In 1977, the game was split into two versions: the relatively rules-light game system of Dungeons & Dragons and the more structured, rules-heavy game system of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ( abbreviated as AD & D or ADnD ).

The two leading annotated versions are the United States Code Annotated, abbreviated as U. S. C. A., and the United States Code Service, abbreviated as U. S. C. S.

Some recent biographies of Cook have tended to be little else than abbreviated versions of Beaglehole.

which recreated abbreviated versions of his Lights Out thrillers, including " Chicken Heart " and " The Dark ," about a mysterious creeping mist that turns people inside-out.

In computer programming, a Visual Basic Extension ( commonly abbreviated VBX ) or custom control, was the component model used in Microsoft Visual Basic versions 1. 0 to 3. 0.

These particular versions of PTT are called Push to Talk over Cellular, which is abbreviated PoC.

Typically, the abbreviated versions should always be followed by a full stop ( period ), and it is customary — even in British English where the serial comma is typically not used — that " etc.

In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions: ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССР in Russian, НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССР in Chechen, and НОХЧ-ГӀАЛӀАЙ АССР in Ingush.

UNIX System V, commonly abbreviated SysV ( and usually pronounced — though rarely written — as " System Five "), is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system.

His multi-volume Prehistory of the Germanic and Roman Peoples, a chronology of the European Völkerwanderung ( Migration Period ) that first appeared in print in 1883, was so definitive that abbreviated versions were reprinted until the late 1970s.

Oriental Adventures ( abbreviated OA ) is the title shared by two hardback rulebooks published for different versions of the Dungeons & Dragons ( D & D ) fantasy roleplaying game.

The text of each question is included in the front matter to Volume I, and the quotations in the text of the Dictionary usually include full or abbreviated versions of each question ; in cases where only the question number is cited, a reader can refer to the front matter.

He set out abbreviated versions of his theory in a 2009 Google Talk lecture and a 2010 TED talk.

Currently, versions of The Game ( both full-blown and abbreviated foot-transportation-only ) are organized regularly by Stanford dorm staff members as a bonding activity for their residents.

Due to the limited writing surfaces of some of these objects, the collection was often abbreviated, and this gave rise to long and short versions of some of the spells, a number of which were later copied in the Book of the Dead.

The Game Boy Color system was technically incapable of rendering the high speed 3D graphics used in the other versions, so the Game Boy Color release was instead based on abbreviated tracks using an overhead 2D view.

In 2003, thirty second abbreviated versions were produced for US Television.

The Red Screen of Death ( abbreviated RSoD, sometimes called " Red Screen of Doom ") is the error message which existed in some beta versions of Microsoft's operating system, Windows Vista.

Larger fragments are preserved of several other writings in Greek ; we know of other works from old versions in Slavonic, though some are abbreviated.

Opened on September 1, 2006, Princess Wishes shares abbreviated versions of the stories of popular Disney Princess and Heroic characters, including Snow White, The Prince, Belle, The Beast, Jasmine, Aladdin, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Princess Aurora, Prince Phillip, Ariel, Prince Eric, Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Tiana and Prince Naveen with Tinker Bell serving as the presenter of the show.

Electronic versions of printed texts ( abbreviated as Etexts ) of ancient literary works are important pedagoic and scholarly resources.

These were abbreviated and altered versions of the narrative heard in the original pilot movie:

The Cretaceous (, ), derived from the Latin " creta " ( chalk ), usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide ( chalk ), is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ( Ma ) ago.

Basic theories, such as arithmetic, real analysis and complex analysis are often introduced non-axiomatically, but implicitly or explicitly there is generally an assumption that the axioms being used are the axioms of Zermelo – Fraenkel set theory with choice, abbreviated ZFC, or some very similar system of axiomatic set theory like Von Neumann – Bernays – Gödel set theory, a conservative extension of ZFC.

An astronomical unit ( abbreviated as AU, au, a. u., or ua ) is a unit of length equal to exactly or approximately the mean Earth – Sun distance.

Buddy – as it is abbreviated on occasion – is still running in the UK after 22 years, with a UK tour that went out in February 2011.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (, Tsentralniy Komitet Kommunistitcheskoi Partii Sovetskogo Soyuza – TsK KPSS ), abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, " Tse-ka ", was de jure the highest body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) between Party Congresses.

The centimetre – gram – second system ( abbreviated CGS or cgs ) is a variant of the metric system of physical units based on centimetre as the unit of length, gram as a unit of mass, and second as a unit of time.

The ergative case ( abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that identifies the subject of a transitive verb in ergative – absolutive languages.

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post – World War II baby boom.

The founder of Hasidism, Israel ben Eliezer ( 1698 – 1760 ), became known as the Baal Shem Tov ( the " Master of the Good Name ", abbreviated " Besht ").

In the 2010 – 2011 academic year, 1, 161 bachelor of science ( abbreviated SB ) degrees were granted, the only type of undergraduate degree MIT now awards.

* 1931 – Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.

Remment Koolhaas, usually abbreviated to Rem Koolhaas, was born on 17 November 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands to Anton Koolhaas ( 1912 – 1992 ) and Selinde Pietertje Roosenburg ( born 1920 ).

A transient ischemic attack ( spelled ischaemic in British English ) ( abbreviated as TIA, often referred to as mini stroke ) is a transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by ischemia ( loss of blood flow ) – either focal brain, spinal cord or retinal – without acute infarction ( tissue death ).

Wade – Giles (; ; Wade – Giles: Wei < sup > 2 </ sup >- Shi < sup > 4 </ sup > P ' in < sup > 1 </ sup >- yin < sup > 1 </ sup >), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a romanization system for the Mandarin Chinese language.

* March 11 – The Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR programme, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.

Powerful noise energy in the range of 17 Hz to 120 Hz was generated at the level of 110 – 120 decibels of sound pressure level, abbreviated dB ( SPL ).

Prader – Willi syndrome (; abbreviated PWS ) is a rare genetic disorder in which seven genes ( or some subset thereof ) on chromosome 15 ( q 11 – 13 ) are deleted or unexpressed ( chromosome 15q partial deletion ) on the paternal chromosome.

A nickel – metal hydride battery, abbreviated NiMH or Ni-MH, is a type of rechargeable battery.

A Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point, abbreviated GSSP, is an internationally agreed upon stratigraphic section which serves as the reference section for a particular boundary on the geologic time scale.

State Highway 6 ( abbreviated as SH 6 ) runs from the Red River, the Texas – Oklahoma boundary, to northwest of Galveston.

In solid modeling and computer-aided design, boundary representation — often abbreviated as B-rep or BREP — is a method for representing shapes using the limits.

The dentino-enamel junction, abbreviated DEJ, is the boundary between the enamel and the underlying dentin that form the solid architecture of a tooth.