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A

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Advanced Automation
AA SMP A technical Minecraft Server well known for its perimeters and origins. More info in Community Shelf.
AB Tileable / A/B Tileable AB Descriptor A term used to describe a contraption's tileability. The contraption will have two slices, an A slice and a B slice. The slices alternate to achieve a working state.
Area of Effect aoe Term
A term used to describe a function which affects a given area. This term is mostly used in villager tech.
Aligner

Term
A block with a collision box less than a full block used to align items such as chests, sea pickles, or cake.























 
B

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Batcher
Contraption A contraption used for storage tech that groups items together periodically before releasing them into an item stream.
Blocks per second bps Descriptor A term used to describe an entity's speed, or how fast a contraption can move an entity.
Block Update Detector BUD Contraption
Binary
Term
Box Comparer   Contraption  
Box Display   Contraption  
Box Separator
Contraption
Box Sorter
Contraption
Bulk Storage
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C

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Abbr.

Tag

Description


Chest Hall
Contraption
Creative Multiplayer CMP Server A multiplayer server with the primary gamemode being Creative. In tmc, this is mostly used for collaboration i designing new tech.
Comparator Update Detector CUD Contraption
 
    




























D

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Abbr.

Tag

Description


Decoder

Contraption


Digsort
ContraptionA storage system designed to process and sort natural resources from mining a Perimeter.
Directional
Term
Double Piston Extender dpe Contraption A contraption that extends a block 2 blocks of distance before returning it.
Dr Jan Cyan DJC

User

Youtuber

A well known betmc player who made early discoveries in mob farming.
Drops per Hour dph Descriptor A term used to measure the speed of a farm marked by the number of items it produces in an hour.




























E

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Description


Encoded
Descriptor
Encoder   Contraption  
    
    

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Contraption

F

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Flying Machine
ContraptionA contraption that moves automatically by pistons pushing and pulling a set of blocks joined together by either slime or honey.
Fully Hopper Locked FHL Descriptor A term used to describe a contraption that locks ALL hoppers when not in use.
Fill Sorter   Contraption  
Filtered Loader   Contraption  
Fixed Loader
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G

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


General Mob FarmgmfFarm
A mob farm that produces and harvests loot from the basic overworld environmental mobs (zombie, skeleton, spider, creeper, witch).
Global Mob Cap
Game MechanicThe mob cap that affects the entire world. When full, no mobs can spawn. n=200.
Golden HelmetghUserA well known technical contributor and designer, and a moderator for the Minecraft bug tracker.
Gravity Block Conversion gbc

Tech Mechanic

Contrpation

An exploit that converts a Gravity Block into a random item by pushing a block into an end gateway. This process can only be done in versions before 1.16.100.
Gravity Block Duping gbd

Tech Mechanic

Contraption

An exploit that allows Gravity Blocks to duplicate its falling entity form by pushing the entity into unloaded chunks. This can be done using simulation distance, end gateways, or (only works in versions before 1.16.100) end portals.
Golden HelmetghUserA well known technical contributor and designer, and a moderator for the Minecraft bug tracker.
General Mob FarmgmfFarm
A mob farm that produces and harvests loot from the basic overworld environmental mobs (zombie, skeleton, spider, creeper, witch).
Gametick gt Game Mechanic
The term which refers to the process of code being executed. There are 20gt in 1 second.




















H

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Hopper Speed

hs Descriptor A term used to refer to the speed of how fast a contraption can transfer items.
Hardcoded Spawning Area hsa Game Mechanic The chunks given to a structure in which the structure is placed in and certain mobs are able to spawn.
Hardcoded Spawning Spot hss Game Mechanic A specific set of coordinates where mobs are able to spawn inside of structures. There exists 1 hss for every 1 hsa.




























I

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Insta-Kill

Descriptor

Tech Mechanic

A term related to raid farms where the raid bar is instantly cleared by raiders spawning into a dump village.
Item Call   Contraption  
Item Wanker   Contraption  
    




























J

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K

Name

Abbr.

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Description


Keygen   Contraption  
    
    




























L

Name

Latch

Abbr.


