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{{/Glossary_item|term=At Grade Connector|AGC|desc=Segments that interconnect roads at the same grade elevation.<br><br>See the [[At-grade connectors|At-Grade Connectors]] Wiki Page|added=2014-10-12}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=At Grade Connector|AGC|desc=Segments that interconnect roads at the same grade elevation.<br><br>See the [[At-grade connectors|At-Grade Connectors]] Wiki Page|added=2014-10-12}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Automatic Speech Recognition|ASR|desc=The ability of a smartdevice to convert voice commands into actions on the device.<br><br>See the [[#Voice_Commands|Voice Commands]] Glossary Term|jump1=Voice_Commands|jump4=#Junction Angle Info|added=2012-08-18}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Automatic Speech Recognition|ASR|desc=The ability of a smartdevice to convert voice commands into actions on the device.<br><br>See the [[#Voice_Commands|Voice Commands]] Glossary Term|jump1=Voice_Commands|jump4=#Junction Angle Info|added=2012-08-18}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Chat|(alias)|desc=See the [[#WME Chat|WME Chat]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Chat|(alias)|desc=See the [[#WME Chat|WME Chat]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Chat|(alain)|desc=See the [[#Map Chat|Map Chat]] Glossary Term|jump1=Map Chat|added=2015-02-23}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=City  Smudge|(alias)|desc=See the [[#Smudged City|Smudged City]] Glossary Term|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=City  Smudge|(alias)|desc=See the [[#Smudged City|Smudged City]] Glossary Term|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=DB|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Data Base|Data Base]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DB|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Data Base|Data Base]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DB|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Dashboard|Dashboard]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DB|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Dashboard|Dashboard]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DB|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Dropbox|Dropbox]] Glossary Term|added=2015-02-23|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DB|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Dashboard|Dashboard]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=DOT|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DOT|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DR|(abbr.)|desc="Dr" is also used as an abbreviaion for "Drive" and "Dr." for "Doctor" in segment naming.<br><br>See the [[#Dirt Road|Dirt Road]] Glossary Term|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DR|(abbr.)|desc="Dr" is also used as an abbreviaion for "Drive" and "Dr." for "Doctor" in segment naming.<br><br>See the [[#Dirt Road|Dirt Road]] Glossary Term|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Drive|(alais)|desc=See the [[#Google Drive|Google Drive]] Glossary Term|jump1=Google Drive|added=2015-02-23}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Drives|desc=See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|jump1=Road Types|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Drives|desc=See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|jump1=Road Types|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Drives Tab Enhancer|DTE|desc=|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Drives Tab Enhancer|DTE|desc=|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Dropbox|DB|desc=|added=2015-02-23}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DTE|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Drives Tab Enhancer|Drives Tab Enhancer]] Glossary Term|related1=Drives|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=DTE|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Drives Tab Enhancer|Drives Tab Enhancer]] Glossary Term|related1=Drives|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Dual Carriageway|Carriageway|desc=Dual carriageway
{{/Glossary_item|term=Dual Carriageway|Carriageway|desc=Dual carriageway
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Freeway|FW|desc=Motorway; the major road system in your country.<br>{{Freeway}} is the highest of the road types in the Waze hierarchy. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.<br>{{RoadType|Freeway}}<br><br>See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|related1=Driven Area|related2=Road Types|related3=FW|related4=MH|related5=mH|related6=Slip Road|related7=PS|related8=ST|related9=DR|related10=PLR|related11=PR|related12=FE |related13=WT|related14=PB|related15=SW|related16=RR|jump1=Road Types|added=2010-09-15}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Freeway|FW|desc=Motorway; the major road system in your country.<br>{{Freeway}} is the highest of the road types in the Waze hierarchy. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.<br>{{RoadType|Freeway}}<br><br>See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|related1=Driven Area|related2=Road Types|related3=FW|related4=MH|related5=mH|related6=Slip Road|related7=PS|related8=ST|related9=DR|related10=PLR|related11=PR|related12=FE |related13=WT|related14=PB|related15=SW|related16=RR|jump1=Road Types|added=2010-09-15}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ|desc=|added=2015-01-30}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Frontage Road|desc=|added=2015-02-23}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Functional Classifiction|FC|desc=|added=2015-01-30}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=FW|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Freeway|Freeway]] Glossary Term|added=2010-09-15|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=FW|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Freeway|Freeway]] Glossary Term|added=2010-09-15|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=GMM|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Google Map Maker|Google Map Maker]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Goodies|(alias)|desc=See the [[#Bonus points and road goodies|Bonus points and road goodies]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Goodies|(alias)|desc=See the [[#Bonus points and road goodies|Bonus points and road goodies]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Major Highway|MH|desc={{Major Highway}} is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.<br>{{RoadType|Major Highway}}<br>Note that when abbreviated to MH, the "M" must be capitalized to differentiate from "mH - Minor Highway".<br><br>See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|jump1=Road Types|added=2014-08-11}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Major Highway|MH|desc={{Major Highway}} is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.<br>{{RoadType|Major Highway}}<br>Note that when abbreviated to MH, the "M" must be capitalized to differentiate from "mH - Minor Highway".<br><br>See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|jump1=Road Types|added=2014-08-11}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Managed Area|desc=|added=2015-01-30}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices|MUTCD|desc=See the [ ] |added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices|MUTCD|desc=National source of road, sign, and abbreviation guidelines.
 
