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	;Zoo : A group of biter or spitter nests around which the player has built a safe containment zone, i.e. a circle of turrets. Reasons for doing this include exploiting the nests' pollution absorption and automating the destruction of items (using requester chests near the nests).		;Zoo : A group of biter or spitter nests around which the player has built a safe containment zone, i.e. a circle of turrets. Reasons for doing this include exploiting the nests' pollution absorption and automating the destruction of items (using requester chests near the nests).

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	;Backed-up : 機械に出力がないため、入力チャンネルが一杯になること。また、消費量が少ないためにベルトが滞留していることを指すこともある。これは必ずしも悪いことではない。		;Backed-up : 機械に出力がないため、入力チャンネルが一杯になること。また、消費量が少ないためにベルトが滞留していることを指すこともある。これは必ずしも悪いことではない。
	;Backpressure : 機械（通常はベルトセグメントやインサータ）が、ターゲットがバックアップ（backed-up）されたために送出が停滞したときに経験すること。		;Backpressure : 機械（通常はベルトセグメントやインサータ）が、ターゲットがバックアップ（backed-up）されたために送出が停滞したときに経験すること。
	;Belt balancer : ベルトバランサー。これは、スループットを最大化するために、複数のベルトが同じ量のリソースを含むようにバランスをとるベルトのセットアップである。[[balancer/ja\|バランサーの仕組み]]を参照。		;Belt balancer : ベルトバランサー。これは、スループットを最大化するために、複数のベルトが同じ量のリソースを含むようにバランスをとるベルトのセットアップである。[[balancer mechanics/ja\|バランサーの仕組み]]を参照。
	;Belt compression : ベルト圧縮。この用語は、ベルト上のすべてのアイテムが互いに隙間なく配置されることで、スペースの無駄をなくし、最高のスループットを確保することを指す。		;Belt compression : ベルト圧縮。この用語は、ベルト上のすべてのアイテムが互いに隙間なく配置されることで、スペースの無駄をなくし、最高のスループットを確保することを指す。
	;Blackout : ブラックアウト。工場が完全に停電したとき。ソーラー＋蓄電池の電力に頼っている場合、敵に重要な電柱を破壊された場合、電動採掘ドリルや電動インサータ（燃料式ではなく）を使用している場合、長期化する電圧低下の後に起こるのが一般的です。		;Blackout : ブラックアウト。工場が完全に停電したとき。ソーラー＋蓄電池の電力に頼っている場合、敵に重要な電柱を破壊された場合、電動採掘ドリルや電動インサータ（燃料式ではなく）を使用している場合、長期化する電圧低下の後に起こるのが一般的です。
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	;Daisy chaining : デイジーチェーン（数珠つなぎ）。[[inserter/ja\|インサータ]]が同じスロットにアイテムを出し入れできるエンティティ、例えば、[[boiler/ja\|ボイラー]]の燃料、[[gun turret/ja\|ガンタレット]]の弾薬、[[lab/ja\|研究所]]のサイエンスパック、[[beacon/ja\|ビーコン]]内の[[module/ja\|モジュール]]~~、ロボットステーション内のロボット、チェスト内のあらゆるアイテムなどが該当する。~~		;Daisy chaining : デイジーチェーン（数珠つなぎ）。[[inserter/ja\|インサータ]]が同じスロットにアイテムを出し入れできるエンティティ、例えば、[[boiler/ja\|ボイラー]]の燃料、[[gun turret/ja\|ガンタレット]]の弾薬、[[lab/ja\|研究所]]のサイエンスパック、[[beacon/ja\|ビーコン]]内の[[module/ja\|モジュール]]、ロボットステーション内のロボット、チェスト内のあらゆるアイテムなどが該当する。「デイジー・チェーン（数珠つなぎ）」とは、ベルトを使わずに消耗品（燃料、弾薬、サイエンスパックなど）を補給するために、このメカニズムを利用したテクニックである。前の機械からアイテムを取り出し、次の機械に直接挿入するインサータを使って、複数のマシンをチェーン接続するだけだ。「石炭泥棒」や「弾薬泥棒」のように「泥棒」と呼ばれることもある。
	「デイジー・チェーン（数珠つなぎ）」とは、ベルトを使わずに消耗品（燃料、弾薬、サイエンスパックなど）を補給するために、このメカニズムを利用したテクニックである。前の機械からアイテムを取り出し、次の機械に直接挿入するインサータを使って、複数のマシンをチェーン接続するだけだ。「石炭泥棒」や「弾薬泥棒」のように「泥棒」と呼ばれることもある。
	;Death world : 死の世界。大量の[[enemies/ja\|敵]]を発生させることでゲームの難易度を挙げるマップ設定。		;Death world : 死の世界。大量の[[enemies/ja\|敵]]を発生させることでゲームの難易度を挙げるマップ設定。
	;Double header : ~~ダブルヘッダー。This is a term that refers to a train with~~ [[locomotive]]~~s on both ends, making the train capable of driving in both directions. Opposite of a single header, or standard train. A shorthand example could be: 1~~-2-~~1 (locomotive~~-~~carriage~~-~~carriage~~-~~locomotive) or 2~~-4-2.		;Double header : ダブルヘッダー。どちらの方向にも列車が運行できるように、両端に[[locomotive/ja\|機関車]]が連結されている列車を指す用語。対義語はシングルヘッダー、または標準の列車。以下のように省略することがある。1-2-1（機関車-貨物車両-貨物車両-機関車）、2-4-2 など
	;Dragon's teeth : ~~A series of alternating stone wall pillars outside the main wall fortification with the purpose of delaying the biters from reaching the wall.~~ [~~[Wikipedia~~:~~Dragon's_teeth_(fortification)\|Dragon's teeth]~~] ~~were first deployed in the Second World War to delay and channel armoured units into minefields and other defenses. Also used in the 1997 game~~ [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation\|Total Annihilation]].		;Dragon's teeth : 竜の歯。バイターが壁に到達するのを遅らせる目的で、要塞の主壁の外側に交互に連なる石壁の柱のこと。[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%9C%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%AF 龍の歯]は第二次世界大戦で、機甲部隊を遅延させ、地雷原や他の防衛線に誘導するために初めて配備された。1997年のゲーム『[[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation\|Total Annihilation]]』でも使用された。

