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                       d i e  d a t e n b ae ck e r  ??



           hUGE LiST oF tHE mAIN sCENE gROUPS wITH tHEIR aCRONYMS 

      * new    # corrected    dead


      aCRONYM     gROUP                            wHATtHEYdO


      0-9

      255           Blank                              Demos
      2P            200 Proof                          HPA
      303%          303% Dimension                     Music
      3WM          3 Wheel Motion                     Music
      666           Satan                              PPE

      A

      AA            Axioma                             Demos
      ABC           Ansence                            Demos
      ABC           Abacu's Bandits Company            Demos
    * ABS           Abuse                              Daydream
    * ACD           Acidic                             PPE
      ACE           Acme Courier Enterprices           ?
      ACID          ANSi Creators In Demand            Art
      ACME          ACME                               Demos
    * ACR           Acura                              Warez (PC)
      ADC           Addiction                          Warez
      ADV           Advance                            Music
      AFL           Alpha Flight                       Warez
    * AG            Aggressive Giants                  Music
      AGS           Aegis                              PPE,Tools
      AI            Asteroidea                         Demos
      ALF           Anti Lamer Foundation              PPE
      AMB           Amable                             Demos
      AMB           Ambition                           Warez
      AME           Amnesty                            Demos
      AMN           Amnesia                            Warez
      AOD          Army Of Death                      Tools,HPA
      AOD           Angels Of Death                    Warez
    * AOG           Armor Of Godz                      ?
      ARC           Arcana                             Art (Ascii)
      ARN           Arnow                              Art
      ART           Advanced Rhythm Technologies       Music
    * ASG           Asgard                             Warez (Console)
      ASI           Anti Sukka Inc.                    Music
      ATC           Atomic                             Warez
      ATL           Above The Law                      Warez
      ATY           Apathy                             ?
      AV            Apocalyptic Visions                ?
      AVG           Avengers                           ?
      AXF           Axial Force                        PPE

      B

      B20           Bomb 20                            Music
    * BAB           Babylon                            Misc
      BAD           Bitchin Ansi Design                Art
      BC!           Brainless Coders                   Demos
      BCI           Bad Conscience Inc.                Warez
    * BDI           Brain Damage Inc.                  PPE
      BGR           Brotherhood Of Gods And Retards    HPA
      BH           Bluehell                           RA,ANSi
      BL            Brave Lamers                       ?
      BLD           Blood                              ?
      BLZ           Blizzard                           PPE
      BLH           Backslash                          Warez
      BM            Black Maiden                       Art
      BMB           Bamboosh                           Demos
      BMP           Blacktron Music Productions        Music
      BOIL          Bunch Of Insane Liars              Art
      BOM           Boom                               Warez
      BOS           Blades Of Steel                    ?
      BPC           Brutal PPE Coders                  PPE/PCE/PRO
      BPM           Berlin Porno Mafia                 Porno Pics
      BPR          Berlin Phreaking Reincaration      Misc,HPA
      BRD           Breed                              ?
    * BRS           Brainrapers                        Daydream
      BS            Blue Sonic                         Misc
      BS            Bomb Squad                         Misc
      BTM           Bottom                             Music
      BZR           Bizarre                            ?

      C

      CB4           Cellblock Four                     Warez (PC)
      CBN           Cybernetica                        ?
      CBR           Charlie Brown Records              Music
      CC            Chaos Crew                         ?
      CC            Cocaine Couriers                   ?
      CCC           Chaos Cyber Creations              PPE
      CDA           Cascada                            Demos
      CDC           Cult Of The Dead Cow               HPAV
      CF            Cyber Force                        Warez
      CIA           Crackers International Alliance    Cracks
      CIA           Creators Of Intense Art            Art
      CLE           Cyclone                            Warez
      CLS           Class                              Warez (PC)
      CMA           Coma                               Demos
      CMS           Copyright Masters Couriers         Warez
      CNA          Candela                            Demos
      COD           Coders On Dope                     PPE
    * CR            Crash                              PPE,Cracks
      CR            Code Red                           Music,Demos
      CRW           Crow                               RA
      CWS           Cows                               ?
      CYR           Cyrez                              Misc
    * CZE           Cryozone                           Daydream,Amiga
    * CZN           Crazy Nation                       Warez (Console)