Individual states often have their own guidelines expaned from the MUTCD.<br><br>See the [http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov MUTCD] External page|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Map Chat|desc=|added=2015-02-23}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Map Issue|desc=A button on the Waze client app Report menu to indicate there is a problem with the map by means of an Update Request.
{{/Glossary_item|term=Map Issue|desc=A button on the Waze client app Report menu to indicate there is a problem with the map by means of an Update Request.


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{{/Glossary_item|term=Median U-Turn Intersection|MUTI|desc=See the [[#Median U-Turn Intersection|Median U-Turn Intersection]] Glossary Term|jump1=Median U-Turn Intersection|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip|desc=Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway.<br><br>See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_strip Median strip] Wikipedia<br>The [[Central Reservation|Central Reservation]] Glossary Term links here|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip|desc=Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway.<br><br>See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_strip Median strip] Wikipedia<br>The [[Central Reservation|Central Reservation]] Glossary Term links here|added=2015-01-30}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Mentoring|desc=Experienced editors passing on their knowledge and skills to others. There are different categories of mentoring.<br><br>See the [[Mentoring|Mentoring]] Wiki Page<br>Also see the [[#Formal Mentoring|Formal Mentoring]] Glossary Term<br>Also see the [[#Informal Mentoring|Informal Mentoring]] Glossary Term|jump2=Formal Mentoring|jump3=Informal Mentoring|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Mentoring|desc=Experienced editors passing on their knowledge and skills to others. There are different categories of mentoring.<br><br>See the [[Mentoring|Mentoring]] Wiki Page<br>Also see the [[#Formal Mentoring|Formal Mentoring]] Glossary Term<br>Also see the [[#Informal Mentoring|Informal Mentoring]] Glossary Term|jump2=Formal Mentoring|jump3=Informal Mentoring|added=2015-01-30}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=MH|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Major Highway|Major Highway]] Glossary Term|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=mH|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Minor Highway|Minor Highway]] Glossary Term|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=mH|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Minor Highway|Minor Highway]] Glossary Term|added=2014-08-11|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Michigan Left Turn|MLT|desc=A specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and now adopted elsewhere.}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Michigan Left Turn|MLT|desc=A specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and now adopted elsewhere.|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Michigan Left Turn|MLT|desc=A specific type of MUTI commonly used in Michigan and occasionally adopted elsewhere.|added=2015-01-30}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Micro-dogleg|mDL|desc=|updated=2015-02-03|added=2015-01-12}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Micro-dogleg|mDL|desc=|updated=2015-02-03|added=2015-01-12}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Minor Highway|mH|desc={{Minor Highway}} is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.<br>{{RoadType|Minor Highway}}<br>Note that when abbreviated to mH, the "m" must '''not''' be capitalized to differentiate from "MH - Major Highway".<br><br>See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|jump1=Road Types|added=2014-08-11}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Minor Highway|mH|desc={{Minor Highway}} is one of three highway types used in Waze. The Road Types entry lists all the road types in order.<br>{{RoadType|Minor Highway}}<br>Note that when abbreviated to mH, the "m" must '''not''' be capitalized to differentiate from "MH - Major Highway".