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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)
#WazeWin	WazeWin	A hashtag in various social media used to indicate posts related Waze saving Wazers time, and avoiding traffic. Usually attached to screenshots or descriptions of Waze routing users around heavy traffic using detours the driver would not have thought of on their own. Also see the hashtag Wikipedia	2015-02-25 (U) 2015-02-23 (A)
Abbreviations	Acronyms, Big List	List of Abbreviations used in Waze. See the Abbreviations and acronyms Wiki Page Also see the Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients - Test List for North America "The Big List") External page Also see the [forum Test of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Abbreviations in Waze Clients] Waze forum	2015-02-23 (A)
Acronyms	(alias)	See the Abbreviations Glossary Term	2015-02-23 (A)
Advertisers Dashboard	~	See the [biz.waze.com] Waze Site	2015-02-26 (A)
AGC	(abbr.)	See the At-Grade Connectors Glossary Term	2014-10-12 (A)
AMGR	(abbr.)	See the Waze AM Layers Glossary Term	2015-02-23 (U) 2014-08-11 (A)
Angle	~	There are various types of angles used in Waze mapping. 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 Related entries:	2015-02-08 (U) 2014-08-11 (A)
ASR	(abbr.)	See the Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term	2012-08-18 (A)
At-Grade Connectors	AGC, 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)
Avatar	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
Badges	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
BBCode	~	BBCode is a special implementation of HTML to enhance forum posts. In addition to the standard BBCodes as described in the guide linked below, Waze has added custom BBCodes, including: Table, Hide, and YouTube. The use of the Hide and YouTube codes are obvious when applied from the foum posting toolbar. The Table code however requires additional explanation. Table code tags: [table] starts a table with borders [tr] starts a row [td] open a cell [/td] closes a cell [/tr] closes a row [/table] closes the table No other table tags or tag attributes are available. Nested tables are not permitted, and new lines are redered correctly within cells, as all other new lines within the table tags will merely appear above the table. See the Forum BBCode Guide Waze forum	2015-02-25 (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 Map Editing Practice	Best Practices	See the Best map editing practice Wiki Page	2015-03-02 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Best Practices	(alias)	See the Best Map Editing Practice Glossary Term	2015-03-02 (A)
Beta	~	Typically the last software version before being released to the publc as a production version. See the Beta Testers Glossary Term Also see the Beta Wikipedia	2015-01-30 (A)
Beta Testers	~	See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page Related entries: •	2015-02-25 (A)
BGS	(abbr.)	See the Big Green Sign Glossary Term	2015-03-25 (A)
Big Detour Prevention	BDP	A system designed to prevent routing off, and then back on to the same Freeway/Highway for a small savings in time. See the Detour Prevention Mechanisms Wiki Page Also see the Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Big Green Sign	BGS	A Big Green Sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information. Also see the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Glossary Term	2012-08-18 (A)
Big List	(alias)	See the Abbreviations Glossary Term	2015-02-23 (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 Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus points and road goodies	Bonus Candies, Candies, Goodies, Road Goodies	Special items that appear on the Waze client app map to achive bonus points. Drive over them to collect the assciated points. These may be candy shaped, or other special shapes for various occaasions. See the Road candies Wiki Page	2015-02-10 (A)
Bookmark	(alias)	Place markers in your web browser store the link to websites. Scripts can be inserted instead of URLs to create Bookmarklets.	2015-01-30 (A)
Bookmarklets	BM, Bookmark	A Javascript stored as a web browser bookmark. See the Bookmarklets Wiki Page	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	Term used within the URO+ script extension.	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, HOV Lane	A lane restricted to use exclusively by vehicles carrying the minimum number of paasengers to meet the local HOV regulation. 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 Program Glossary Term See the Center Code Glossary Term	2015-02-22 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
CCP	(abbr.)	See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term	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 See the Waze CenterCode.com External page Also see the Beta Testers Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Central Reservation	~	British English term for the strip of land or barrier separating a Dual Carriageway. Dual Carriageway is also a British term, for a Divided Highway. See the Median 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 See the Map Chat Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
City Smudge	(alias)	See the Smudged City Glossary Term	2015-02-24 (A)
