EVE Lexicon

This page lists abbreviations and terms commonly used in EVE Online, aimed at new players and those unfamiliar with the terminology. Most of the terms listed here are universal across all of EVE players, but some may be relatively specialized to EVE University and may mean something slightly different to other corporations. If any of the terminology is unclear be sure to ask in-game or on the forums for more clarification.

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o/

"Wave"

\o

"Wave back"

o7

"Salute"

7o

"Salute" (as performed by the Brave Newbies)

\o/

"Hurrah!"

*\o/*

"Cheerleader"

0.0

Nullsec (see System security)

A

AAR

After Action Report

AB

Afterburner (see Propulsion equipment)

AC

Autocannon (see Turrets)

ACR

Ancillary Current Router (see Fitting Guidelines)

Active Module

A module that must be manually activated by the player (see Module)

AF

Assault Frigate

AFK

"Away from keyboard"

Aggro

Aggression

Align

To move in the direction of an object in space at 75% or more of max speed and within 5 degrees

Alliance

A group of Corporations

Alt

Alternate character

AMC

Amarr Mining Campus

Anomaly

Cosmic Anomaly

Anoms

Cosmic Anomalies

Arby

Arbitrator

Arty

Artillery (see Turrets)

ASB

Ancillary Shield Booster (see Tanking)

AU

Astronomical Unit, a unit of distance. 1 AU is the distance from the Sun to the Earth: 149,597,871 km.

AUR

Aurum

Awox

To attack and destroy the ship of a pilot in the same player-run corporation without warning. (Derived from the name of the first widely known EVE pilot to do so)

AWU

 Advanced Weapon Upgrades

B

Bait

To expose a seemingly easy target in order to lure an enemy into committing to an engagement (see Baiting Guide)

BB

Blackbird

BC

Battlecruiser

BCS

Ballistic Control System (previously known as Ballistic Control Unit; see Missile damage)

BCU

Ballistic Control Unit (now called Ballistic Control System; see Missile damage)

Bearing

See Carebear

Biomass

To permanently delete a character (see Biomassing a Pilot)

Blob

A large fleet (or in some cases, any fleet larger than the speaker's). Generally used as a pejorative term, suggesting that members of that fleet are relying on numbers to win. May also be referred to as a "zerg". May also be used as a verb, for the act of winning a fight through numbers.

Blops

Black Ops

Bloodlines

A character's familial ancestry. There are three different bloodlines to choose from during character creation for each race.

Blue

A pilot, corporation, or alliance with positive standings. (see Rules of Engagement)

BM

Bookmark

Bounce

To warp to a nearby celestial, player, or bookmark and back at a closer range to avoid having to slow-boat to a target or destination.

BPC

Blueprint Copy (see Blueprints)

BPO

Blueprint Original (see Blueprints)

BR

Blockade Runner, a class of fast industrial ships designed to carry moderate quantities of carry cargo through dangerous space.

BS

A common abbreviation for battleships.

Bubble

Warp bubble

Buff

To increase the stats or effectiveness of something. Opposite of Nerf.

Buffer

1. A method of tanking relying on having a large amount of hit points 2. A pilot with a ship designed to provide buffs to their fleet

Bump

The act of colliding with another vessel in space, causing it to bounce away.

BYOC

Bring Your Own Can, a mining fleet operation where you only receive boosts to mining, and you get to choose what you do with the ore. (see AMC)

BYOM

Bring Your Own Minerals

C

Carebear

A contextually derogatory or affectionate term for players or pursuits which are not PvP-centric.

Camp

To hold location at a specific point waiting for targets, usually at a stargate or station.

Cap

Capacitor Capital ship

Cap Stable

When a ship recharges capacitor faster than its modules consume it, allowing all modules to remain active indefinitely.

Capsule

An egg-shaped apparatus used by pilots to interface with a ship.

Capsuleer

Human who pilots ships through the use of a capsule and has been rendered effectively immortal through cloning technology. In-game term for player characters.