<br><br>See the [[#Road Types|Road Types]] Glossary Term|jump1=Road Types|added=2014-08-11}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=MLT|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Michigan Left Turn|Michigan Left Turn]] Glossary Term|related1=MUTI|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Motorway|desc=|added=2010-09-15}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=MP|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Map Problem|Map Problem]] Glossary Term|related1=UR|added=2014-08-11|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=MP|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Map Problem|Map Problem]] Glossary Term|related1=UR|added=2014-08-11|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=NFC|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#National Functional Class|National Functional Class]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=NFC|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#National Functional Class|National Functional Class]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=NI |(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Not Identified|Not Identified]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=Waze Wiki|Community Wiki|Wiki|desc=When capitalized, "Wiki" as used in Waze communications implies the specific "Waze Wiki". (Side note: The word "wiki" is Hawaiian for "fast".)<br><br>See the [[Main Page|Main Page]] Wiki Page<br>Also see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] Wikipedia}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Waze Wiki|Community Wiki|Wiki|desc=When capitalized, "Wiki" as used in Waze communications implies the specific "Waze Wiki". (Side note: The word "wiki" is Hawaiian for "fast".)<br><br>See the [[Main Page|Main Page]] Wiki Page<br>Also see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] Wikipedia}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Wazer|desc=Any user of Waze, and the name used for an anonymous user in the Waze client mobile application.<br><br>See the [[Waze symbols|Waze symbols]] Wiki Page|added=2010-09-24}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Wazer|desc=Any user of Waze, and the name used for an anonymous user in the Waze client mobile application.<br><br>See the [[Waze symbols|Waze symbols]] Wiki Page|added=2010-09-24}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=WF|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Wayfinder|Wayfinder]] Glossary Term|added=2012-08-17|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=WF|(abbr.)|desc=See the [[#Wayfinder|Wayfinder]] Glossary Term|added=2012-08-17|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Wiki|(alias)|desc=See the [[#Waze Wiki|Waze Wiki]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
{{/Glossary_item|term=Wiki|(alias)|desc=See the [[#Waze Wiki|Waze Wiki]] Glossary Term|added=2015-01-30|noanchor=yes}}
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{{/Glossary_item|term=WME Color Highlighter|CH|WMECH|desc=See the [[Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools|Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools]] Wiki Page|added=2013-06-03}}
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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 2015-02-23 (A)

AGC (abbr.) See the At Grade Connector Glossary Term 2014-10-12 (A)
AMGR (abbr.) See the Waze AM Layers Glossary Term 2014-10-11 (A)
AMGR (abbr.) See the Area Manager Glossary Term


Related entries: AMGRCM

2014-08-11 (A)
Angle ~ There are three different types of angles.

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: Point

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

2015-02-08 (U)

2014-08-11 (A)

ASR (abbr.) See the Automatic Speech Recognition Glossary Term


Related entries: AMGRJunction pointRoundabout angleTurn angle

2012-08-18 (A)
At Grade Connector AGC 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
2012-08-18 (A)
Avatar ~ 2015-02-23 (A)

Badges ~ 2015-02-23 (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 Practices/Best Map Editing Practice ~ See the Best map editing practices Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Beta beta (β) 2015-01-30 (A)
Big Detour Prevention BDP (also see SDP) 2015-01-30 (A)
Big Green Sign BGS A Big Green Sign is the US standard road signage for exits and other information. 2012-08-18 (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 Candies Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Bonus points and road goodies Bonus Candies, Candies, Goodies, Road Goodies Special items that appear on the map to achive bonus poiints.

See the Bonus points and road goodies 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, High Occupancy Vehicle See the Carpool, HOV, Transit_lanes Wiki Page 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
2015-01-30 (A)
Central Reservation ~ British English term for the strip of land or barrier separating a Dual Carriageway which is also a British term for a Divided Highway.