Client	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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	(alias)	See the Search Codes Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Action Request	CAR	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum	Forum, Waze Forum	content for this entry is still in progress	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 Glossary Term Related entries: • • • • • • • •	2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki	(alias)	See the Waze Wiki Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Connected Citizens	(alias)	See the Connected Citizens Program Glossary Term	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	CC, CCP, Connected Citizens	The Waze Connected Citizens Program See the Connected Citizens Program Wiki Page Also see the Connected Citizens Waze Blog Related entries:	2015-03-17 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Connectivity Score	~	A number used to define how well the map of region is developed. Measured by Waze staff, the higher the percentage, the better. It rates how well roads are interconnected, when searcching for routes to and from various points in the region.	2015-02-24 (A)
Connector	(alias)	See the At-Grade Connectors Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Connector	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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)
Cookie Munching	Cookies	Cookies are the dots on unconfirmed roads (sometimes called pacman roads). Cookie munching (or road munching) is driving over such roads, and earns points. It also confirms the road is drive-able for the Waze server. See the Points Wiki Page See the What are those dots ... ? FAQ Wiki Page Related entries: •	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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Cul-de-sac	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Curve Point	(alias)	As used in the Waze Map Editor Guide Full Clip Video. Term not commonly used otherwise. See the Geometry Node Glossary Term Also see the Waze Map Editor Guide Full Clip Video External page	2015-01-30 (A)
Cut	~	To separate a single segment into two smallaer segments, by adding a junction node along the segment. See the Cut a segment Wiki Page Related entries:	2015-03-22 (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	~	See the Dashboard Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Data Base	DB	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Data Waze	datawaze	See the Data Waze Waze Blog	2015-02-24 (A)
datawaze	(alias)	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-24 (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 Dropbox Glossary Term	2015-02-23 (A)
Dead End Loops	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Node	~	This is an Endpoint Node found at the end of a segment with no other segment connected to its end. When the other endpoint node of the segment is connected to one or more other segments. A Dead End Node should be visible at the end of a dead-end road, and should be corrected if not visible. See the End Point Node Glossary Term Also see the Node Glossary Term Also see the Fixing Dead End Nodes Wiki Page Related entries:	2012-08-18 (A)
Department of Transportation	DOT	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Detour Prevention Mechanism	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Directionality	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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	content for this entry is still in progress	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)
Divide	Dividing	The method to convert a single two-way segment, into two parallel one-way segments in opposite directions. See the Dividing a two-way road Wiki Page Related entries: •	2015-03-22 (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. See the Divided road intersections Wiki Page Also see the Dividing a two-way road Glossary Term Also see the Un-Dividing a divided highway Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-03-22 (U) 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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-12 (A)
DOT	(abbr.)	See the Department of Transportation Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Down-Lock	~	Term used to descibe the process of adjusting the Segment Lock level in WME down to match the Rank of an editor to allow them to edit the segment(s). See the Segment Lock Glossary Term Also see the Up-Lock Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-25 (A)
DR	(abbr.)	"Dr" is also used as an abbreviaion for "Drive" and "Dr." for "Doctor" in segment naming. See the Dirt Road Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Drive	(alias)	See the Google Drive Glossary Term	2015-02-23 (A)
Driven Area	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Drives	~	See the Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Drives Tab Enhancer	DTE	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Dropbox	DB	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
DTE	(abbr.)	See the Drives Tab Enhancer Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Dual Carriageway	(alias)	The British English term for a Divided Highway. See the Divided Highway Glossary Term Related entries:	2010-10-11 (A)
Duplicate Cities	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Editable Area	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2013-01-23 (A)
Editing Roles	~	These are assigned roles given to users who request them, and show they are qualified. They exist to enable users 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	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
End Point Node	~	An End Point Node (AKA end node) is found at both ends of a segment. Its' appearance is emphasized after selecting a segment while in WME. When joined to other endpoint nodes it creates a junction. See the Node Glossary Term Also see the Junction Glossary Term Related entries:	2013-05-06 (A)
Estimated Time of Arrival	ETA	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
ETA	(abbr.)	See the Estimated Time of Arrival Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Event	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Expert	(alias)	See the Waze Expert Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Express Lane	(alias)	See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term	2012-08-18 (A)
