The NRA book I got with my pistol training listed 'em like this, Crompsin:
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Condition 0 - A round is in the chamber, hammer is cocked, and the safety is off.
Condition 1 - Also known as "cocked and locked," means a round is in the chamber, the hammer is cocked, and the manual thumb safety on the side of the frame is applied.
Condition 2 - A round is in the chamber and the hammer is down.
Condition 3 - The chamber is empty and hammer is down with a charged magazine in the gun.
Condition 4 - The chamber is empty, hammer is down and no magazine is in the gun.
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My instructor said inasmuch what I did about Condition 1 being the "most safe," and I didn't really see a reason to disagree with him at the time or now. It seems like 3/4 are incredibly dangerous to the wielder, Condition 0 violates the gun-safety rule about knowing what the target is and what is behind the target, and 2 seems acceptable, but not for me. My aversion to Condition 0 is probably why I'll never own a Glock..
I store my handguns Condition 3, even though most would argue for Condition 4. For me, it's again a time thing.. if I need to quickly defend myself, I'd rather have to only rack the slide rather than put the magazine in AND rack the slide..