Capital

1. Capital ship 2. Money and infrastructure necessary for beginning and maintaining a business venture.

CCC

Capacitor Control Circuit (see Rigs)

CNR

Raven Navy Issue (derived from previous name: Caldari Navy Raven)

CNS

Scorpion Navy Issue (derived from previous name: Caldari Navy Scorpion)

Concorded

Destroyed by CONCORD

Concordokken

The destruction of a ship by CONCORD

Convo

"Conversation"

Corp

Corporation

CovOps

Covert Ops

CPR

Capacitor Power Relay (see Capacitor recharge rate)

CPU

Central Processing Unit (see Fitting Guidelines)

CSAA

Capital Ship Assembly Array (see Player-owned starbases)

CSM

Council of Stellar Management

CSPA

CONCORD Spam Prevention Act. A 'CSPA charge' is a small amount of ISK which is levied on communications such as conversations and mail, which acts as a deterrent to spam.

CTA

"Call to arms". An announcement of an alliance-wide combat operation, often involving simultaneous calls for support from an alliance's friends, usually made in response to a reinforcement timer for a valuable structure.

Curse of BWF

A widely held belief that any corporation or alliance which holds the BWF-ZZ system in the Geminate region will shortly failscade.

Customs Office

An orbital structure used to import and export goods to and from planets. (see Planetary Interaction)

Cyno

Cynosural field (see Jump drives)

D

Damage dealer

A ship whose primary role in a fleet is to deal damage.

Damp

Sensor dampening

DC

1. Damage Control (previously known as Damage Control Unit; see Tanking) 2. Disconnect

DCU

1. Drone Control Unit, a now-defunct module that allowed carriers and supercarriers to control one additional drone. Removed in Citadel patch. 2. Damage Control Unit (now called Damage Control; see Tanking)

DD

1. Damage dealer 2. Daredevil

Deadspace

A region of space typically accessed via acceleration gate which cannot be entered via normal warp. Commonly used for missions and complexes.

DecShield

War Declaration Shield

Dessie/Dessi/Dessy

Destroyer

DGC

Defensive gate camp (See Gate camps)

Dictor

Interdictor

Disco

A ship fitting which uses a large number of smartbombs, typically at least one of each damage type. Named for the graphical effects seen when they are fired.

Discovery Scanner

See Sensor Overlay

Domi

Dominix

DPS

Damage per second

Dread

Dreadnought

Dread bomb

The act of jumping a large number of insured dreadnoughts into a fight in order to escalate against enemy capital ships.

DScan

Directional Scanner: A device inherently built into all ships which can detect objects in space within a limited and modifiable direction and range. Can also be used as a verb to describe the act of using the directional scanner. See also: Directional Scanner Guide.

DST

Deep Space Transport (see Deep Space Transports)

DT

Server downtime

E

E-UNI

EVE University (corporate ticker)

EANM

Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane (see Tanking)

ECM

Electronic Countermeasures

ECCM

Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (see Electronic warfare)

EFT

EVE Fitting Tool

EHP

Effective Hit Points (see Tanking)

EP

Escape point (see UniBombers)

ET

Energy Transfer (now called Remote Capacitor Transmitter; see Logistics)

ETA

Estimated time of arrival.

EVE

EVE Online

EW/EWAR

Electronic warfare

F

Failcascade

Failure Cascade. The collapse of a corporation or alliance in EVE, either though leadership problems or other issues.

Faildec

A wardec where the corporation or alliance that issued the wardec refuses to undock or fight for the full duration of the war.

Failfit

A ship that is fit in a less than optimal way.

FAX

Force Auxiliary

FC

Fleet Commander (see Fleet Command Guide)

Flag

An engagement status caused by one or more illegal or semi-illegal activities. (see Timers)

Flashy

Being flagged as a legitimate target, or used as noun to describe a pilot that has been flagged, either by having a security status of -5.0 or below ("permaflashy"), from committing Suspect or Criminal actions, being a war target, or being flagged in a Limited Engagement. See also: Legality Timers.

Flip

Can Flipping

Flytrap

An offensive setup POS which deliberately has no force field while it is online.

Freeport

1. A nullsec station owned by a player alliance where everybody is allowed to dock and use the services. 2. Freeport Mode, a feature of Citadels

Frogs

Slightly derogatory term for Gallente Factional Warfare pilots. See also: Squids.

FW

Factional Warfare

G

Gank

Destroyed suddenly or quickly, usually by a much more powerful opponent

Gate

1. Stargate 2. Acceleration Gate

GCC

(Outdated term) Global Criminal Countdown (a term that is no longer used, closest resemblance is the criminal timer)

GF

"Good fight". Usually said in local after a battle.