Extension	~	Usually refers to a browser extension script	2015-01-30 (A)
FAQ	(abbr.)	See the Frequently Asked Questions Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
FC	(abbr.)	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
FE	(abbr.)	See the Ferry Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Federal Highway Administration	FHWA	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Feed The Waze	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
Ferry	FE	Ferry  is a road type in Waze used to represent ferry routes which can be taken with a vehicle. For more information on Ferry select this link. See Road Types Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
FHWA	(abbr.)	See the Federal Highway Administration Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
FM	(abbr.)	See the Formal Mentoring Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Fork	~	A point in a road where the road diverges to separate roads. This is common where a new Freeway diverges off an existing freeway, and also where a frontage road (aka service road) starts off of a main road. This is the MUTCD definition of "Split", and has been refered to as a "split in the road" in the past. However use of the word "split" has been ddepracated in the Waze vernacular. See the Freeway forks Wiki Page Also see the MUTCD Glossary Term Also see the [] Related entries:	2015-03-22 (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	~	See the Forms Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Forum	(alias)	See the Community Forum Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Freeway	FW, Fwy	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	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Frontage Road	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
Functional Classifiction	FC	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
FW	(abbr.)	See the Freeway Glossary Term	2010-09-15 (A)
Fwy	(abbr.)	See the Freeway Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (A)
g	(abbr.)	See the Google Streetview Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
GC	(abbr.)	See the Global Champ Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Geo-node	(alias)	See the Geometry Node Glossary Term	2012-08-17 (A)
Geo-Ops	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-21 (A)
Geographic Information System	GIS	Commonly used by various governmental entities such as county auditors to provide parcel information along with maps.	2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2010-09-15 (A)
Geometry Handle	Handle	Any object that can be used to adjust the geometry of a segment or node placement. See the Inter-geometry node Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry Node	Geo-node, Geonode, Curve Point	Segment geometry node Landmark geometry node When editing a segment or Area Place, large white circles appear where the segment changes direction ultimately altering its shape. Click and drag them individually to alter the geometry of the segment or landmark. Press the d key while the mouse is hovered over them to delete the geometry node. Alternately hold the d key and then move the mouse over the nodes you want to delete. The smaller white circles between the geometry nodes are "inter"-geometry nodes. When you click and drag an inter-geometry node, it becomes a larger geometry node and two more inter-geometry nodes appear halfway between each side again. See the Node Glossary Term See the Editing existing roads Wiki Page Related entries:	2012-08-17 (A)
Geonode	(alias)	See the Geometry Node Glossary Term	2012-08-17 (A)
GHO	(abbr.)	See the Google Hangouts Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
GIS	(abbr.)	See the Geographic Information System Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Global Champ	GC, Waze Global Champ	An editor selected by Waze management to be part of the world community leadership of Waze. These are editors that show long standing contributions to the entire global Waze community. See the Global Champs Wiki Page Also see the Community Roles Glossary Term	2015-03-04 (U) 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)
GLR	(abbr.)	See the Great Lakes Region Glossary Term	2015-03-25 (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 Drive	Drive	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
Google Forms	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Google Hangouts	GHO, Hangout, HO, HoG	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Google Map Maker	GMM	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Google Maps	GMAP	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Google Sheets	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Google Streetview	SV, GSV, Street View	Google Maps provides the ability to see local roads from the driver's perspective using the Map Editor Interface and Controls Street View icon below. See the Streetview Wiki Page Related entries:	2015-02-25 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Gore	(alias)	See the Gore Point Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (A)
Gore Point	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.	2015-02-26 (U) 2014-11-02 (A)
GPS	(abbr.)	See the Global Positioning System Glossary Term	2014-02-17 (A)
Grade	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2010-09-15 (A)
Greasemonkey	GM	See the Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Glossary Term Also see the Tampermonkey Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Great Lakes Region	GLR	One of the regions the USA is broken into. It includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. See the Great Lakes Wiki Page	2015-03-25 (A)