	== E ==		== E ==

	;Entity : ~~エンティティ。Most things that can be manipulated in-game. Nearly everything in factorio is an entity. Any device, items, trees... Even the player is just an entity.~~		;Entity : エンティティ。ゲーム内で操作可能なもののこと。Factorioでは、ほとんどあらゆるものがエンティティである。あらゆる装置、アイテム、木、プレイヤーでさえも、エンティティに過ぎない。
	;Evolution : ~~進化。The development and growth of the native population. Over the course of a game, biters and spitters become bigger and more powerful. See~~ [[Enemies#~~Evolution~~\|~~evolution~~]].		;Evolution : 進化。現住生物の発達と成長のこと。ゲームが進行するにつれて、バイターやスピッターはより大きく、強力になっていく。[[Enemies/ja#進化\|進化]]を参照。

	== F ==		== F ==

	;FFF : ~~The weekly blog that the developers make to talk about the development of Factorio. Expanded, it is Factorio~~ Friday ~~Facts, posted every Friday.~~		;FFF : 開発者がFactorioの開発について語る週刊ブログ。省略せずに書くと、毎週金曜日に投稿される「Factorio Friday Facts」である。
	;FPS : Visual rendering speed, "frames per second". When this is reduced beneath 60, the game may stutter visually, jitter, or otherwise appear unstable. Low FPS will not necessarily result in low UPS, but they are loosely tied together.		;FPS : 画面の描画速度である、１秒あたりのフレーム数のこと。これが60を下回ると、ゲームは視覚的にカクカクしたり、反応が遅くなったり、その他不安定に見えることがある。FPSが低ければUPSが低いとは限らないが、両者は緩やかに結びついている。
	;Factorissimo : ~~A popular mod that allows for factories to be built within buildings added by the mod.~~		;Factorissimo : MODで追加された建物の中に工場を建てられるようにする人気MOD。
	;Fuel : [[Fuel/ja\|燃料]]~~。Refers to any burnable item that can be used to fuel burner devices, such as~~ [[wood]], [[coal]]~~, etc.~~		;Fuel : [[Fuel/ja\|燃料]]。燃料式装置で利用できる燃焼可能なアイテムのこと。[[wood/ja\|木]]、[[coal/ja\|石炭]]など。

