"
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 (TTS) instructions for street names. In the U.S,, Samanta and Tom are two English speaking voices that support TTS. 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 Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A) "
Voice Commands	~	See Voice Commands Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Text to Speech	TTS	Navigation instructions spoken to the driver by the Waze application that includes street names. Some of the Waze "voices" used for navigation support TTS, while others can only speak directions, and cannot speak street names due to their lack of TTS. Also see Voice 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 Best Continuation Wiki Page	"
Beta	β	WME and Client betas. [also add Wikipedia def link]	2015-01-30 (A)
Best Practices/Best Map Editing Practice	~	See Best_map_editing_practice Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Big Green Sign	BGS	A Big Green Sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information.
Blog	~	The Waze Blog See Waze Blog Waze Blog	2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus Candies	~	See Candies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Bookmark	BM		2015-01-30 (A)
Bookmarklet	BM	A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark. See Bookmarklets Wiki Page	2014-10-11 (A)
BugZilla	~	Third party "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System" previously used by Waze See Bugzilla Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Candies	~	See Road Candies Glossary Term
Road Candies	~	Small candy shaped icons that appear on the Waze client app. Drive over them to collect the points associated. See Road Candies Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Road Goodies	~	See Road Candies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Action Request	CAR
Connected Citizens	CC	The Waze Connected Citizens program See Connected Citizens Waze Blog	2015-01-30 (U) 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 Connected Citizens Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Car Pool Lane	~	See Carpool, HOV, Transit_lanes Wiki Page
Data Waze	~	Data Waze See Data Waze Waze Blog	2015-01-30 (A)
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 Car Pool Lane Glossary Term
High Occupancy Vehicle	HOV	See Car Pool Lane Glossary Term
Cartouche	~	Name of Waze map editor prior to the Waze Map Editor. See Waze Map Editor Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Map Editor	WME	See Waze Map Editor Wiki Page
Papyrus	~	Old working name for the Waze Map Editor. See Waze Map Editor Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Coordinator	~	See Coordinator Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Center Code	CC	Third party Beta Test Management Solutions used by Waze Also see [[\|]] Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Country Coordinator	CC	[role] See Regional Coordinator Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Regional Coordinator	RC	[role] Also see Relase Candidate Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Release Candidate	RC	Also see Regional Coordinator Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (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 CDP Wikipedia
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 Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip Glossary Term
Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip	~	Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway. See Median strip Wikipedia	2015-01-30 (A)
Continuous Flow Intersection	CFI	A general category type of intersectiion See Displaced Left Turn Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Displaced Left Turn	DLT	At specfic type of a Continuous Flow Intersection. See Displaced Left Turn Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Role	~	[role] See Coordinator Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Role	~	[role] See Community Role Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)