Groups	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Handle	(alias)	See the Geometry Handle Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Hangouts	(alias)	See the Google Hangouts Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
HC	(abbr.)	See the Help Center Glossary Term	2015-02-25 (A)
Help	(alias)	See the Help Center Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Help Center	HC, Help, Support	An interactive help site with FAQs, common support topics, tutorials, and the ability to submit support requests directly to Waze staff. This site is maintained by Waze staff. See the Support Waze Site	2015-02-25 (U) 2015-02-25 (A)
High Occupancy Toll	HOT, HOT Lane	A lane that permits single passenger vehicles who choose to pay a toll to take advantage of an HOV lane that generally moves faster than the other lanes in the same direction. See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term	2015-02-27 (U) 2014-08-11 (A)
High Occupancy Vehicle	HOV	A vehicle with a minimum number of passangers, at least two. Local regulations can specify HOV to mean at least two, three, or four passenger in the vehicle. Vehicles meeting these specifications may be entitled to special privileges. 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 Hangouts Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
HoGs	(abbr.)	Humorous abbreviaion occasionally used for "Hangout Groups". See the Google Hangouts Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
HOT	(abbr.)	See the High Occupancy Toll Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
HOT Lane	(alias)	See the High Occupancy Toll Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
House Numbers	HN	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
HOV	(abbr.)	See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term	2010-09-16 (A)
HOV Lane	(alias)	See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
IGN	(abbr.)	See the IGN Editors Glossary Term Also see the Inter-geometry node Glossary Term	2013-03-11 (A)
IGN Editors	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 See the Illinois USPS code Glossary Term	2014-05-17 (A)
Illinois USPS code	IL	Illinois USPS postal code (This term is only included in glossary to compare with :"L" for Israel.) 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.	2015-02-25 (A)
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	~	A "grab handle" that allows you to create a new geometry node. When you drag an inter-geometry node, it bends the segment at that point; when you release it, the inter-geometry node will become a new geometry node. Inter-geometry nodes appear on road segments and area places (previously landmarks). They will only appear when the segment/place is selected and the mouse is hovering over it. They appear midway between each existing pair of adjacent geometry nodes, allowing you to bend the shape midway between existing bends. In the case of segments, they also appear midway between the endpoints and the first existing geometry node, or, if there are no existing geometry nodes, midway in the segment. See the Geometry Node Glossary Term See the Node Glossary Term Related entries:	2014-07-29 (A)
International	Intl	content for this entry is still in progress	2012-10-04 (A)
Internet Relay Chat	IRC	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
IRC	(abbr.)	See the Internet Relay Chat Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Island	(alias)	See the Median Glossary Term	2015-02-27 (A)
ISO-8601	ISO-8601	See the [[1]] Wiki Page Also see the Time preference profile settings for forum Waze forum Also see the Time preference profile settings for Wiki Wiki Page	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	(abbr.)	See the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
JB	(abbr.)	See the Junction Box Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (A)
JNF	(abbr.)	See the Junction Node Fixer Glossary Term	2015-03-18 (A)
JSG	~	See the Junction Style Guide Glossary Term	2015-03-18 (A)
Jturn	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
Jughandle	~	Also see the Jughandle Wikipedia	2015-02-26 (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 node 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 Dead End Node Glossary Term Related entries:	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) 2014-09-02 (A)
Junction Angle	Angle	The measured angle between any two segments connected at a junction. See the Junction Style Guide/Controlling turn instructions Wiki Page Related entries:	2015-02-08 (U) (U) 2014-09-02 (A)
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 Box	~	Temporarily named Big Junctions in the following blog article that describes the concept. See the Big Junctions Waze Blog	2015-02-26 (A)
Junction Node	(alias)	See the Junction Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Node Fixer	JNF	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Junction Point	(alias)	See the Junction Glossary Term	2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Style Guide	JSG	content for this entry is still in progress  Related entries:	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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2013-10-17 (A)
Live Map	LM	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Live Map UR Overlay	LMUR	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
LM	(abbr.)	See the Live Map Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Local Champ	LC, Waze Local Champ	An editor selected by Waze management or the local community leadership to join the local community leadership of a specific country. These are editors that show long standing contributions to the Waze community for their country. See the Local Champs Wiki Page Also see the Community Roles Glossary Term	2015-03-04 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
Lock	~	See the Segment Lock Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Loops	~	See the [Segment Lock]	2015-01-30 (A)