	== G ==		== G ==

	; GJ : ギガジュール。エネルギーの単位。		; GJ : ギガジュール。エネルギーの単位。
	;Ghost : ~~ゴースト。A translucent preview image that designates a position for the construction of an entity.~~ [[Ghost]]~~s are created when you shift~~+~~click with an entity under your cursor, when you use the~~ [[Rail_planner#~~Ghost_Planner~~\|~~ghost rail planner~~]], when an entity is destroyed after you've researched construction robotics, and when you place a blueprint. Construction robots automatically attempt to construct ghosts within their logistic or personal roboport network, and if unable will create an alert for missing construction materials.		;Ghost : ゴースト。半透明のプレビュー画像で、エンティティの建設位置を指定するもの。 [[Ghost/ja\|ゴースト]]は、カーソルの下にエンティティがある状態でshift+クリックしたとき、[[Rail_planner/ja#ゴースト設置\|ゴーストレールプランナー]]を使用したとき、建設ロボットを研究した後にエンティティが破壊されたとき、そして設計図を配置したときに生成される。建設ロボットは物流ネットワークまたは携帯ロボットステーション・ネットワーク内にあるゴーストの建設を自動的に試み、建設資材が不足している場合は警告を発する。
	;Gigabase : ~~ギガベース。An even larger megabase, typically has SPM counts > 10k.~~		;Gigabase : ギガベース。メガベースよりも更に大きい。典型的なギガベースのSPMは10kを超える。

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This page acts as a general glossary of all terms used in Factorio and its community. We recommend searching the page with {{keybinding|CTRL|F}} to find specific terms. The page is also organized alphabetically.

Additionally, you can click a letter below to be taken to that letter in the list, if you wish to search manually.

[[##|#]] [[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#Q|Q]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#X|X]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]]

== # ==

;1-1, 1-2-1, 2-4, 4-8-4 and similar : A somewhat ambiguous shorthand notation for train configurations. The first number is usually the number of locomotives at the head of the train, followed by the number of cargo wagons or fluid wagons, and optionally followed by the number of tail locomotives if it's a double-headed train. In general, the smaller numbers are the number of locomotives.

== A ==

;AP : Armor piercing（徹甲弾）の略。[[piercing rounds magazine/ja|貫通弾薬]]を参照。
;Ammo : Ammunition（弾薬）のこと。銃器・ロケットランチャー・タレットなどで使用される。
;Angel's mods : ユーザー''Arch666Angel''氏が作成したmodを指す用語。氏は著名なmod制作者であり、Bob's mods を補完するような難しくて複雑なmodをたくさん制作している。
;Angelbobs : Angel's mods と Bob's mods を両方インストールしたゲームを意味するコミュニティ用語。
;Assembler : [[assembling machine/ja|組立機]] の別の言い方。

== B ==

;BP : [[blueprint/ja|建設計画(blueprint)]]の略。
;Backed-up : 機械に出力がないため、入力チャンネルが一杯になること。また、消費量が少ないためにベルトが滞留していることを指すこともある。これは必ずしも悪いことではない。
;Backpressure : 機械（通常はベルトセグメントやインサータ）が、ターゲットがバックアップ（backed-up）されたために送出が停滞したときに経験すること。
;Belt balancer : これは、スループットを最大化するために、複数のベルトが同じ量のリソースを含むようにバランスをとるベルトのセットアップである。[[balancers]]を参照。
;Belt compression : この用語は、ベルト上のすべてのアイテムが互いに隙間なく配置されることで、スペースの無駄をなくし、最高のスループットを確保することを指す。
;Blackout : 工場が完全に停電したとき。ソーラー＋蓄電池の電力に頼っている場合、敵に重要な電柱を破壊された場合、電動採掘ドリルや電動インサータ（燃料式ではなく）を使用している場合、長期化する電圧低下の後に起こるのが一般的です。
;Bob's mods : A term referring to the mods made by user ''bobingabout'', a popular modder who makes extremely popular difficulty/complexity mods that complement Angel's mods.
;Bots : [[construction robot/ja|建設ロボット]] または [[logistic robot/ja|物流ロボット]]の略語。カプセルから生まれる[[Combat_robot_capsules/ja|戦闘ロボット]]を指す場合もある。
;Bottleneck : A term that means a single point where resources are constrained, such as a slow part of a belt that slows down everything.
;Braiding : The space-saving technique of alternating between two or more different underground belt types (basic, fast and express) in a straight line, one tile wide. The different types of underground belts don't interfere with each other, and inserters can interact with the belt entrance and exit entities.
;Brownout : When your factory's machines are running slower than normal because it's not generating enough electricity.
;Buffer: A place where a stockpile of items is stored to be available when the production stops. Typically a chest.
;Bus : Short for [[#M|main bus]].