      D

    * D2D           Devotion To Darkness               Art (Ansi,Ascii)
      D4C           Dedicated For Cracking             Cracks
      D4N           Dope For Nation                    Music
      D4Z           Diabolic Force                     Music,Tools,Demos
    * DC            Digital Corruption                 Warez (Amiga)
      DC            Digital Crackers                   Cracks
      DCB           Da Cheeze Brigade                  Demos
      DCC           Dirty Cracking Crew                Cracks
      DCP           Delta Corps Priest                 HPA,Virii
      DCY           Decay                              Tools,Music
      DDB           Die Datenbcker                    Tools,Art,Music
      DDT           Diebels Drinking Team              ?
      DDT           Deep Deep Trouble                  Demos,Music,Mag
      DEN           Dentifrice                         Demos
      DEV           Devotion                           Warez Couriering
      DF            Dark Forces                        Warez (PC)
    * DFC           Defiance                           Warez (PC)
      DGT           Digital Traders                    Warez Couriering
      DI            Dies Irae                          Demos
      DOD           Drink Or Die                       Warez
      DOM           Dominators                         Warez
      DOX           Destroyers Of the Xerox            Art
    * DKB           Die Kranken Bomber                 Graffiti,Ascii,PPE
      DMN           Demolition                         Warez
      DMS           Demons                             Misc
      DNS           Dynasty                            Warez
      DP,DEEP      Drinking Evil Elite Phreakers      HPA
    * DPS          Die Permanenten Schmierer          Graffiti,Ascii,PPE
      DPS           Dead Pirates Society               Warez
      DS            Digital Spirits                    ?
      DSL          Diesel                             HPA
    * DSN           Dark Scandal                       Art (Ansi,Ascii)
      DSOM          Dark Side Of Music                 Music
      DSS           Digital Sound Studio               Music
      DST           Dark Side Traders                  Warez Couriering
      DTD           Devotion To Darkness               ?
      DTI           Drunken Traders Inc.               Warez Couriering
      DVT           Devotion                           Music,Art,Demos

      E

      E             Extreme                            Demos
      E9            Ethos 9                            Demos
      EA            Error Art                          ?
      EFC           Excessive Force Crew               Demos,PEX
      EOD           Empire Of Darkness                 Warez
      EMC           Evil Maniacs Crew                  Music
      EMF           Electromotive Force                Demos
      EMS           Eliot Music Systems                Music
      ESC           Escape                             Misc
      ETN           Eternity                           Warez
    * EUR           Eurasia                            Warez (Console)
      EXP           Expression                         ?


      F

      FA            Freak Accademy                     RA
      FACT          Future Art Creator Team            Music,Art
      FBI           Far Beyond Insany                  ?
      FBK           Fischbratkche                     Fun
      FC           Future Crew                        Demos
      FDN           Foundation                         Warez Couriering
      FDT           Fucked Damn Traders                Warez Couriering
      FH            Future Hackers                     ?
      FL            Fuel                               Art
    # FLT           Fairlight                          Warez (C64,Amiga,PC)
      FLX           Flux                               Art
      FOD           Forces Of Darkness                 Warez
      FON           Forces Of Nature                   Misc
      FOOD          Fuck Off Or Die                    Tools,PPE,Cracks
      FR            Fire                               Art
      FSW           Fuckin Sweet Warez                 Warez
      FTL           Fatal                              ?
      FTP           Fuck The Protection                ?
    * FWCH          Flipper Won't Come Home            Art (Ascii)

