Commonly used acronyms and nicknames

Being an exceptionally technology and magic-heavy modpack, GTNH comes with a large variety of items and materials with long names that earn themselves various acronyms and nicknames, especially on the Discord server.

This is intended to be a non-comprehensive list of known acronyms and nicknames for various things in the modpack.

Please help to add new acronyms as they come into common use.

A


 * ABS: alloy blast smelter, a GT++ multiblock that can smelt materials directly into liquids.
 * AE / AE2: Applied Energistics, a logistics mod capable of executing on-demand autocrafting. Available from EV onwards
 * A2: GT++ - a multiblock mod scheduled to be replaced
 * ARR: All rights reserved. A mod license that prevents others from changing or fixing it.
 * Assline: Assembly Line, the multiblock machine that gates progress from IV into LuV.



B


 * BBF: bricked blast furnace, the starter-tier multiblock needed to smelt your first steel.
 * BC: Buildcraft (e.g. bc tank = buildcraft tank)



C


 * CAL: circuit assembly line. LuV-tier multiblock machine needed to craft very high-tier circuits efficiently.
 * CBD: cetane-boosted diesel. 2nd highest energy density of the combustion engine fuels and a T1-T2 rocket fuel.



D


 * DT: distillation tower. HV multiblock for processing oil and other fluids



E


 * EBF: electric blast furnace. Essential multiblock machine needed for smelting of materials
 * EU/T: energy units per tick
 * EV: extreme voltage, T4 in the questbook



F


 * FE: fluid extractor. Converts materials into their liquid forms. Hot liquid may be produced, handle with care!
 * FS: fluid solidifier. Converts liquids into their solid forms, usually requires a suitable mold or programmed circuit.



G


 * GTNH: Gregtech New Horizons. Really, you should already know this one.



H


 * HBM: horrible bad mod. Won’t be added.
 * HOG: high-octane gasoline, the most energy dense combustion engine fuel.
 * HP: high pressure, usually used in the context of a large HP steam turbine or HP steam machines.
 * HV: high voltage, T3 in the questbook



I


 * IC / IC2: Industrial Craft 2
 * IV: insane voltage, T5 in the questbook



J


 * JEI: Just Enough Items



K



L


 * LCE: large combustion engine. EV-tier multiblock generator running off combustible fuels.
 * LCR: large chemical reactor. Multiblock machine capable of running chemical reactor recipes without fluid cells.
 * LESU: Lapotronic Energy Storage Unit. Some say don’t build it.
 * LGT: large gas turbine. HV-tier multiblock generator running off gas-turbine fuels
 * LHE: large heat exchanger. EV-tier multiblock machine capable of making steam or SH steam in ludicrous amounts when adequately supplied with either lava or hot coolant.
 * LSC: lapotronic super capacitor. The alternative to the PSS for very large centralized power storage.
 * LuV: ludicrous voltage, T6 in the questbook
 * LV: low voltage, T1 in the questbook



M


 * MAX: Maximum voltage, T15, highest voltage tier
 * MBM: multiblock miner. Can either refer to the ODPs or to the Void Miners, but more commonly the latter.
 * MEBF: mega electric blast furnace, a massively upsized version of the EBF that can run up to 256 recipes in parallel.
 * MV: medium voltage, T2 in the questbook



N


 * NEI: Not Enough Items



O


 * OC: Overclocking or OpenComputers, depending on the context
 * ODP: ore drilling plant. Comes in 4 tiers and available from EV onwards. Automatically crushes the mined ores.
 * OpV: Overpowered voltage, T14, second highest voltage tier



P


 * PA: processing array. Multiblock machine capable of running up to 64 identical single-block machines as if placed in the world
 * PBI: polybenzimidazole. High-tier plastic.
 * PE: polyethylene. Low-tier plastic. Also known as poly
 * Platline: Platinum processing line, a long series of processing steps (and therefore, machines) needed to extract all the platinum-group metals from PMPD.
 * PLE: precision laser engraver. Essential machine for circuit crafting
 * PMPD: platinum metallic powder dust, the starting material for the platinum processing line
 * PPS: polyphenylene sulfide. Mid-tier plastic needed to cheaply coat high-tier cables.
 * PSS: power sub-station, a GT++ multiblock providing very large centralized power storage.
 * PTFE: polytetrafluoroethylene, aka: teflon. Mid-tier plastic.
 * PVC: polyvinylchloride. Mid-tier plastic.



Q



R


 * RC: RailCraft, a mod that adds rail-related stuff. The most important part from this mod is the iron/steel multiblock tanks.



S


 * SBDR: styrene-butadiene rubber. Plastic needed to coat cables at higher tiers. Not the best choice but relatively cheap.
 * SFM: Steve’s factory manager
 * SH steam: superheated steam. Created with a LHE and converted into regular steam and power using a large HP steam turbine multiblock and an appropriate turbine item.
 * SR: silicone rubber. Plastic needed to coat cables at higher tiers. A better choice for cable coating.



T


 * TC: Thaumcraft (magic mod) or Tinker’s Construct - usually the first unless directly referring to tools or the smeltry.
 * TF: twilight forest, an alternate dimension and one of the first dimensions players can access
 * TiC / TiCon: Tinker's Construct, mainly used for the tools and various materials.



U


 * UV: ultimate voltage. T8 in the questbook. Not actually the highest voltage tier, however.
 * UEV: Extremely Ultimate voltage, T10
 * UHV: Highly Ultimate voltage, T9 in the questbook.
 * UIV: Insanely Ultimate voltage, T11. From this point onwards, more and more items don't have recipes.
 * ULV: Ultra Low voltage, lowest voltage tier. Not a proper voltage tier (does not overclock to LV).
 * UMV: Mega Ultimate voltage, T12
 * UXV: Extended Mega Ultimate voltage, T13



V


 * VF: vacuum freezer. Multiblock machine needed to cool hot things (hot ingots, plasma cells) and chill cool things (compressed air -> liquid air)



W


 * WA: world accelerator.



X



Y



Z


 * ZPM: zero-point module voltage, T7 in the questbook