See the Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip Glossary Term
2010-10-11 (A)
CFI (abbr.) See the Continuous Flow Intersection Glossary Term


Related entries: Census Designated Place

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 2015-01-30 (A)
Chat (alain) See the Map Chat Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (A)
City Smudge (alias) See the Smudged City Glossary Term
Client ~ 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 ~ See the Search Codes Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Action Request CAR 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum Forum, Waze Forum 2015-01-30 (A)
Community Forum Forum 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 and responsibilities Glossary Term


Related entries: CFI

2015-01-30 (A)
Community Wiki ~

Related entries: SM

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 Waze Blog

2015-01-30 (A)
Connector ~

Related entries: Client

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)
Cookies/Cookie Munching ~ 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
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: Coordinator

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 ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Cul-de-sac ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Curve Point (alais) 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


Related entries: Geometry Node

2015-01-30 (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 DB See the Dashboard Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Dashboard ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Data Base DB 2015-01-30 (A)
Data Waze ~ Data Waze

See the Data Waze Waze Blog


Related entries: HOTHOV Lane

2015-01-30 (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)
DB (abbr.) See the Dashboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Loops ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Dead End Node ~

Related entries: Dropbox

2012-08-18 (A)
Department of Transportation DOT 2015-01-30 (A)
Detour Prevention Mechanism ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Directionality ~ 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 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
2015-01-30 (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. 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 ~ 2015-01-12 (A)
DOT (abbr.) See the Department of Transportation Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (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
Drive (alais) See the Google Drive Glossary Term 2015-02-23 (A)
Driven Area ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Drives ~ See the Road Types Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Drives Tab Enhancer DTE 2015-01-30 (A)
Dropbox DB 2015-02-23 (A)
DTE (abbr.) See the Drives Tab Enhancer Glossary Term


Related entries: Drives

2015-01-30 (A)
Dual Carriageway Carriageway 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.

See the Divided Highway Glossary Term

2010-10-11 (A)
Duplicate Cities ~

Related entries: Bonus points and road goodies

2015-01-30 (A)

Editable Area ~ 2013-01-23 (A)
Editing Roles ~ These are assigned roles given to users who request them, and show they are qualified. They exist to enableusers to help manage and maintain the map.

See the Roles and responsibilities Wiki Page
Also see the Roles and responsibilities Glossary Term


Related entries: Displaced Left TurnRoles

2015-02-15 (A)
Elevation Level 2015-01-30 (A)
End Point Node ~ 2013-05-06 (A)
Estimated Time of Arrival ETA 2015-01-30 (A)
ETA ~ See the Estimated Time of Arrival Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Event ~

Related entries: End Point Node

2015-01-30 (A)
Expert ~ See the [ ]


Related entries: Waze Champ

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.) 2015-01-30 (A)
FE (abbr.) See the Ferry Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Federal Highway Administration FHWA 2015-01-30 (A)
Ferry FE  Ferry  is a road type in Waze used to represent ferry routes which can be taken with a vehicle.
Template:RoadTypes

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


Related entries: Waze Champ

2015-01-30 (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
2015-01-30 (A)
Forms ~ See the Forms Wiki Page


Related entries: Federal Highway Administration

2015-01-30 (A)
Forum (alias) See the Community Forum Glossary Term


Related entries: Federal Highway Administration

2015-01-30 (A)
Forum (alasi) See the Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Freeway FW 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


Related entries: Driven AreaRoad TypesFWMHmHSlip RoadPSSTDRPLRPRFEWTPBSWRR

2010-09-15 (A)
Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 2015-01-30 (A)
Frontage Road ~ 2015-02-23 (A)
Functional Classifiction FC 2015-01-30 (A)
FW (abbr.) See the Freeway Glossary Term 2010-09-15 (A)