Major Events	(alias)	See the Major Traffic Events Glossary Term	2015-03-16 (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)
Major Traffic Events	MTE, Major Events	See the Major Traffic Events Wiki Page	2015-03-16 (A)
Managed Area	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices	MUTCD	National source of road, sign, and abbreviation guidelines. Individual states often have their own guidelines expaned from the MUTCD. See the MUTCD External page Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Map Chat	Chat	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (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. See the Map Issue Wiki Page Also see the Update Request Glossary Term Related entries:	2013-02-25 (A)
Map Problem	MP	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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-21 (A)
Map Tile	Tile	content for this entry is still in progress	2012-02-08 (A)
Map-A-Thon	~	See the [] Waze Blog	2015-02-24 (A)
MapRaid	MR, Raid	See the MapRaid Wiki Page	2014-11-10 (A)
Median	Median Barrier, Median Divider Island, Median Strip, Island	Strip of land or barrier separating a Divided Highway. This is known as a Central Reservation in British English. See the Median strip Wikipedia Related entries:	2015-02-27 (U) 2010-10-11 (A)
Median Barrier	(alias)	See the Median Glossary Term	2010-10-11 (A)
Median Divider Island	(alias)	See the Median Glossary Term	2015-02-27 (A)
Median Strip	(alias)	See the Median Glossary Term	2015-02-27 (A)
Median U-Turn Intersection	MUTI	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
MediaWiki	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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	2014-08-11 (A)
mH	(abbr.)	See the Minor Highway Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
Michigan Left Turn	MLT	A specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and occasionally adopted elsewhere.	2015-01-30 (A)
Micro-dogleg	mDL	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-03 (U) 2015-01-12 (A)
Minimum Bounding Box	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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)
MLT	(abbr.)	See the Michigan Left Turn Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Moods	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Motorway	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2010-09-15 (A)
MP	(abbr.)	See the Map Problem Glossary Term	2014-08-11 (A)
MR	(abbr.)	See the MapRaid Glossary Term	2015-02-21 (A)
MTE	(abbr.)	See the Major Traffic Events Glossary Term	2015-03-16 (A)
Multiuse Lanes	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Munching	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2010-10-11 (A)
MUTCD	(abbr.)	content for this entry is still in progress  Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
MUTI	(abbr.)	See the Median U-Turn Intersection Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
My Car	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
My Waze	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
NA	(abbr.)	See the [North American] Glossary Term links here	2012-10-04 (A)
Name Normalization	NN, NormName	The process of inspecting all the segment names in an area, correcting common errors, and ensuring they conform to local naming standards.	2015-01-30 (A)
nanoRep	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2014-11-18 (U) 2013-06-01 (A)
National Functional Class	NFC	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Navigation Guideance	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (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	~	There are five different types of nodes: Related entries: • • • •	2010-09-16 (A)
NormName	(alias)	See the Name Normalization Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
North American	NA	content for this entry is still in progress	2012-10-04 (A)
Not Identified	NI	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Nuance ®	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Opening Post	OP	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Origin	~	Starting point for a driving route, with the destination being the ending point.	2010-09-16 (A)
p	~	Unconfirmed roads marked with dots (cookies) that have not been driven upon since being created or significantly edited in the Waze Map Editor. Driving over these roads earns you points and turns your car icon into a Pacman-type character that "munches the dots". See the Points Wiki Page See the Cookie Munching Glossary Term	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. For more information on Pedestrian Boardwalks select this link. 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 ®	~	See the Waze Forum Glossary Term Also see the [software site] Wiki Page	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 Message 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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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	~	See the Private Installations Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Private Message	PM	The Private Messaging system used in the Waze forums or Messages as used in the Waze Client. See the Private message (forum) Wiki Page See the Private message (Waze app) 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)
Raid	(alias)	See the MapRaid Glossary Term	2015-02-21 (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. For more information on Railroad select this link. 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)	content for this entry is still in progress  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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Real Time Closures	RTC	Road closures which are visible on the map, and prevent Waze from routing over the closed segments during the duration the closure is in effect. See the Real time closures Wiki Page	2015-03-16 (A)
