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Common terms and abbreviations used in The Sims community.
| 4ESF | 4 Ever Sim Fantasy, website | ||||||||||||||||
| 7DS | 7 Deadly Sims, website | ||||||||||||||||
| 8DS | 8th Deadly Sim or Eight Drunk Simz, websites | ||||||||||||||||
| ATS | Around The Sims, website | ||||||||||||||||
| Clonable | An object that is offered to be cloned by the original creator | ||||||||||||||||
| Clone | To base a new object on another object, either a simple recolor or a new creation that uses properties of an existing object | ||||||||||||||||
| DIY | Do It Yourself, tutorials on how to create your own objects, or downloadable bases that may be used to make new objects | ||||||||||||||||
| Droppable | means that items placed on walls go down when the walls are dropped so that it doesn't hang in space and obstruct your view of a room. | ||||||||||||||||
| EP | Expansion Pack, used to indicate what expansion pack is required to be able to use downloaded items. The EP's, in order of release, are:
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| FSF | File Share Friendly - files that may be shared by email or IM with permission of the creator, used to preserve bandwidth | ||||||||||||||||
| GBNF | "Gone But Not Forgotten Sims", a group of file archivers that became "Saving The Sims" | ||||||||||||||||
| Hack, Hacks, Hacked |
To modify an object to do special things in the game, or the hacked object itself | ||||||||||||||||
| IM | Instant Message | ||||||||||||||||
| ISO | In Search Of, looking for a Sims object, similar to WCIF | ||||||||||||||||
| LIU | Livin' It Up, a dead website, archived by STS | ||||||||||||||||
| NPC | Non Playable Character whose actions cannot be controlled in the game, such as Bridgit the Maid. Some skinners make playable versions of NPC's. | ||||||||||||||||
| NTS | Night Time Sims, website | ||||||||||||||||
| PoBS | Preservation of Bandwidth Society, started by Neighborhood 99 Forum. Request a FSF file to be emailed to you. This preserves the creator's downloading bandwidth, thus keeping down the cost of running a website. | ||||||||||||||||
| PSP | Paint Shop Pro - an imaging program | ||||||||||||||||
| S.S.o.W. | Secret Society of Woobsha, a website with hacked downloads and hacking tutorials, very friendly group of creators. | ||||||||||||||||
| STS | Saving The Sims a group that has archived FSF files from websites that are no longer online. The files are available at a series of Yahoo Groups. | ||||||||||||||||
| TMOG | Transmogrifier - a program used by object creators | ||||||||||||||||
| TS, TS1 | The Sims, The Sims 1, original game, has 2D graphics | ||||||||||||||||
| TS2 | The Sims 2, second version of the game, has 3D graphics | ||||||||||||||||
| TSO | The Sims Online, an online version of the game. Some of it's objects have been cloned for The Sims. | ||||||||||||||||
| TSR | The Sims Resource, website | ||||||||||||||||
| Tut, Tute | Tutorial | ||||||||||||||||
| WCIF | Where Can I Find, used when asking for help in locating a specific object in a forum, similar to ISO | ||||||||||||||||
| WDS | Well Dressed Sim, website | ||||||||||||||||
| WFS | Wood For Sims, website | ||||||||||||||||
| YG | Yahoo Group |
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