GC (abbr.) See the Global Champ Glossary Term


Related entries: Waze Local ChampMentor

2015-01-30 (A)
Geo-node (alais) 2012-08-17 (A)
Geo-Ops ~ 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)
Geography Handle Handle Any object that can be used to adjust the geometry of a segment or node placement. 2015-01-30 (A)
Geometry ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
Geometry Node Geo-node, Geonode, Curve Point 2012-08-17 (A)
Geonode (alais) 2012-08-17 (A)
GHO (abbr.) See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
GIS (abbr.) See the Geographic Information System Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Global Champ GC, Waze Global Champ 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)
GM (abbr.) See the Greasemonkey Glossary Term


Related entries: Help Center

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 2015-02-23 (A)
Google Forms ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Hangouts GHO, Hangout, HO, HoG 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Map Maker GMM 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Maps GMAP 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Sheets ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Google Streetview GSV, SV, SV 2015-01-30 (A)
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. 2014-11-02 (A)
GPS (abbr.) See the Global Positioning System Glossary Term 2014-02-17 (A)
Grade ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
Greasemonkey GM 2015-01-30 (A)
Groups ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
GS (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)

Handle (alias) See the Geography Handle Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Handle ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Hangouts (alias) See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
HC (abbr.) See the Help Center Glossary Term
Help (alias) See the Help Center Glossary Term
See the Support Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Help Center HC, Help
High Occupancy Toll HOT, HOT Lane A lane that permits single passenger vehicles who choose to pay a toll to take advantage of a lane that generally moves faster than the other lanes in the same direction.

See the Car Pool Lane Glossary Term
2014-08-11 (A)
High Occupancy Vehicle HOV, HOV Lane 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 Hanouts Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
HoGs (abbr.) Humorous abbreviaion occasionally used for "Hangout Groups".

See the Google Hanouts Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
HOT (abbr.) See the High Occupancy Toll Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
HOT Lane (alias) See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)
House Numbers HN 2015-01-30 (A)
HOV (abbr.) See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2010-09-16 (A)
HOV Lane (alias) See the High Occupancy Vehicle Glossary Term 2014-08-11 (A)

IGN (abbr.) See the IGN Editors 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 2014-05-17 (A)
IL (abbr.) See the Illinois USPS code Glossary Term 2014-05-17 (A)
Illinois USPS code ~ Illinois USPS postal code
(This term is only included in glossary to compare with IL for Israel.)

Also see the Israel Waze server Glossary Term


Related entries: Israel Waze server

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.
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. 2015-01-30 (A)
Inter-geometry node ~ 2014-07-29 (A)
International Intl 2012-10-04 (A)
Internet Relay Chat IRC 2015-01-30 (A)
ISO-8601 ISO-8601 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
2014-05-17 (A)

JAI ~ See the Junction Angle Info Glossary Term


Related entries: AMGR

2015-01-30 (A)
Jturn ~

Related entries: Area

2015-02-23 (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 junction 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 Fixing Dead-End Nodes Wiki Page
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
2015-02-08 (U)

2914-09-02 (A)

Junction Angle ~
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
2015-02-08 (U)

2015-01-30 (A)

Junction node (alias) See the Junction Glossary Term 2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Node Fizer JNF 2015-01-30 (A)
Junction point (alias) See the Junction Glossary Term 2015-02-08 (A)
Junction Style Guide JSG 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


Related entries: Mentor

2015-01-30 (A)
Level ~

Related entries: AMGR

2013-10-17 (A)
Live Map LM 2015-01-30 (A)
Live Map UR Overlay LMUR 2015-01-30 (A)
LM (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)
Local Champ LC, Waze Local Champ 2015-01-30 (A)
Lock ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Loops ~ 2015-01-30 (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)
Managed Area ~ 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

2015-01-30 (A)
Map Chat ~ 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

2013-02-25 (A)
Map Problem MP, Map Issue 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
2015-02-09 (A)
Map Team ~ 2015-02-21 (A)
Map Tile ~ 2012-02-08 (A)
MapRaid MR, Raid 2014-11-10 (A)
Median ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Median Barrier ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Median U-Turn Intersection MUTI See the Median U-Turn Intersection Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Median/Median Divider Island/Median Strip ~ Strip of land or barrier separating a dual carriageway.