Real Time Search Engine	RTSE	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Red Light Camera	RLC	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Regional Coordinator	RC	Manages an assigned area within a country large enough to require multiple managers. See the Regional Coordinator Wiki Page See the Community Roles Glossary Term Also see the Country Coordinator Glossary Term Related entries: •	2015-03-04 (U) 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	content for this entry is still in progress	2014-05-17 (A)
Restiction Types	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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	content for this entry is still in progress	2013-01-14 (A)
Reversible Lanes	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
RLC	(abbr.)	See the Red Light Camera Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Road Candies	(alias)	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	(alias)	Special items that appear at random locations on the map for special occasions like hoildays. See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Road Muching	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2010-10-11 (A)
Road Munching	~	Earning points by driving over roads (distance traveled). See the Cookie Munching Glossary Term	2010-10-11 (A)
Road Report	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
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	content for this entry is still in progress	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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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)
RTC	(abbr.)	See the Real Time Closures Glossary Term	2015-03-16 (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. For more information on Runway/Taxiway select this link. 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	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
SDP	(abbr.)	See the Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Search Codes	Codes	Special codes you can search for in the client app, to perform various functions. See the Search codes Wiki Page	2015-01-30 (A)
Seg	(abbr.)	See the Segment Glossary Term	2015-02-25 (A)
Segment	Seg	content for this entry is still in progress	2012-02-07 (A)
Segment Lock	~	content for this entry is still in progress  Related entries: • •	2015-02-25 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments	SRS	Selected Roundabout Segments; browser extension for WME	2015-01-30 (A)
Self Connectivity	SelfCon	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-26 (U) 2013-01-14 (A)
Self-Management	SM	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
SelfCon	(alias)	See the Self Connectivity Glossary Term	2013-01-14 (A)
Simple Segments	SimSeg	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-09 (A)
Single Point Urban Interchange	SPUI	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Slack	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-21 (A)
Sliproad	(alias)	See the Ramp Glossary Term	2010-09-15 (A)
SM	(abbr.)	See the State Manager Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
SM	(abbr.)	See the Self-Management Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Small Detour Prevention	SDP	A system designed to prevent convoluted routing in place of a simple left turn. See the Detour Prevention Mechanisms Wiki Page Also see the Big Detour Prevention Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Smudged City	City Smudge	See the Smudged City Wiki Page	2013-06-01 (A)
Split	Split road	Split has been used to refer to several very different things, and this has been a source of confusion in the Waze editing community. Its use has therefore been deprecated, and more descriptive terms have been chosen. In order to avoid confusion, please use these terms when discussing these topics. Fork: A fork in the road; a point where a single road diverges into two directions (previously referred to as a split in the road, or the road splits. This is the MUTCD definition of "split".) Divided: A divided roadway or dual carriageway; a road comprised of two separate one-way roads with a dividing barrier, median or central reservation (previously referred to as split road) Divide, Dividing, Un-Dividing Divide: To convert a two-way road into a divided roadway or dual carriageway on the waze map, by dividing a single two-way road into two adjacent one-way roads (previously referred to as splitting a road or to split a road) Un-Divide: To convert a divided roadway into a single two way road.(previously referred to as un-splitting) Cutting one segment into two shorter segments (previously referred to as splitting) See the Fork Glossary Term See the Divided Highway Glossary Term See the Divide Glossary Term Also see the Cut Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-03-22 (U) 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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-18 (A)
State Manager	SM	An assigned role to help manage and maintain the map of an entire state in a large country. See the State Manager Wiki Page See the Community Roles Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
State Route/Road	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Status	~	See the [status.waze.com Waze Status Page] External page	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)
Street View	(alias)	See the Google Streetview Glossary Term	2014-08-14 (A)
Super Permalink	~	See the Permalink Glossary Term	2015-02-09 (A)
Support	(alias)	See the Help Center Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 2015-01-30 (A)
SV	(abbr.)	See the Google Streetview Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