      G

      GIL           Die Gilde                          Warez(PC),Mag
      GIS           Goofy Illtape Software             Warez
      GLD           Gilden                             PPE,Tools
      GLOW          Gorgeous Ladies Of Warez           Warez (PC)
    * GLM           Gleam                              PPE
    * GNS           Genesis                            Warez (PC)
      GOP           Grand Old Pirates                  Warez
      GRC           Global Research Couriering         Warez Couriering
      GRS           Ghostriders                        Warez (PC)
      GTA          German Trading Alliance            Warez Couriering

      H

      H!            Halcyon                            Demos
    * HBE           Hard Behavour Excitation           Music
      HDC           Hardcode                           Demos
      HDE           Hugendubel-Express                 Mag
      HGH          Hacker Gruppe Humboldt             Fun,Tools
      HGM           Hologram                           ?
      HKGG          Hong Kong Game Girls               Warez(Console),Mangas
      HLG           Hooligans                          Warez
      HN            Hypernova                          ?
      HRG           Hellraiser Group                   Music,Art,Mag
      HTC           Heretics                           Demos
      HUR          Hurricane                          ?
    # HX            Hash X                             Coding
      HX            House Xperience                    Music,Mag

      I

      IBM           Immortal Buttmunchers              Warez (PC)
      IC            Icode                              Tools,Music
      ICE           Insane Creators Enterprice         Art
      IF           Insane Frequencies                 Music
      IL            Illegality                         HPA,Virii
    * ILT           Intellect                          Daydream
      IMG           Image                              Demos
      IMP           Imphobia                           Demos,Mag
      INC           International Network Of Crackers  Warez
    * INS           Insane                             Daydream
      IR            Immortal Riot                      Virii
      IS            Immortal Syndicate                 Warez
      IT            Immortal Traders                   Warez

      J

    * J!P          Jescola! Productions               Demos
      J4P           Just 4 Phun                        ?
    * JD            Juicy Dildos                       Porno Pics
      JES          Jester                             PPE,RA,Tools
      JUC           Jazz United Couriers               Warez,Music
      JWS           Jaws                               ?

      K

      KLF           Keen Like Frogs                    Demos
      KFMF          Kosmic Free Music Foundation       Music
      KR            Kewlision Records                  Music
      KRY           KRYN Headhunters                   Warez

      L

      LAZ           Lazarus                            Art
      LD            Legend Design                      Demos
      LND           Legends Never Die                  Warez
    * LNS           Lunatics                           Daydream
      LOR           Lords Of Renegade                  Art
      LP            Last Patrol                        ?
      LQD          Liquid                             Music,Tools
    * LSD           Light Speed Distributors           Warez (Amiga)
      LTX           Lunatix                            ?

      M

      M8            Motivate                           Warez
      MA            Magic Arts                         RA
    * MARS          Miracle Records                    Music
      MC            Mortal Compact                     Demos
      MCG           Miracle Couriering Group           Warez
      MJK           Majik                              Warez
      MLC           Malice                             Warez
      MOM          Members Of Mayday                  Music
      MOW          Members Of Wasteland               ?
      MOZ           Mozicart                           Misc
      MP            Magic Polarity                     ?
      MPL           Micropyle                          Demos
      MRT           Mortality                          Warez
      MRY          Mistery                            Music
      MS            Mean Sheme                         Art
      MSQ           Masque                             Warez
      MTY           Mortality                          Warez

      N

      NAPS          Nation Of Art Productions          Art
      NE            Neon                               Warez
      NF            N-Faktor                           Demos
      NM            Nuklear Meltdown                   Demos
      NNM           Noname                             Art
      NOCH          No Checking People                 Warez
      NRG           Energy                             Warez
      NRP           Nerp                               Art
      NS!           Novastorm                          RA,Music
    * NT            New Technologies                   PPE
      NTR           Neutron                            Demos
      NUKE          Napalm Ultimate Killing Expirience HPA,Tools
      NWO           New World Order                    Warez
      NWP           Nowhere Project                    ?

