Commonly used words

These are commonly used words thoughout the Mozilla Communitys. From the IRC Chat rooms to the Forums these acronyms can be seen.

• BMO or b.m.o means http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ - the Mozilla Bug Database
• Fb means Firebird, the old name of Firefox, the stand-alone web browser.
• Ff and Fx also mean Firefox.
• JS means JavaScript, a lightweight browser-based scripting language created by Netscape many moons ago
• Moz means the Mozilla Suite and, sometimes, Mozilla as an organization
• MZ means mozillaZine - this site
• RFE means Request For Enhancement - a feature request
• Tb means Thunderbird, the stand-alone mail client
• UNCO means Unconfirmed, a bug that can't be or hasn't been reproduced by testers
• WFM means WORKSFORME, which is Bugzilla and forum speak for 'Not broken for me'
• XUL means Extensible User Interface Language, a subset of XML (Extensible Markup Language) for creating user interfaces
• TBE means Tabbrowser Extensions, an extension for Mozilla and Firefox that gives extra options for tabs and tabbed browsing

And the following is a list of acronyms you will often come across when you're in the Mozilla IRC channels (irc.mozilla.org) - these are in addition to the ones listed above:

• AFAIK: As far as I know
• ATM: At the moment
• BRB: Be right back
• IIRC: If I remember/recall correctly
• NP: No problem

Gibberish like this:

• Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8

...is a Mozilla application's UA (user agent) string. It specifies exactly which version you're using, which can be useful in tracking down bugs and explaining odd behaviour. It can be found in the application's Help > About dialogue.

More to come. Acronym Finder is a very good resource for finding out what some Mozilla-related acronyms stand for.

There is also a Mozilla Jargon site with many definitions for words used by mozilla hackers.