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GuideComma/openpilot Terms, Phrases & Acronyms
A glossary of 65+ terms, phrases, and acronyms used across the openpilot and Comma community.
Glossary
ACC
Adaptive Cruise Control
ADAS
Advanced Driver Assistance System
AOL
Always On Lateral
AP
Autopilot (Tesla-specific term)
AEB
Automatic Emergency Braking
ALC
Automatic Lane Centering or Automatic Lane Change
BSM
Blind Spot Monitoring
C2
Comma Two device
C3
Comma Three device
C3X
Comma Three X device
CEM
Conditional Experimental Mode
Clone
Unofficial openpilot-compatible device
DM
Driver Monitoring
DP
DragonPilot
DSU
Driver Support Unit (Toyota-specific). See also SDSU.
E2E
End-to-end machine learning approach
FCW
Forward Collision Warning
FP
FrogPilot
FSD
Full Self Driving (Tesla term)
Geo / GeoHot
George Hotz, Comma founder
HDA I/II
Highway Drive Assist (Hyundai-specific)
HKG
Hyundai / Kia / Genesis vehicle group
Jacob
Community nickname reference for Jacob Pfeifer
LA
Los Angeles model
LDW
Lane Departure Warning
LFA
Lane Follow Assist
LTA
Lane Trace Assist (Toyota-specific)
LKA
Lane Keep Assist
LKAS
Lane Keep Assist System
MADS
Modified Assistive Driving Safety
MPC
Model Predictive Control
MTSC
Map-based Turn Speed Control
NLP
New Lane Planner
NNFF
Neural Network FeedForward
NoA
Navigate on Autopilot (Tesla-specific)
NoO
Navigate on openpilot
OP
openpilot software
OPGM
openpilot for GM vehicles (by Nworby)
OPTK
openpilot Toolkit
OSM
OpenStreetMap
OTA
Over-the-air update
RCTA
Rear Cross Traffic Alert
RDM
Road Departure Mitigation (Honda-specific)
RSA
Road Sign Assist (Toyota-specific)
SCC
Smart Cruise Control
SDSU
Community-enhanced DSU
SLC
Speed Limit Control
SP
SunnyPilot
TACC
Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (Tesla-specific)
TSS
Toyota Safety Sense
UI
User Interface
UX
User Experience
VTSC
Vision-based Turn Speed Control
ZSS
Zorrobyte Steering Sensor
What Is a Fork?
A fork is a new independent project built from an existing codebase. In the openpilot ecosystem, forks like DragonPilot, SunnyPilot, and FrogPilot start from openpilot and add their own features, defaults, and tuning behavior.