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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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== # ==

{{lex|o/|"Wave"}}

{{lex|\o|"Wave back"}}

{{lex|o7|"Salute"}}

{{lex|\o/|"Hurrah!"}}

{{lex|*\o/*|"Cheerleader"}}

{{lex|0.0|See [[#Nullsec|Nullsec]]}}

{{lex|2IC|Second-in-command, a fleet role. The 2IC is a fleet member designated to take over fleet command should the Fleet Commander be taken out of the fight.}}

== A ==

{{lex|AAR|

{{lex|AB|Afterburner (see [[Propulsion equipment#Afterburners|Propulsion equipment]])}}

{{lex|AC|Autocannon (see [[Turrets#Projectile turrets|Turrets]])}}

{{lex|Active Module|A module that must be manually activated by the player (see [[Module]])}}

{{lex|ADC|Assault Damage Control}}

{{lex|AFK|"Away from keyboard"}}

{{lex|Aggro|[[Aggression]]}}

{{lex|Alfa|Alternate spelling of [[#Alpha|Alpha]]}}

{{lex|Align|Accelerating towards an object in preparation for [[warp]]}}

{{lex|Alliance|A group of [[Corporation]]s}}

{{lex|Alpha|Short for the Alpha [[Clone states#Alpha clone|clone state]] or [[#Alpha Strike|Alpha strike]]}}

{{lex|Alpha Strike|The amount of damage dealt in a single volley from firing all weapons simultaneously. Sometimes sufficient to destroy a target before it can repair the damage.}}

{{lex|Alt|[[Alternate characters|Alternate character]]}}

{{lex|Ancil|Ancillary Armor Repairer or Ancillary Shield Repairer (see [[Tanking#Active_tanking|Tanking]])}}

{{lex|Anoikis|See [[#W-Space|W-Space]]}}

{{lex|Arby|[[Arbitrator]] (ship)}}

{{lex|Arty|Artillery (see [[Turrets#Projectile turrets|Turrets]])}}

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

{{lex|AUR|[[Aurum]], replaced by [[PLEX]]}}

{{lex|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 accused of such behavior)}}

== B ==

{{lex|Bait|To expose a seemingly easy target in order to lure an enemy into committing to an engagement (see [[Baiting]])}}

{{lex|Baltec|Ship doctrine: 425mm Railgun, dual 1600mm Armor Plate, MWD [[Megathron]] doctrine (Named after capsuleer baltec1, famous for his off-doctrine use of Megathrons, though not this particular fit)}}

{{lex|BB|

# [[Blackbird]]

{{lex|Bling|Expensive. Typically used to refer to expensive Faction, Deadspace, or Officer modules ("bling modules"), ships that are fit with said modules ("blingy ship"), or a clone with expensive implants ("bling pod" or "bling head").}}

{{lex|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.}}

{{lex|Blops|[[Black Ops Battleship]]s}}

{{lex|Blue|A pilot, corporation, or alliance with positive standings. (see [[Rules of Engagement]])}}

{{lex|Blue Loot|[[Sleepers#Sleeper Loot|Sleeper loot]] gotten from Sleeper wrecks and data sites. Can be sold to NPCs for ISK. Is called blue loot because of the blue icons.}}

{{lex|Brick tank|A more emphatic term for [[#Buffer|Buffer]] tanking}}

{{lex|BS|A common abbreviation for [[battleships]].}}

{{lex|Buff|To increase the stats or effectiveness of something. Opposite of [[#Nerf|Nerf]].}}

{{lex|Buffer|A method of tanking relying on having a large amount of hit points.}}

# Going fast using a propulsion module. Often used in context of going towards or away from a location. Contrast with [[#Slow-boat|slow-boat]].