      O

      OBT           Orbit                              Warez
      OCC           Organized Computer Crime           Warez
      OCG           Octagon                            Art
      OS            Oldschool                          Mangas,HPA
      OWI           Old Warez Inc.                     Warez
      OXG           Oxygene                            Demos

      P

      P!            Pain                               Misc
      PAC           Phreakers Against Commerce         Warez
      PAW           Pirates Analysing Warez            Warez
      PDM           Paradigm                           Warez
      PC            Phrozen Crew                       Warez
      PCN           Procreation                        Demos
    * PHR           Phear                              PPE,Warez(PC)
      PIE           Providence                         PPE,Warez
      PIL           Pirates In Legion                  Warez
      POT           Phrenetic Outworld Traders         Warez
      PM            Post Mortem                        Demos,Music
      PNA          Paranoia                           PPE
    * PNC           Pinnacle                           PPE,Warez(PC)
      PNX           Phoenix                            Warez
      PRD           Predator 666                       Warez
    * PRG           Purge                              Demo
      PRM           Premiere                           Warez (PC)
    * PRM           Proxium                            Demos
      PRX           Proxima                            Demos
      PRY           Prophecy                           Warez
      PS            Primus                             ?
      PSN           Poison                             Demos
      PSP           Plate Steel Productions            ?
      PST           Parasite                           Warez
      PT            Private Termination                Mangas,HPA
      PTG           Pentagram                          Warez
      PWA           Pirates With Attitude              Warez
    * PZK           Panzerknacker                      Graffiti

      Q

      QMG           Queue Member Group                 Demos
      QST           Quest                              Warez
      QTX           Quartex                            ?

      R

      R97           Raven'97                           Fun,PPE
      RAD           Radiation                          SW Trading
      RAT          Remote Access Trading              RA Trading
      RAW           Radical Art Warriors               Art
      RBI           Raw Beats International            Music
      RBS           Rebels                             Warez (PC)
      RC            Rectum Cauda                       Demos,Mag
      RCN           Reality Check Network              Warez,Mag
    * RDA           Rebellion Digital Argentina        Demos
      REN           Renaisance                         Demos
    * RES           Resistance                         Warez (PC)
      RIB           Radiation Boom                     ?
      RIDZ         Rave In Da Zone                    Music
      RISC          Rise In Superior Couriering        Warez
    * RLG           Religion                           Art
      RLX           Reflux                             Warez
      ROI           Realm Of Illusion                  ?
      ROR           Release On Rampage                 Warez (PC)
      RPD           Rapid                              Warez
      RR            Radical Rhythms                    Music
      RTA           Russian Trading Alliance           Warez (PC)
      RTS           Request To Send                    Warez
      RZR           Razor 1911                         Warez (PC)

      S

      S!P           Surprise Productions               Demos
      SAC           Superior Art Creations             Art
      SBR           Stoned Brain Records               Music
      SC            Shock                              ?
    * SCB           Scumbags                           Warez (Amiga)
      SCG          Satan Crime Gunners                Tools,HPA
      SCK           Shock                              Demos,Music
      SCL           Scandal                            Warez
      SD            Sunset Design                      Demos
      SDC           Suicidal                           Tools,PPE
      SDI           Suspect Developement International Music,Demos
      SDM           Sodom                              Warez
    * SDS           Smash Design                       Tools
      SEGA          Sequence Gamma                     Music
      SG           Shadow Gallery                     Fun,HPA
      SHK           Shock                              Warez
    * SHX           Shox                               Daydream
      SIC           Simply Insane Coders               ?
      SKR           Skraappaskruuppi                   Demos
      SNC           Sanction                           Demos
      SNS           Spirit New Style                   Demos
      SOAP          Sons Of ASCii Prophets             Art (Ascii)
      SOC          Spirits Of Crime                   PPE
    * SOC           Society                            Art (VGA,Ansi,Rip)
    * SOIA          Sick Of It All                     Graffiti
      SR            Silicon Records                    Music
      SS            Severage System                    HPA
    * SSD           Silicon Software Design            Tools
    * STCM          Sachsenhausen Tortilla Chip Massaker  Fun
    * SURE          Suspect Records                    Music
      STR           Stream                             Art

