Terminology

A list of terms used in alternate history writings;
 * Alternate History- Also althistory, is a literary term in which the author speculates a change in the past that openly affects the present. A fiction alternate history occurs when the author has changed the past of a fictional story or characters.
 * Alien Space Bats- A humours explanation for a for an implausible point of divergence.
 * ATL- Abbreviation for Alternate Time Line, the history that occurs in the alternate history.
 * Butterfly Effect- The hypothesis that defines a small event causing a greater event given enough time.
 * OTL- Abbreviation for Our Time Line, the history that occurs in our history.
 * POD- Abbreviation for Point Of Divergence or Point Of Departure, the point in which an alternate history diverges from our own timeline into its own.