== C ==

;Capacity : Maximum amount of items/[[fluid system|fluids]] that can exist within something.
;Catchup : Period where a [[player]] joining a game is required to replay recent changes quickly, so they can be merged into the running game smoothly. Often happens on slow connections, or on servers with a lot going on.
;Chokepoint : Artificial or natural geography that funnels attackers into a narrow, movement-constricting area, making it more difficult for them to breach fortifications. Examples: peninsulas with narrow connections to the mainland, artificial land bridges to islands, nearby lakes, corridors through thick forests. Certain [[cliff]] formations can also present this issue.
;Coin : An item used in the Tight Spot campaign.
;Compression : Like Capacity but applies to belts only.
;Contaminated : A belt with incorrect items on it (such as [[coal]] on an iron belt). Can also refer to [[pipe]]s with mixed liquids.
;Cracktorio : A community term referring to the addictive qualities of Factorio, jokingly comparing the game to crack cocaine.

== D ==

;Daisy chaining : Some entities allow [[inserter]]s to insert and remove items from the same slots, including fuel in [[boiler]]s, ammo in [[gun turret]]s, science packs in [[lab]]s, [[module]]s in [[beacon]]s, robots in roboports, and any items in chests. 'Daisy chaining' is a technique that makes use of this mechanic in order to supply some machines with consumables (i.e. fuel, ammo or science packs) without having to use belts. You simply chain multiple machines together with inserters that take the items out of the previous machine and insert them directly into the next. It's sometimes referred to as 'stealing', as in 'coal stealing' or 'ammo stealing'.
;Death world : A map generation configuration that results in a large quantity of [[enemies]], to increase the game's difficulty.
;Double header : This is a term that refers to a train with [[locomotive]]s on both ends, making the train capable of driving in both directions. Opposite of a single header, or standard train. A shorthand example could be: 1-2-1 (locomotive-carriage-carriage-locomotive) or 2-4-2.
;Dragon's teeth : A series of alternating stone wall pillars outside the main wall fortification with the purpose of delaying the biters from reaching the wall. [[Wikipedia:Dragon's_teeth_(fortification)|Dragon's teeth]] were first deployed in the Second World War to delay and channel armoured units into minefields and other defenses. Also used in the 1997 game [[Wikipedia:Total Annihilation|Total Annihilation]].

== E ==

;Entity : Most things that can be manipulated in-game. Nearly everything in factorio is an entity. Any device, items, trees... Even the player is just an entity.
;Evolution : The development and growth of the native population. Over the course of a game, biters and spitters become bigger and more powerful. See [[Enemies#Evolution|evolution]].

== F ==

;FFF : The weekly blog that the developers make to talk about the development of Factorio. Expanded, it is Factorio Friday Facts, posted every Friday.
;FPS : Visual rendering speed, "frames per second". When this is reduced beneath 60, the game may stutter visually, jitter, or otherwise appear unstable. Low FPS will not necessarily result in low UPS, but they are loosely tied together.
;Factorissimo : A popular mod that allows for factories to be built within buildings added by the mod.
;[[Fuel]] : Refers to any burnable item that can be used to fuel burner devices, such as [[wood]], [[coal]], etc.

== G ==

; GJ : Giga joule, a measurement of energy.
;Ghost : A translucent preview image that designates a position for the construction of an entity. [[Ghost]]s are created when you shift+click with an entity under your cursor, when you use the [[Rail_planner#Ghost_Planner|ghost rail planner]], when an entity is destroyed after you've researched construction robotics, and when you place a blueprint. Construction robots automatically attempt to construct ghosts within their logistic or personal roboport network, and if unable will create an alert for missing construction materials.
;Gigabase : An even larger megabase, typically has SPM counts > 10k.

