The descriptions within this Glossary attempt to resolve the ambiguity of terms, and cross-reference other Wazeopedia terms, pages, articles, and sections, along with other Waze and external sources. There is a very intentional lack of description content which helps avoid duplication of source content while facilitating future maintenance when source content changes. Some descriptions may, therefore, be reduced when alternate sources are available
Some terms existed before Waze. Some were officially coined by Waze. Many others 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 abbreviations and acronyms in your conversations, as they may not be unfamiliar to everyone when not used with clarifying context.
While many terms apply worldwide, this glossary is US English-centric.
This page references all abbreviations, acronyms, and initialism terms as (abbr.) for technical reasons. GrammerBook.com
It attempts to include terms used within the official and third-party Waze ecosystem and the various communication mediums.
To suggest updates for Glossary content please visit this discussion, [Page Update] Glossary.
Column explanation
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- Glossary Term Column
- The term being defined. It may be a fully spelled out term, an alias, or an acronym.
- Abbreviation Column
- Fully spelled out terms will list the typical alias or acronym.
- If the term is an alias or acronym, it will state as much.
- When more than one term is represented by the same alias or acronym, the alias or acronym in this column will appear as a hyperlink, returning to the alias or acronym entry showing all the associated terms.
- Description Column
- The description column may include a definition, or it may link to another source with a deeper explanation of the term.
- Each entry may include one or more of the following:
- “See the XXXXX XXXXX” entries link to a full definition of the term. Some terms may have multiple meanings and therefore multiple “See the XXXXX XXXXX” entries.
- “Also see XXXXX XXXXX” entries link to terms or pages that have an association with the current term (usually in a subordinate way).
- “Related entries” link to any other terms in the glossary which have a link to this term.
- Any term in italics is another Glossary Term in the Glossary Term column.
- Dates Column
- The date entry will include the first added (A) date and may also show the last update (U).
Glossary
Glossary Term-__| Abbreviation_| Description-______________________| Dates
Notes
While a few non-Waze centric terms are included above, many more may be found in various resources such as the Wiktionary - English Internet Slang.