BPS

Bangs Per Second, the amount of
times the primary capacitor is discharged through the primary per
second.

DRSSTC

An SSTC whare the primary is tuned
to resonance with a series capacitor

ESR

Effective Series Resistance, The
amount of resistance a Capacitor introduces into a circuit.

IGBT

Insulated Gate Bi-polar
Transistor.

ISSTC

Interrupted SSTC

MMC

Multi Manufactured Capacitor, A
capacitor made from many smaller Manufactured (off the shelf)
capacitors.

MOSFET

Metal Oxide Silicon Field Effect
Transistor

MOT

Microwave Oven
Transformer

NST

Neon Sign Transformer

OBIT

Oil Burner Ignition Transformer,
used for igniting oil in boilers.

OLTC

Off Line Tesla Coil, A tesla coil that works directly from the mains supply
with no
step-up transformer.

RQ

Richie Quick Gap, Usually multiple
lengths of copper tubing in series making a multi gapped spark gap.

RSG

Rotary Spark Gap

SSTC

Solid State Tesla
Coil

TLA

Three Letter Abbreviation