Answers.Body: <p>From the official <a href="http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/support/faq" rel="nofollow noreferrer">EV3 FAQ</a>:</p>
  
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    <h3>What does EV3 stand for?</h3>
    
    <p>This is the third generation of the LEGO MINDSTORMS platform and the
    "EV" stands for evolution, hence EV3.</p>
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  <p>The first two generations referred to here are LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX and NXT, respectively.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: ...and presumably the number 3 comes from the fact it's the successor to [NXT 2.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms_NXT_2.0)?
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Answers.Text: @Ambo100 No, I don't think so. EV3 is *not* NXT, it's a completely different line. See [this post on the Mindboards forums](https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/mindboards/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1623&start=10#p15702) and all following posts for more info
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Answers.Text: @Ambo100 I'm not sure the numbers are incremental in that way - NXT started back at "1" effectively after versions 1, 1.5 and 2.0 of Mindstorms Robotics Invention System, so the 3 really comes from the fact that it's the 3rd generation (RIS, NXT and now EV3).
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Body: <p>I am wondering what the official reason behind the name of LEGO's latest MINDSTORMS robotics platform is. What does "EV3" stand for?</p>
  
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Title: What does EV3 stand for?
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ThreadText: # What does EV3 stand for?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-19)
  
  I am wondering what the official reason behind the name of LEGO's latest MINDSTORMS robotics platform is. What does "EV3" stand for?
  
  **Tags:** mindstorms, terminology, ev3
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2013-01-19. Score: 13 | Accepted answer
  
  From the official [EV3 FAQ](http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/support/faq):
  
  > ### What does EV3 stand for?
  >
  > This is the third generation of the LEGO MINDSTORMS platform and the
  > "EV" stands for evolution, hence EV3.
  
  The first two generations referred to here are LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX and NXT, respectively.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: ...and presumably the number 3 comes from the fact it's the successor to [NXT 2.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms_NXT_2.0)?  
  > **username_0**: @Ambo100 No, I don't think so. EV3 is *not* NXT, it's a completely different line. See [this post on the Mindboards forums](https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/mindboards/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1623&start=10#p15702) and all following posts for more info  
  > **username_2**: @Ambo100 I'm not sure the numbers are incremental in that way - NXT started back at "1" effectively after versions 1, 1.5 and 2.0 of Mindstorms Robotics Invention System, so the 3 really comes from the fact that it's the 3rd generation (RIS, NXT and now EV3).  
  
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