TContraptionag

Description


Loader   Contraption A contraption that loads items into a shulker box and breaks it when full. This is done to store more efficiently in less space.
Local Mob Cap (Density Mob Cap)
Game MechanicSmaller mob caps that exist around players. Mobs have different mob caps they can fall under which are different sizes.
Liquid Update Detector LUD Contraption  
    




























M

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Merger   Contraption  
Multi-Item Sorter mis Contraption  
Mixed Loader   Contraption  
Milliseconds per Tick mspt

Game Mechanic

Term


Mob Switch
Contraption A contraption that blocks mob spawning by filling up the Global Mob Cap.




















N

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O

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Overworld Only owo Descriptor A term used to describe a farm that only works in the overworld.
    
    




























P

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Pair Sorter   Contraption  
Passive Mob Farm
FarmA mob farm that only spawns and harvests passive mobs such as cows and sheep.
Perimeter

Term

A large area of the world mined out with the purpose to reduce passive lag and prevent mob spawning.
Peripheral  

Contraption

Term

 
Point of Interest poi Term Blocks that villagers can claim and interact with. Includes beds, bells, and workstations.
Precision Loader
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Q Flying MachinethatTNTdestroyareatheworld,andthe

Name

Abbr.

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Description


 Quarry    Contraption A
shoots to an of
collects    




























items.
R

Name

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Description


Redstone Tick rt Game Mechanic
    
    




























S

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Sequential Sorter   Contraption  
Shulker Box Sorter sbs Contraption  
Signal Strength ss Term The strength of a Redstone line. Ranges from 0-15
Silent
Descriptor A term that means a contraption does not make any sound when in use.
Simulation Distance sim distance

Game Mechanic

Descriptor

The amount of chunks that is loaded around the player which can be changed in world settings. This can also be used as a term to describe what simulation distance a specific farm requires to operate.
Slice Preservation
Descriptor
Soft Inversion si Tech Mechanic A discovery made that a Redstone torch placed on a piston will turn off when the piston is powered.
Smart Box Display
Contraption A Box Display that will only break the display box when the box is empty and closed.
Splitter
Contraption
Sold State ss Descriptor
Stratos
SMP A bedrock tech server well known for GBC and advanced contraptions.
Survival Multiplayer smp Server A multiplayer server where the primary gamemode is survival. in tmc, these are servers made for applying technical contraptions into survival Minecraft.












T

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Technical Minecraft Community TMC Term The community of Minecraft players dedicated to technical gameplay.
TechRock TR SMP
One of the oldest technical bedrock edition tech servers
Temp Storage   Contraption  
T-flipflop tff Contraption  
Toggle state
Term
Transcoder   Contraption  
Trident Killer tk Contraption
A contraption that pushes a trident using pistons to kill mobs automatically without player input. 
    




















U

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Universal Tree Farm UTF Farm A tree farm that can grow and harvest Oak, Spruce, Birch, Jungle, Acacia, and Cherry Trees.
Unloading Array
Contraption

Unstackable Filter

(Nonstackable Filter)

  Contraption A contraption that filters stackable items from nonstackable items
Unstackable Sorter (Nonstackable Sorter)   Contraption
A contraption that sorts nonstackable items based on different properties each item possesses.




























V AprocesswheretheboundariesofavillageareexpandedbyplacingPOIneartheedgeofthe

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


Variable Sorter   Contraption  
Village   Game Mechanic An area where villager data is stored and allows villagers to complete certain functions. Created by a villager claiming a bed.

Village Merging


Game Mechanic

A process where two villages will merge into one when their boundaries are too close. The villagers will transfer into the village that isn't destroyed.

Village Stacking


Tech Mechanic

The process of moving two or more villages closer than what their boundaries allow to prevent Village Merging.

Village Stretching


Game Mechanic

















village.
W

Name

Abbr.

Tag

Description


World Eater
ContraptionA Flying Machine that drops TNT onto a section of world that is planned to be destroyed.
World Download wdl Term A term given to an exported world with the intent for other players to download and use it. 

   
    




























X bedrockeditiontechwellforplayersadvanced

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Description


 Xploit    SMP A
server known its and
    




























farms.
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Z

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