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ATL
“ATL” is one of the commonest acronyms used on AH.com and its discussion board. It simply means “Alternate timeline” - i.e., any alternate history, any allohistorical scenario, timeline or story. Every ATL represents a fictional, parallel universe to OTL, with alternate history properties. In essence, every single alternate history ever written or created through other means is an ATL.
See Also
OTL - The acronym for the concept of our own timeline, our own historical universe, in the genre of alternate history.
ASB - The acronym for the concept of Alien Space Bats in the genre of alternate history.
ISOT - The acronym for personal or mass teleportation to other historical eras or other worlds/setting, usualy initiated via unexplained ASB means.