Newbie here, and just wondering

[Jyruiz]

If there was a thread with all of the acronyms? I see a lot and know some but not others. It has been a long time since I have kept'd up with this (since the oval dish first came out) and I don't think my experience with installting my earlier dishes (round and oval) will help me much now a days. Anyway, thanks in advance.

[harsh]

There is one on the front page under Information Pages, but it is in serious need of an update to keep up with all of the new DIRECTV buzzwords.

If you don't find the term in question there, do a search on it or post it in this thread.

As a preemptive strike, I offer a few that aren't on the list or need qualification:

SWM8 = the eight tuner SWM
SL5 = DIRECTV "Slimline" 5 LNB dish (99W, 101W, 103W, 110W, 119W)
SL3 = DIRECTV "Slimline" 3 LNB dish (99W, 101W, 103W)
SWMLine5 = SWM version of SL5
SWMLIne3 = SWM version of SL3
DPP = DISHPro Plus -- DISH Network's single cable technology
PIG = Program in Guide/Graphics
<number>W = geosynchronous satellite "slot" at <number> degrees latitude.

S1 = Spaceway 1 -- DIRECTV spotbeam satellite at 103W
S2 = Spaceway 2 -- DIRECTV spotbeam satellite at 99W
D10 = DirecTV 10 (103W) = obsolete DIRECTV SD receiver
D11 = DirecTV 11 (99W) = obsolete DIRECTV SD receiver
D12 = DirecTV 12 (unlaunched) = current basic DIRECTV SD receiver
E11 = Echostar 11 (110W)
E12 = Echostar 12 (61.5W) -- rename of Rainbow 1
99(c) = 99(a) = D11 CONUS transponders
99(s) = 99(b) = 99W spotbeam transponders from S2, D11
101(c) = 101(a) D10 CONUS transponders
101(s) = 101(b) 99W spotbeam transponders from S1, D10

H2x = DIRECTV HD receiver (sometimes followed by -n00 to denote manufacturer)
HR2x = DIRECTV HD DVR (optional mfg. number)

[BobaBird]

Also check the EKB Glossary (http://www.dishuser.org/glossary.php) which is mainly for Dish Network.