# To quickly make multiple jumps in order to reach a destination.}}

== C ==

{{lex|Carebear|A contextually derogatory or affectionate term for players or pursuits which are not [[PvP]]-centric.}}

{{lex|Camp|To hold location at a specific point waiting for targets, usually at a [[Stargates|stargate]] or station.}}

{{lex|CD|[[Destroyers#Command_Destroyers|Command Destroyer]]}}

{{lex|Ceptor|[[Interceptors|Interceptors]]}}

{{lex|Chokepoint|Type of system or location that serves as a critical passageway or junction between different areas of space.}}

{{lex|Clip|The ammo capacity of a rapid missile launcher; A period where a rapid missile launcher-equipped ship can do damage before having to undergo a long reload.}}

{{lex|Content|

# As EVE is an extremely wide-open sandbox with little story or other enforced activities provided by the developers, players must often come up with their own objectives and activities ('Content') to fill their game time with.

{{lex|Convo|In-game direct conversation, initiated by selecting "Start Conversation" from the right-click menu.}}

{{lex|Corp|[[Corporation]]}}

# The Covert Ops [[Cloaking]] Device}}

{{lex|CPR|Capacitor Power Relay (see [[Capacitor recharge rate]])}}

{{lex|Crowbar|An ECM ship for prying a more valuable ship out of a sticky situation (see [[Crowbar]] and [[Griffin]])}}

{{lex|CSAA|Capital Ship Assembly Array (see [[Player-owned starbases]])}}

{{lex|CSM|[[Council of Stellar Management]]}}

{{lex|CSPA|CONCORD Spam Prevention Act.<br>A 'CSPA charge' is an amount of ISK which can be levied on communications such as conversations and mail, acting as a deterrent to spam. CSPA is managed via the [[EVE_Mail#Mail_&_Communications_Settings|EVE Mail settings]].}}

{{lex|CTA|Short for "Call to Arms". An announcement of an alliance- or coalition-wide combat operation.}}

{{lex|Customs Office|An orbital structure used to import and export goods to and from planets. (see [[Planetary Industry]])}}

{{lex|Cwizzing|Using the Point Defense System of a [[Upwell structures|Citadel]]. (Derived from the real-life acronym [[Wikipedia:Close-in weapon system|'CIWS']])}}

== D ==

{{lex|DC|

# Damage Control (previously known as ''Damage Control Unit''; see [[Tanking]])

{{lex|DCU|

# Drone Control Unit, a now-defunct module that allowed [[carriers]] and [[supercarriers]] to control one additional drone. Removed in Citadel patch.

{{lex|DD|

# [[#Damage dealer|Damage dealer]]  

{{lex|Deadspace|Pockets of space typically accessed via acceleration gate which cannot be entered via normal warp. Commonly used for missions and complexes.}}

{{lex|Deathcloning|Self destructing your pod to travel to your home station.}}

{{lex|Dessie/Dessi/Dessy|[[Destroyer]].}}

{{lex|Desto|Destination.}}

{{lex|DGC|Defensive gate camp (See [[Gate camps]].)}}

{{lex|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.}}

{{lex|Discovery Scanner|See [[#Sensor Overlay|Sensor Overlay]]}}

{{lex|Doctrine|A monolithic fleet concept, usually consisting of one or two ship fittings. Allows the [[#FC|FC]] to make decisions based on a known performance profile. }}

{{lex|Doorstop|Any ship fitted and/or used specifically to collapse a wormhole immediately upon jumping through the wormhole.  The wormhole is typically weakened beforehand by other ships jumping back-and-forth through the wormhole until the wormhole stability becomes critical.  See {{Section link|Wormholes|Mass}} }}

{{lex|DPS|

{{lex|ENAM|Extremely common mis-acronymization of [[#EANM|EANM]]}}

{{lex|EOL|Wormhole reaching end of life (less than 4 hours remaining. See {{Section link|Wormholes|Life}})}}

{{lex|ET|

# [[#UTC|EVE time]]

{{lex|ETA|Estimated time of arrival}}

{{lex|EVE|[[EVE Online]]}}

{{lex|EW / EWAR|[[Electronic warfare]]}}

== F ==

{{lex|FAX|[[Force Auxiliary]]}}

{{lex|FC|Fleet Commander (see [[Fleet Command Guide]])}}

{{lex|FF|Friendly Flash, used to alert friendly players that a wormhole activation (flash) is friendly}}

{{lex|Firewalling|A defensive strategy of using [[Smartbombs]] to destroy incoming missiles}}