Gimp

To make a certain setup or attribute ineffective. Extreme version of Nerf.

Grid

A discrete section of space generated by the presence of objects in space. (see Grid manipulation)

Grid Fu

See Grid Manipulation.

GSC

Giant Secure Container

Gyro

Gyrostabilizer (see Turret damage)

H

HAC

Heavy Assault Cruiser

HAM

Heavy Assault Missiles (see Missiles)

Hardpoint

A ship attribute that determines the number of missile launchers or turrets that can be fitted

Hard skills

Skills trained by characters (as opposed to soft skills).

Hic/Hictor

Heavy Interdiction Cruiser

HOC

"Hold on contact"

HP

Hit points (see Tanking)

HS

Heat Sink (see Turret damage)

HUD

Heads Up Display

Huffing

Gas huffing (see Gas cloud harvesting)

I

Indy

Industrial

Injector

Skill Injector

Insta-undock

A method of safely undocking from a station by immediately warping to a bookmark directly off of the undock point. (see Bookmarks)

Inty

Interceptor

IP

Impact point (see UniBombers)

IPH

ISK per hour (also ISK/hr)

IRL

"In real life"

ISK

Inter Stellar Kredits, the in-game currency of EVE Online. (Also the currency code of the Icelandic króna.)

iStab

Inertial Stabilizers (see Propulsion equipment)

Ivy League

Ivy League Alliance, the alliance of EVE University

J

Jam

The act of using ECM modules to jam the targeting systems of a ship. (see Electronic Countermeasures)

Jetcan

A temporary container created when jettisoning something from a cargo hold

JC

Jump clone

JJJ

"Jump, Jump, Jump"

JOC

"Jump on contact"

Jump

The act of moving between one star system and another

K

K Space

Known space

Kitchen Sink

A fleet with a random or very mixed composition.

Kite/Kiting

Actively maintaining movement and distance from an engaged enemy so as to mitigate their applied damage.

L

LAR

Large Armor Repairer (see Tanking)

LFAF

"Looking for armor fleet."

LFSF

"Looking for shield fleet."

LML

Light Missile Launcher (see Missiles)

Lockdown

An order from the leadership of a corporation prohibiting its pilots from undocking in non-PvP ships.

Logi

Logistics ships (see Guide to Logistics)

Loot

The contents of a destroyed ship, which are left behind in a container when the ship is destroyed.

Locust

A group of pilots running missions in one large fleet (see Locust Fleet)

LP

Loyalty Points

LSB

Large Shield Booster (see Tanking)

LSC

Low Sec Campus

LSE

Large Shield Extender (see Tanking)

M

MAPC

Micro Auxiliary Power Core (see Fitting Guidelines)

Macro mining

The illegal use of 3rd party scripts to automate the mining process

MAR

Medium Armor Repairer (see Tanking)

MD

Mobile Depot

MSE

Medium Shield Extender (see Tanking)

Merc/Mercenary

A player or corporation that takes contracts to kill, wardec and perform other hostile actions for ISK.

Meta

1. Meta level (see Techs, Tiers and Meta levels)

2. To replace a module with a another module of the same type but with a different meta level (see Techs, Tiers and Meta levels)
3. Common or popular ships, fittings, and doctrines

4. Examination of a game from an outside perspective

Metagaming

Taking actions beyond the confines of the game universe to gain an advantage.

MFS

Magnetic Field Stabilizer (see Turret damage)

Mins

Minerals (see Mining)

MJD

Micro Jump Drive

ML

Material Level (see Blueprints)

MLU

Mining Laser Upgrade (see Mining)

Mods

Modules

MTU

Mobile Tractor Unit

Multiboxing

Playing with two (or more) characters simultaneously

MW

Megawatt, a unit of measurement used to describe a ship's powergrid output (see Fitting Guidelines)

MWD

Microwarpdrive (see Propulsion equipment)

N

Nano

Nanofiber Internal Structure (see Propulsion equipment)

NBSI

"Not blue, shoot it" (see Rules of Engagement)

Nerf

To reduce the stats or effectiveness of something. Opposite of Buff. See also: Gimp.