SW	(abbr.)	See the Stairway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Tampermonkey	TM	See the Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Glossary Term Also see the Greasemonkey Glossary Term Related entries:	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 Time Based Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
TB	(abbr.)	See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
TBR	(abbr.)	See the Time Based Restriction Glossary Term	2015-02-21 (A)
TBSR	(abbr.)	See the Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term	2013-11-04 (A)
TBTR	(abbr.)	See the Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term	2013-11-04 (A)
Teams	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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 , 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	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2012-02-08 (A)
Time Based	TB	See the Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term See the Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Time Based Restriction	TBR	See the Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term See the Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term	2013-03-27 (A)
Time Based Segment Restriction	TBSR	See the Partial restrictions Wiki Page Related entries: •	2013-11-04 (A)
Time Based Turn Restriction	TBTR	See the Partial restrictions Wiki Page Related entries: •	2013-11-04 (A)
TL	(abbr.)	See the Traffic Locks Glossary Term	2014-02-06 (A)
TM	(abbr.)	See the Tampermonkey Glossary Term	2015-02-26 (U) 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 Wiki Page	2014-02-06 (A)
Transclude	Transclusion	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Transifex	~	See the [www.transifex.com ] External page	2015-01-30 (A)
Transit Lane	~	content for this entry is still in progress	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	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
TW	(abbr.)	See the Taxiway Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
U-Turn	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-23 (A)
ULM	(abbr.)	See the User Level Monitor Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Un-Divide	Un-Dividing	The method to convert a divided highway into a single two-way segment. This formerly been referred to as Un-Split, but the use of that term has been deprecated. See the Un-Dividing a divided road Wiki Page Also see the Split Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-03-22 (A)
United States Postal Service	USPS	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)
Up-Lock	~	Term used to descibe the process of adjusting Segment Lock levels up in WME. Often to its prior Segment Lock level before it was Down-Locked to match the Rank of an editor to allow them to edit the segment(s). See the Segment Lock Glossary Term Also see the Down-Lock Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-02-25 (A)
Update Report Overview	URO, URO+	content for this entry is still in progress	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 it. 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 the Kevin Hart recording 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)
W10	(abbr.)	See the Connected Citizens NYC Meet-Up. Glossary Term	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. For more information on Walking Trails select this link. 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	Third party web tool used to visualize Managed Areas from WME-Tools. Coming soon as announced in early 2015: http://waze.tools See the WME-TOOLS.com External page Also see the Coming soon: waze.tools External page Also see the Area Manager Glossary Term	2014-10-11 (A)
Waze Champ	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Expert	Expert	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Forum	(alias)	See the Community Forum Glossary Term Related entries:	2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Geo-Ops	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Global Champ	(alias)	See the Global Champ Glossary Term	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 Related entries: •	2012-12-24 (A)
Waze Map Team	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Mobil	~	See the [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 Streetview	WSV	A reference to the Google Streetview imagery displayed inside the Waze Map Editor. See the Google Streetview Glossary Term	2015-03-25 (A)
Waze Team	~	Term used for the Offical Waze staff. See the The Team External page	2015-02-25 (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	2015-01-30 (A)
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)
WazeWin	(alias)	See the #WazeWin Glossary Term	2015-02-25 (U) 2015-02-23 (A)
WF	(abbr.)	See the Wayfinder Glossary Term	2012-08-17 (A)
Wiki	(alias)	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	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
WME center to Begin-End of Street	WME-BES	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
WME Chat	Chat	Internal chat system used within the Waze Map Editor.	2015-01-30 (A)
WME Color Highlighter	WMECH, CH, WME-CH	See the Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Wiki Page	2013-06-03 (A)
WME Toolbox	WMETB, TB, Toolbox	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)
WME Validator	WMEV, Validator	content for this entry is still in progress	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)
WMEV	(abbr.)	See the WME Validator Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
World	(alias)	See the Rest Of World Glossary Term	2012-10-04 (A)
WSV	(abbr.)	See the Waze Streetview Glossary Term	2015-03-25 (A)
WT	(abbr.)	See the Walking Trail Glossary Term	2015-01-30 (A)
Zoom	~	content for this entry is still in progress	2015-01-30 (A)

Notes

While a few non-Waze centric term are included above, many more may be found in various resources such as the Wiktionary - English Internet Slang.