Battlestar Galactica 2004 Glossary

Term	Category	Meaning
AAA	Military	Anti-Aircraft Artillery.
AAU	Military	Anti-Aircraft Unit.
ACH	Wiki	After Cylon Holocaust, out-of-universe calendar.
ACM	Military	Air Combat Maneuver.
Actual	Military	Callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer.
Admiral	Military	Second highest rank in the Colonial Fleet.
Admiralty	Military	Group of highest-ranking flag officers in the Colonial Fleet.
AI	Common	Artificial Intelligence.
Air Group	Military	Fighter group, comprised of several squadrons.
Ambrosia	Common	A type of alcoholic beverage.
ASAP	Military	As Soon As Possible.
BCH	Wiki	Before Cylon Holocaust, out-of-universe calendar.
Back to the barn	Military	Return to base.
Battlestar	Military	Battleship/Carrier hybrid used by the Colonial Fleet.
Beast, the	Military	Nickname for the Battlestar Pegasus.
Big G, the	Military	Nickname for the Battlestar Galactica.
Bingo fuel	Military	Reached minimum fuel level for safe return [to base].
Boxing	Cylon	To download Cylons consciousness into a storage device instead of a new body.
BSG	Military	Battlestar Group, a fleet of warships led by a battlestar.
Bucket, the	Military	Nickname for the Battlestar Galactica.
CAG	Military	Commander, Air Group, an officer in charge of battlestars air group.
CAP	Military	Combat Air Patrol.
Captain	Military	Commissioned officer rank in the Colonial Fleet.
CBDR	Military	Constant Bearing; Decreasing Range, suspected collision course.
CF	Military	Colonial Fleet.
CFR	Military	Colonial Fleet Reserve.
Chrome job	Military	Pejorative term used by Humans to describe Cylon centurions.
CIC	Military	Command Information Center, a bridge of a battlestar.
CMC	Military	Colonial Marine Corps.
CMCR	Military	Colonial Marine Corps Reserve.
CMO	Militar	Chief Medical Officer.
CNP	Military	Command Navigation Program.
CO	Military	Commanding Officer.
Code Blue	Military	Security Alarm, possible Cylon infiltration spotted.
Colonel	Military	Commissioned officer rank in the Colonial Fleet.
Colonial Fleet	Military	Naval branch of the United Colonies of Kobol armed forces.
Cubit	Common	Denomination of Colonial currency.
DC	Military	Damage Control.
DCT	Military	Damage Control Team.
DRADIS	Common	Direction, RAnge, and DIStance, colonial version of RADAR.
ECO	Military	Electronic Countermeasures Officer.
Electronic Countermeasures	Military	Equipment used to scramble electronic systems, such as guidance used by missiles, or DRADIS signal.
EMI	Common	Electromagnetic Interference.
EMP	Common	Electromagnetic Pulse.
Ensign	Military	A junior officer rank in the Colonial Fleet.
EOD	Military	Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
Frak	Common	Colonial version of the world "fuck".
FTL	Military	Faster Than Light.
GDD	Common	Global Defense Department, a Caprican defence agency.
Genny	Military	Clipping of the word "generator".
Holoband	Common	Virtual reality device, common pre-and-during the 1st Cylon War.
IFF	Military	Identification Friend or Foe.
KIA	Military	Killed in Action.
Knuckle-dragger	Military	Slang term for enlisted personnel.
Krypter	Common	Mayday, a Colonial distress call.
Lords of Kobol	Common	A pantheon of deities worshipped in the Twelve Colonies.
LSO	Military	Landing Signals Officer, the officer in charge landing of craft.
MCP	Common	Meta-Cognitive Processor, a processor used by the U-87 Cylon.
Morpha	Common	Pain killer similar to morphine.
NCP	Common	New Caprica Police.
Nugget	Military	Nickname given to trainee pilots.
OD	Common	Overdose.
Oh my Gods	Common	Colonial version of "Oh my God".
OOD	Military	Officer of the Deck.
POW	Common	Prisoner of War.
Projecting	Cylon	Creating a virtual reality in someoneone's own mind.
PTF	Common	Playing the Field, an advice column on dating in the Twelve Colonies.
Rain	Military	The sound of the metal scrap hitting fighter in space during/after combat.
Raptor	Military	Recon and electronic-warfare craft used by the Colonial Fleet.
Red Line	Common	A distance at which FTL calculations become unsafe due to the increasing chances of an unexpected encounter with a stellar objects.
RFN	Common	Right Frakking Now.
SAR	Military	Search and Rescue.
Shuttle	Common	Small spaceship used to shuttle people to and from other ships.
Sitrep	Military	SITuation REport.
Skin job	Common	Pejorative term used by Humans to describe humanoid Cylons.
STO	Common	Soldiers of the One, a monotheistic terrorist organization.
SU	Common	Measurement of distance.
Toaster	Common	Pejorative term used by Humans to describe Cylons
Two Alpha	Military	Extremely risky, and therefore voluntary mission.
Tylium	Common	A mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel.
V-Club	Common	A series of chat rooms used by Holoband users.
V-World	Common	An interactive network used by Holoband technology.
Viper	Military	Class of space-superiority fighters used by the Colonial Fleet.
War porn	Military	Footage from a war zone, often uncut and uncensored.
Wilco	Military	WILl COmply.
Wireless	Common	Colonial term for "Radio", a wireless comunication.
XO	Military	Executive Officer.