NE

"No eyes"

Neut

Energy Neutralizer (see Capacitor warfare)

Newbro

A term of endearment for a new or inexperienced player.

Noob

Somewhat derogatory term used to refer to new, younger, or inexperienced players. See also: Newbro

NOP

Noobs on Patrol

NOS

Nosferatu (see Capacitor warfare)

NPC

Non-player character

NPSI

"Not purple, shoot it" (see Rules of Engagement)

NRDS

"Not red, don't shoot" (see Rules of Engagement)

NSC

Null Sec Campus

O

OGC

"Offensive gate camp" (see Gate camps)

Omni Tank

A tank effective against all 4 damage types (see Tanking)

OMW

"On my way"

OOC

1. Out of Corporation 2. Out of character

Op/Ops

Operation(s)

OP

Overpowered

OpSec

Operational Security (see Operational Security Policy)

ORE

Outer Ring Excavations

Outlaw

A pilot with a security status of -5 or less.

P

Painter

Target Painter (see Electronic warfare)

Passive Module

A ship module which does not need to be manually activated. (see Modules)

PDS

Power Diagnostic System (see Fitting Guidelines)

Pew Pew

Common term for casual PvE or PvP, based on the noises made by the weapons.

PG

Power Grid (see Fitting Guidelines)

PI

Planetary Interaction

Picket

A ship placed outside of tactical locations such as gates and stations to watch for enemy activity.

Piracy

The act of engaging in PvP for profit, usually against non-combat ships (see also Scams in EVE Online)

PL

1. Productivity Level (see Blueprints) 2. Pandemic Legion, a well-known nullsec alliance

Plex

1. Complex (see Cosmic Anomalies, Cosmic Signatures) 2. Pilot's License Extension (PLEX)

PLEX Tanking

Transporting PLEX through space, usually with a ship not usually used for hauling

POCO

Player-owned Customs Office

Pod

The egg-shaped escape pod or capsule which players pilot. This interfaces with a ship and is ejected on ship destruction. To be 'podded' is to have your escape pod destroyed. See also: Capsule.

Podding

The act of destroying a player's pod.

Pod Express

A quick method of travelling, performed by installing a medical clone at a distant station, and then self-destructing the character's pod.

Pod Killing

See Podding

Point

1. A Warp Disruptor or Warp Scrambler (see Warp disruption) 2. The act of using targeted warp disruption on a ship (see Tackling)

Pop

The act of destroying a ship

POS

Player-owned starbase

Prop Mod

Propulsion module (see Propulsion equipment)

Pubbie

A derogatory term used for the purpose of invalidating or excluding players who are not a part of a certain group. Supposedly originating in the Something Awful forums, this term was popularized by members of The Goonswarm Federation. See also: Carebear.

PvE

Player versus Environment

PvP

Player versus Player

PYOS

Purchase Your Own Ship (See PYOS Ship Production)

Q

QQ

Cry / Crying

QRF

Quick Response Fleet / Quick Reaction Force. (see Quick Reaction Force)

R

Rat

Hostile NPC

Ratting

The act of hunting hostile NPCs pirates

RCU

Reactor Control Unit (see Fitting Guidelines)

Red Box

The state of being both targeted and subjected to hostile action by a player or NPC

Reffed

Reinforced

Refine

Reprocess (see Mining)

Reinforce

A temporary invulnerable state entered by many structures after taking a certain amount of damage

Rep

Repair (see Tanking, Guide to Logistics)

RFF

Red Frog Freight, a player-run hauling service.

RL

1.  Rapid Launch 2. Real life

RLML

Rapid Light Missile Launcher (see Missiles)

RoE

Rules of Engagement

RoF

"Rate of fire" (see Turrets, Missiles)

Roles

Specific access and corporation management rights authorized to individual pilots (usually as part of a title or management position).

Rolling Safespot

A fleet maneuver consisting of one ship leading the rest of the fleet from location to location in space.

Room

An area of deadspace which can only be accessed via an acceleration gate.

