Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/Terminology

This is a glossary of sorts for players of Civilization games.

This page is not up to date with the release of Civ IV.

General glossary

 * Babs: Babylonians
 * Apolyton: http://www.apolyton.net/
 * Civ: Civilization (either the game or a civilization within it)
 * Epic Game: A single-player random or customized map, as opposed to a scenario.
 * Goodie hut: Minor Tribe (Civ), Unity Pod (SMAC); "pod" is more common for the latter.
 * ICS: Infinite City Sprawl, also derisively Infinite City Sleaze and other uncomplimentary phrases
 * MP: Multiplayer game
 * OCC: One City Challenge. An attempt to complete the Epic Game with only one city. More specifically, an organized contest involving this.
 * PBEM: Play by e-mail
 * Territory: What you do not have enough of and everybody else has too much of
 * Village: See "goodie hut"

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri glossary

 * &gt;pop&lt;: Xenofungal bloom
 * AA: Alien Artifact
 * CC: Cybernetic Consciousness
 * CDF: The Citizens' Defense Force
 * CP: Colony Pod
 * HGP: The Human Genome Project
 * HSA: The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm
 * IoD: Isle of the Deep
 * MCC: The Maritime Control Center
 * ME: The Merchant Exchange
 * PB: Planet Buster
 * PK or PKs: The Peacekeeping Forces
 * PTS: The Planetary Transit System
 * SCC: Super science city (a base with lots of labs-enhancing Secret Projects)
 * SMAC: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
 * SMAX: Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
 * SP: Secret Project; Single Player
 * ToE: The Theory of Everything
 * UoP: The University of Planet
 * VW: The Virtual World
 * WP: The Weather Paradigm

Differences of terminology among games
The Civ games tend to share identical concepts, though sometimes they are referred to by different names. Differences between units will not be listed here except for very basic types common to all games. SMAC has the most different terminology, being an unofficial Civ game (although designed in part by Sid Meier) and being set in the future on another planet. For differences in terminology among the Test of Time games, consult the manual. Freeciv always uses the Civ2 term.

Warning: This may not be accurate yet, and does not include Call to Power terms.