== I ==

;Inventory : The ability for an entity to hold items within it. Almost all entities have inventories.
;Item : Items represent the un-built version of a machine, tools, intermediate products etc. Typically, items are found on belts, in the player's inventory, and inside machines. Items can be provided to recipes to create other items.
;Item explosion : A phenomenon when a lot of items are spilled on the ground in a square-like fashion. Usually due to accidentally removing power armor when having a full inventory.
;Item request slot : A special request slot for machines with module slots that allows them to request the modules in the blueprint from which they were constructed. The deconstruction planner has a filter for canceling these requests.

== K ==

; kJ : Kilojoule, a measurement of energy.
;Kovarex : The founding father of Factorio and where [[kovarex enrichment process]] gets its name from.

== L ==
;Lane : One side of a transport belt. Each belt has two lanes.
;Lane balancer : This is a belt setup that balances the two lanes on a belt to be equal, to maximize throughput. See [[balancer mechanics]].
;Legs : [[Exoskeleton]]
;Loader : An abandoned concept for a belt-based mechanism that continuously loads and unloads machines, as an alternative to inserters. Functional loader entities can still be found in the editor, and some mods give them a proper texture and make them available in regular games. Loaders are used in the official Team Production scenario.

== M ==

; MW : Mega watt, a measurement of power.
;Main bus : The opposite of spaghetti, this refers to placing multiple belts side by side containing one resource, and branching off of it in order to create setups. Allows for organized layout of resource transportation.
;Mall: Also known as store. A location in a factory that produces many types of different items that the player needs but in relatively small amounts.
;Map exchange string : A long piece of text that encodes the settings used to generate a map. See [[Map generator#Map exchange string|map exchange string]].
;Market : A building where you can buy items using coins. It's available in the editor and used in the Tight Spot campaign.
;Mats : Shorthand for materials.
;Megabase : A community term referring to a significantly large base that has been built over a significant time/effort. Often, these bases are quantified in terms of science packs per minute, or "SPM". A base typically is considered a megabase when it can maintain 1k SPM.
;Mod : This term refers to a script or collection of scripts that change how the game acts, adds new items/entities, etc.
;Modpack : A community term referring to a collection of mods that work well together.

== N ==

;Nauvis : The planet that Factorio takes place on. Only named in the files, not in-game.
;Night steam : The strategy of relying on solar panels to generate electricity during the day and steam engines during the night.
;No path : A common error that means that a train cannot find a valid route to a train stop. See [[Railway#No_path|no path]].

== O ==

; Outpost : A small base created far away from a main base, usually to serve a single purpose like mining or production of a specific resource.

== P ==

;Priority splitter : A splitter design that directs as many resources as possible from a bus to an offshoot before letting excess items flow past. This is in contrast to a splitter that always distributes some percentage of items to both sides (depending on the particular arrangement of splitters).
;PAX (train) : Short for passenger train or player access station, another name for the [[Glossary#S|shuttle]].

== Q ==
;QoL : Quality of life, often refers to mods that increase ease of play.

== R ==

;RORO : Abbreviation for "Roll on, roll off" in the context of train station design. It means that trains arrive at the station at one end and leave the station at the other end (driving past the train stop), as opposed to terminus stations.
;RPM : Shorthand for rockets per minute.
;Rainbow belt : A transport belt with many different types of items on it, rather than the easier-to-manage one or two types of items. See [[#S|sushi belt]].
;Ribbon world : A world which has been set up to have limited space in one dimension (width or height), adding a new challenge. The smallest ribbon world in which you can launch a rocket is a map limited to a width or height of 9 tiles, the size of the rocket silo.
;Roundabout : This term refers to a type of path for trains, to allow the trains to enter the circle, and exit onto the exit rail that they path to. Generally recommended against, due to throughput and self collision issues.