      T

    * T4F           Tools For Fools                    Coding,PPE
    * TBF           The Binary Foundation              ?
      TBH           The Black Hazard                   Demos
    * TBS           The Black Star                     Warez (PC)
    * TBT           The Bermuda Triangle               Demos
      TC            The Coexistence                    Tools,Demos
      TC            The Coporation                     Warez
      TD            Toxic Dreams                       ?
      TDD           The Dynamic Devils                 Warez
    * TDS           Tehdas                             Music
      TDT           The Dream Team                     Warez
      TDU           The Dark Underground               ?
    * TFA           The Flame Arrows                   Warez
      TFH           The Funky Hackers                  HCPA
      TFT           The Force Team                     Warez
      THC           The Hackers Choice                 HPA
      THG           The Humble Guys                    Warez
      TIC           The Idolatry Crackers              Warez (PC)
      TK            Toxic Krystal                      PPE
      TL            Teklords                           Music
    # TLY           Triloxy                            Art,PPE
      TOP           Tired Of Protection                Warez (PC)
      TPC           Trend Pirazy Crew                  Warez (PC)
    * TRG           The Reviewers Guide                Game Reviews
      TRSI          Tristar & Red Sector Inc.          Warez (PC,Console)
      TRW           Triumwyrat                         Warez
      TRX           T-Rex                              Tools,Music
      TT            Tiny Toons                         Art
      TUC           The Underground Cooperation        Warez (PC)
      TUC           The Underground Cell               ?
      TUD          The United Dreams                  Warez,PPE
      TWT           The Wonderful Team                 Tools
      TXD           Toxic Dump                         Music

      U

      U8            Urinate                            Demos,Tools,Music
      UCF           United Cracking Force              Warez,Cracks (PC)
      UCS           Underground Cracking Syndicate     Warez
      UE            Underground Empire                 Tools,PPE
      UNV           Universe                           Demos
      US            Underground Smokers                ?
      UTG           United Traders Of Germany          Warez (PC)
      UTSHG         Untoten-Selbsthilfegruppe          ?

      V

      VD            Void                               ?
      VD            Virtual Dreams                     ?
      VDL           Vandals                            Misc,HPA
      VDO           Voodoo                             Tools
      VR           Virtual Raiders                    ?
      VTX           Vortex                             ?

      W

      WKD           Wicked                             ?
      WSP          Whisper                            Art
      WWF           World Warez Federation             Warez (PC)
      WX            Writaz Express                     Graffiti Trading

      X

      X!            X-Treme                            Music,RA
      XF            X-Force                            Warez
    * XPL           Explosion                          ?
      XS            X-Ess                              Music,PPE
      XTD          X-treme Dreams                     Music

      Y

      YAM           Youngsters Against McAffee         Virii

      Z

      ZLN           Zillion                            Warez
    * ZY            Zylon                              Warez (PC)
      ZYK           Zyklop                             CDs,Music
      ZZ            Zillionz                           Warez


       endnote

       Nothing to say... The biggest acronym in the scene, except neon's
       one... If you know an other acronym list that is bigger, let me know,
       i'm collecting that stuff...  If someone has to tall me how to
       better in the future or if someone want to tell me that some group
       is born/dead/recreated/whatthehelliknow than leave me a message in
       some of our distsites or just in any +49-02xx scene board where i
       come around...
       or email to: dipswitch65@hotmail.com

                                         DiPSWiTCH

       specialgreetsinnoorder

      e605, hando, pandur, warhawk, teasy(meld dich ma), mool,
      renderwahn, diver, sane2, rik, supreme, hash, rik, aqua, soing,
      butcher, 2stoned, marauder(was ist los?), all i have forgotten...