Minecraft Discontinued Features Wiki:Glossary

A dictionary for jargon/abbreviations found in the discontinued community. Does not cover terms directly in other articles
 * Alpha ___: an informal way of declaring Invalid Data Value. Originates from alpha leaves and was carried as a misnomer to alpha slabs and jokingly to the potential alpha fish
 * B Creative: a overpowered glitch in 11w49a that allowed the player to enter creative temporarily
 * BRB: initialism for block replacement bypass, not to be confused with brb (be right back)
 * b1.6tb3: shortening of Beta 1.6 Test Build 3
 * CWC: initialism for the cheaty cross world commands
 * IDV: initialism for Invalid Data Value, used often in front of the item/block obtained with it, for example, IDV dirt for invalid data value dirt
 * InterWorld Redstone: rare synonym for cross world commands, used in a Tamtam video
 * Neg: short for negative items, sometimes used for negative durability
 * US: short for update suppresion, rare due to confusion over the country
 * Useless NBT: unobservable NBT on item, mob, or block
 * version-1: the first variant of a version uploaded by Mojang. Because the Mojang name remained identical the -1 is community added to the first upload -2 to the second and so on. Also sometimes denoted with parentheses after the version saying (pre-reupload), (reupload), (2nd reupload),...
 * Water Update Suppression: archaic form of block replacement bypass.
 * 20w14~, 20w14inf, or 20w14infinite: alternatives to 20w14∞, often used because the infinity symbol is not on the keyboard