See the Median strip Wikipedia
The Central Reservation Glossary Term links here
2015-01-30 (A)
MediaWiki ~ 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
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 now adopted elsewhere. 2015-01-30 (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 2015-02-03 (U)

2015-01-12 (A)

Minimum Bounding Box ~ 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


Related entries: MUTI

2015-01-30 (A)
Moods ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Motorway ~ 2010-09-15 (A)
MP (abbr.) See the Map Problem Glossary Term


Related entries: UR

2014-08-11 (A)
MR (abbr.) 2015-02-21 (A)
Multiuse Lanes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Munching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
MUTCD (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)
MUTI (abbr.) See the [ ] 2015-01-30 (A)
My Car ~ 2015-02-23 (A)
My Waze ~ 2015-02-23 (A)

NA (abbr.) See the North American Glossary Term links here 2012-10-04 (A)
Name Normalization NN, NormName 2015-01-30 (A)
nanoRep ~ 2014-11-18 (U)

2013-06-01 (A)

National Functional Class NFC 2015-01-30 (A)
Navigation Guideance ~

Related entries: Automatic Speech Recognition

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 ~ 2010-09-16 (A)
NormName (alias) See the Name Normalization Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
North American NA 2012-10-04 (A)
Not Identified NI 2015-01-30 (A)
Nuance ® ~

Related entries: Angle

2015-01-30 (A)

Opening Post OP 2015-01-30 (A)
Origin ~ Starting point for a driving route, with the destination being the ending point. 2010-09-16 (A)

Pacman Roads ~ 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.
Template:RoadTypes

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

2014-08-04 (A)
phpbb ® ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Place Update (alias) See the Place Update Request Glossary Term


Related entries: POILandmarkPointAreaPUR

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
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 Messages Glossary Term


Related entries: Landmark

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

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: Landmark

2015-01-30 (A)
Pothole ~ 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 Messages PM The Private Messaging system used in the Waze forums or Messages as used in the Waze Client.

See the Private Messages 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 (alais) 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.
Template:RoadTypes

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) 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 ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Real Time Search Engine RTSE 2015-01-30 (A)
Red Light Camera RLC 2015-01-30 (A)
Regional Coordinator RC See the Regional Coordinator Wiki Page
See the Community Roles Glossary Term
Also see the Country Coordinator Glossary Term
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 2014-05-17 (A)
Restiction Types ~ 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 2013-01-14 (A)
Reversible Lanes ~ 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 ro special occasions like hoildays.

See the Bonus points and road goodies Glossary Term
2015-01-30 (A)
Road Muching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Road Munching ~ 2010-10-11 (A)
Road Report ~

Related entries: Managed Area

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
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: Area ManagerChampCountry ManagerCoordinatorWaze Local ChampRC

2015-01-30 (A)
ROTW (abbr.) See the Rest Of World Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
Roundabout RA 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: AMGR

2015-02-08 (U)

2914-09-02 (A)

Routing Penalties ~ 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)
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.
Template:RoadTypes

See the Road Types Glossary Term
2015-02-11 (A)
RW (abbr.) See the Runway/Taxiway Glossary Term


Related entries: RW

2015-01-30 (A)

SB (abbr.) See the Scoreboard Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Scoreboard SB 2015-01-30 (A)
SDP (abbr.) See the Small Detour Prevention Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Seach Codes ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Search Codes ~ See the Search Codes Wiki Page 2015-01-30 (A)
Seg (abbr.) See the Segment Glossary Term
Segment Seg 2012-02-07 (A)
Selected Roundabout Segments SRS Selected Roundabout Segments; browser extension for WME 2015-01-30 (A)
Self Connectiviey SelfCon 2013-01-14 (A)
Self-Management SM 2015-01-30 (A)
SelfCon ~ See the Self Connectiviey Glossary Term 2013-01-14 (A)
Simple Segments SimSeg 2015-02-09 (A)
Single Point Urban Interchange SPUI 2015-01-30 (A)
Slack ~ 2015-02-21 (A)
Slip Road (alias) See the Ramp Glossary Term 2010-09-15 (A)
SM (alias)

Related entries: RCCountry Manager

2015-01-30 (A)
SM (abbr.)