== S ==

;Scenario : A map that has been saved via the [[map editor]]. Special scripting can be added to make simple "events".
;Seed : A number associated with each map that determines the outcome of certain pseudo-random processes, like terrain generation. All other settings being equal, different seeds result in vastly different terrain features. The seed is included in [[#M|map exchange strings]].
;Shuttle : A train for personal transportation around the factory. Sometimes called a taxi.
;Sideloading : This is a commonly used term that refers to running the end of a [[transport belt]] into the side of another, so that only the lane on the side of the belt that the other belt is on is filled. This is typically done to create a belt that carries two different resources side-by-side on the same belt.
;Smart furnace : A smelting setup that can process multiple materials (e.g. iron ore, copper ore, iron plates, stone).
;Spaghetti : [[File:spaghetti_example.png|thumb|200px|right|An example of a "spaghetti" setup with intertwining belts.]]A community term referring to the "spaghetti" look of many belts/entities placed in a disorganized fashion. Typically created by new players to Factorio. Generally, it will be moved away from as soon as the player realizes the logistical problems it causes. Note that not all "spaghetti" factories are necessarily inefficient.
;Speedrun : A term referring to attempting to quickly finish the game as soon as possible. At the time of this writing, the singleplayer record is just under two hours.
;SPM : Shorthand for science packs per minute. Measured per type, so 1k SPM will mean production of 1000 of each science pack type per minute, though military science is often excluded. Usually used to measure the size of very big bases, see [[#M|megabase]] and [[#G|gigabase]].
;Stacker : Also known as '''parking lot'''. A waiting bay for trains, allowing them to wait on different parallel tracks and not block each other until their destination becomes free. Recommended in front of large, multi-platform stations.
;Supply train: A train that usually for personal use that is used to carry mostly building materials like rails, conveyor belts, inserters, assembly machines etc..
;Sushi belt : The strategy of mixing many different types of items on transport belts to supply machines that need some or all of those items. It sacrifices throughput for compactness (and beauty). It looks colorful and diverse like a tray of sushi. Its perhaps most popular application is supplying labs with science packs. Sometimes called sushi bar or rainbow belt.

== T ==

;TINS : Abbreviation of "There Is No Spoon", the name of the in-game achievement.
;Terminus : A train station design where trains come in and leave from the same side, thus requiring double-headed trains, unlike RORO stations.
;Throughput : A term that refers to the maximum amount of resources that can travel through something (such as a belt) in a certain amount of time. Usually quantified in items per second.
;Tick : The smallest measurable amount of time in Factorio. There are 60 ticks per second (when running at 60 UPS), and 3600 ticks in a minute.
;Tile : A piece of map. It is not really known how big it is, but for simplifying things we can assume that a tile is a quadratic with side of 1 meter.
;Time : Game time is normally identical with real time, one second in the game is one second in reality, but it can be faster or slower. For example, when the calculations for an update takes longer than a tick, the game slows down (aka UPS). Alternatively, a mod can provide ways to let the game run faster.
;Train bus : A popular alternative to the [[#M|main bus]] pattern. Instead of using a belt bus to provide materials for various production cells, a large rail system allows many trains to route materials between more distant cells, sometimes called subfactories. It's a UPS-friendlier strategy for large factories such as megabases.
;Trash can : A simple 'public utility' of sorts, which is an active provider that players can dump unwanted items into. Logistic robots pick them up and store them away. It's useful if you need to get rid of large quantities of items (such as [[wood]] or [[landfill]]) and your logistic trash slots are full.
;Turret : Stationary defense weapon. There are four types of turrets in Factorio, the [[laser turret]], [[gun turret]], [[flamethrower turret]] and [[artillery turret]].
;Turret creep : The tactic of leap-frogging with turrets into hostile territory. It's very effective due to the strength and range of turrets. Typically done with laser turrets, blueprints and personal roboports, but can also be done by manually placing gun turrets and inserting ammo.

== U ==

;UPS : Internal clock speed, "Updates Per Second". The game tries its best to maintain the ideal 60 UPS, but it is affected by the size and complexity of the game world and your computer hardware. A lower UPS means that the simulation runs slower. At 30 UPS everything would take twice as long as under ideal conditions. This is a common concern on megabases or when playing with many mods active. It can be set to more than 60 UPS by changing the game speed via script, processing power permitting. The Transport Belt Madness and Tight Spot campaigns are examples where the game speed can be increased.

== V ==
;Vanilla : Regular version of the game with no mods.

== W ==

;Wube : The company based in the Czech Republic that develops Factorio.

== Z ==

;Zoo : A group of biter or spitter nests around which the player has built a safe containment zone, i.e. a circle of turrets. Reasons for doing this include exploiting the nests' pollution absorption and automating the destruction of items (using requester chests near the nests).

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