RR

Remote repair (see Guide to Logistics)

RSB

Remote Sensor Booster (see Electronic warfare)

RSD

Remote Sensor Dampener (see Electronic warfare)

RvB

Red vs Blue

S

Safety

Ship setting that helps prevent accidental acts of aggression that would cause the pilot to otherwise gain the Criminal or Suspect flags. (see Timers)

SAR

Small Armor Repairer (see Tanking)

SB

1. Stealth Bomber

2. Smartbomb

3. Sensor Booster

SC

1. Squad Commander (see Fleet Command Guide) 1. Shared Can (see Mining fleets)

Scan down

To find something using scan probes. (see Scanning)

Scram

Warp scrambler (see Warp disruption)

SeBo

Sensor Booster

Sec

1. Security status
2. System security

Sensor Overlay

The automatically scanned overlay that activates upon entering a new solar system or undocking. The Sensor Overlay shows the location of landmarks, bookmarks, and Cosmic Signatures / Anomalies in space. See also: Odyssey.

Sisi

Singularity

Six

In any lists, barring the super-serious stuff, "There is no six!" appears between items five and seven. This is a tradition which goes back many years, and was started by Silentbrick. Watch the Monty Python's Australian University of Woolloomooloo sketch and skip to 2:18 for the origin of this joke.

SKIN

Super Kerr-Induced Nanocoatings, items which apply cosmetic changes (e.g. different colours) to ships.

Slow-boat

(also "slowboat") Moving in space at sub-warp velocities

Smack talk

Talking trash, taunting, or annoying people in local chat. This behavior is not allowed for University members.

Smartie

Smartbomb

Soft skills

Skills learned by players through experience or study, as opposed to hard skills.

SOP

Standard Operating Procedures

SP

Skill Points (see Skills and Learning)

Spiraling

The act of manually approaching a target via a continuously diagonal vector. See Manual Piloting.

SPR

Shield Power Relay (see Tanking)

Squids

Slightly derogatory name for Caldari Factional Warfare pilots. See also: Frogs.

SRP

Ship Replacement Program

SS

1. Spreadsheet 2. Safe spot

SSE

Small Shield Extender (see Tanking)

Stab

Warp Core Stabilizer (see Fitting Guidelines)

Stargate

Large structure in space which most ships must use to jump to another star system in Known Space.

Stront

Strontium Clathrates

Suicide Gank

Piracy where an attacking pilot will attempt to kill a target before the CONCORD response eliminates them

Supercap

Supercapital ship, either a supercarrier or titan.

T

Tack

A hyphen ('-') (used for clarity when speaking)

TC

Tracking Computer (see Turrets)

TD

Tracking Disruptor (see Electronic warfare)

TE

Tracking Enhancer (see Turrets)

TF

Teraflops, a unit used to measure a ship's CPU

Tick

1. Server tick 2. Bounty payouts per 20 minutes

TiDi

Time Dilation

Tiericide

An ongoing rebalancing of ships in EVE according to roles rather than performance

TL

Tracking Link (now called Remote Tracking Computer; see Electronic warfare)

TLF

Tribal Liberation Force, the Minmatar Factional Warfare NPC corporation.

TP

Target Painter (see Electronic warfare)

TQ

Tranquility

TS

TeamSpeak, a third-party VOIP software utility

T1

Tech 1 (stylized 'Tech I'; see Techs, Tiers and Meta levels)

T2

Tech 2 (stylized 'Tech II'; see Techs, Tiers and Meta levels)

T3

Tech 3 (stylized 'Tech III'; see Strategic Cruisers, Tactical Destroyers)

U

Unista

A member of EVE University

UT

(also 'UTC') Universal Time

V

VNI

Vexor Navy Issue

W

Wardec

War Declaration

Warp bubble

A spherical area of space the prevents ships within it from warping, and forcibly pulls in inbound warping ships.

WC

Wing Commander (see Fleet Command Guide)

WCS

Warp Core Stabilizer (see Fitting Guidelines)

Web

Stasis Webifier (see Tackling Guide)

WH

Wormhole

WHC

Worm Hole Campus

WL

Wait List (see Incursions)

W Space

Wormhole Space

WSOP

Wartime Standard Operating Procedures

WT

War Target (see War Declaration)

X

X up

'X'ing up' is the act of indicating your availability for a fleet by placing the letter "x" in the chat window. (See Joining a Fleet)

Y

Yellow Box

Being targeted by someone, or to target someone, without also being the subject of hostile action.

Yulai Convention

The Yulai Convention is an RP term for a number of game mechanics and systems within EVE.

Z

Zero Zero

Null security space (see System security)