Related entries: Selected Roundabout Segments

2015-01-30 (A)
Small Detour Prevention SDP (also see BDP) 2015-01-30 (A)
Smudged City City Smudge 2013-06-01 (A)
Split ~ 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 ~ 2015-02-18 (A)
State Manager SM See the State Manager Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
State Route/Road see Road Type 2015-01-30 (A)
Status ~ 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)

Streetview (alias) 2015-01-30 (A)
Streetview SV 2014-08-14 (A)
Super Permalink ~ See the Permalink Glossary Term


Related entries: Permalink

2015-02-09 (A)
Support Help 2015-01-30 (A)
SV (abbr.) 2015-01-30 (A)
SV (abbr.) 2014-08-14 (A)
SW (abbr.) See the Stairway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Tampermonkey ~ Also see the Greasemonkey Glossary Term 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 WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TB (abbr.) See the Time Based Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TBR (abbr.) See the Time Based Restriction Glossary Term 2015-02-21 (A)
TBSR (abbr.) 2013-11-04 (A)
TBTR (abbr.)

Related entries: TBSR

2013-11-04 (A)
Teams ~ 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
2015-01-30 (A)
Throttling ~ A specific method of Map Protection.

See the Map Protection Glossary Term


Related entries: Map ProtectionThrottling

2015-02-09 (A)
Tile ~ 2012-02-08 (A)
Time Based TB 2015-01-30 (A)
Time Based Restriction TBR 2013-03-27 (A)
Time Based Segment Restriction TBSR See the Time Based Segment Restriction Glossary Term 2013-11-04 (A)
Time Based Turn Restriction TBTR See the Time Based Turn Restriction Glossary Term 2013-11-04 (A)
TL (abbr.) 2014-02-06 (A)
Toolbox (alias) See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Toolbox (alias) See the WME Toolbox Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
TR (abbr.) See the Turn Restriction Glossary Term


Related entries: TBTR

2015-01-30 (A)
Traffic Locks TL See the Traffic Locks Glossary Term 2014-02-06 (A)
Transclude Transclusion

Related entries: TL

2015-01-30 (A)
Transfix ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Transit Lane ~ 2013-03-12 (A)
TTS (abbr.) See the Text to Speech Glossary Term


Related entries: TTS

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: AMGR

2015-02-08 (U)

2014-09-02 (A)

Turn Restriction TR 2015-01-30 (A)
TW (abbr.) See the Taxiway Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

U-Turn ~ 2015-02-23 (A)
ULM (abbr.) See the User Level Monitor Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
United States Postal Service ~ 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)
Update Report Overview URO, URO+ 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
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


Related entries: IL

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 .

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 Kevin Hart rescording voices for Waze. External page
Related entries: Automatic Speech Recognition

2015-01-30 (A)
Voice Commands ~ See the Voice Commands Wiki Page


Related entries: TTS

2015-01-30 (A)

W10 (abbr.)

Related entries: W10

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.
Template:RoadTypes

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 3rd 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

2014-10-11 (A)
Waze Champ ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Expert ~

Related entries: RC

2015-02-11 (A)
Waze Expert ~ 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Forum (alias) See the Community Forum Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)
Waze Geo-Ops ~ 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 2012-12-24 (A)
Waze Map Team ~ 2015-02-21 (A)
Waze Mobil ~ See the [Waze Mobil 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 Wiki ~ 2015-01-30 (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
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) 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 2015-01-30 (A)
WME center to Begin-End of Street WME-BES 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Chat ~ Internal chat system used within the Waze Map Editor.


Related entries: Chat

2015-01-30 (A)
WME Color Highlighter CH, WMECH See the Community Plugins, Extensions and Tools Wiki Page 2013-06-03 (A)
WME Toolbox WMETB 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Toolbox WMETB, TB, Toolbox 2015-01-30 (A)
WME Validator WMEV, Validator 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)
World (alias) See the Rest Of World Glossary Term 2012-10-04 (A)
WT (abbr.) See the Walking Trail Glossary Term 2015-01-30 (A)

Zoom ~ 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.