{{lex|Flag|An engagement status caused by one or more illegal or semi-illegal activities. (see [[Timers]])}}

{{lex|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: [[Timers#Legality_Timers|Legality Timers]].}}

{{lex|Flip|[[Can Flipping]]}}

{{lex|Flytrap|An armed [[#POS|POS]] that has no force field to appear offline to unsuspecting prey}}

{{lex|FOB|[[Forward Operating Base]]}}

{{lex|FR|Flashing Red. [[Timers#Criminal_Timer|Criminal flag]]}}

{{lex|Freeport|

# A dockable structure owned by a player corporation that has chosen to allow docking to all players.

== G ==

{{lex|GANKED|A tag on [[ZKillboard]] representing a ship which was killed by multiple pilots who were then immediately killed by [[CONCORD]]. See [[Suicide ganking]].}}

{{lex|Gate|

{{lex|GC|Short for "Good Contest", used when two [[Incursion]] Fleets fight over the same [[Incursion sites]] for payout.}}

{{lex|GCC|Short for "Global Criminal Countdown", an outdated name for the [[Timers#Criminal Timer|criminal timer]].}}

{{lex|GF|"Good fight". Usually said in local after a battle.}}

{{lex|Gimp|To make a certain setup or attribute ineffective. Extreme version of [[#Nerf|Nerf]].}}

{{lex|Heavy Tackle|A tanky ship, such as a [[Heavy Interdiction Cruiser]], which holds [[Tackling|tackle]] on an enemy ship. This is in contrast to light tackle which are a fast ships with little tank.}}

{{lex|Hero Tackle|A ship or pilot who flies in alone to [[Tackle]] an enemy ship, hold them until their allies arrive, and usually die taking their target with them}}

{{lex|HF/HFO|[[Homefront operation]]}}

{{lex|HFI/HIFI|[[Hurricane Fleet Issue]]}}

{{lex|HOC|"Hold on contact", a common movement order in [[The_Rookie's_Guide_to_Fleet_Ops#Fleet_Maneuvers_.7C_FC_COMMANDS|fleets]]}}

{{lex|Hot|

* Microwarp drive on/off, commonly used during Wormhole Rolling, e.g. "come in hot"

{{lex|HP|Hit points (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|HS|[[System_security#High_security|High-security space]]}}

{{lex|HUD|Heads Up Display}}

{{lex|Huffing|[[Gas cloud harvesting]]}}

{{lex|Indy|Short for [[industry]] or industrial. [[Haulers]] used to be named "Industrial" and thus also were referred to as "indies".}}

{{lex|Injector|[[Skill trading#Skill Injectors|Skill Injector]]}}

{{lex|Instadock|A method of safely docking in a station by warping to a [[bookmark]] within the station's docking radius.}}

{{lex|Inty|[[Interceptor]]}}

{{lex|Invuln|

#Adaptive Invulnerability Field, the former name of the Multispectrum Shield Hardener (see [[Tanking]]).

{{lex|ISK|Inter Stellar Kredits, the in-game currency of EVE Online. (Also the currency code of the Icelandic króna.)}}

{{lex|iStab|Inertial Stabilizers (see [[Propulsion equipment]])}}

== J ==

{{lex|Jam|The act of using ECM modules to jam the targeting systems of a ship (see [[Electronic Countermeasures]])}}

{{lex|Jamyled|To be killed by Drifters, a reference to [https://fiction.eveonline.com/new-eden/lore/jamyl-i Jamyl I] the Empress of the Amarr Empire. Pronounce it like yam if Amarrian, like jam if Gallentian.}}

{{lex|Jetcan|A temporary container created when jettisoning something from a cargo hold. See: [[Containers#Jettison_container|Jettison container]]}}

{{lex|JJJ|"Jump, Jump, Jump", a common movement order in [[The_Rookie's_Guide_to_Fleet_Ops#Fleet_Maneuvers_.7C_FC_COMMANDS|fleets]]}}

{{lex|JOC|"Jump on contact", a common movement order in [[The_Rookie's_Guide_to_Fleet_Ops#Fleet_Maneuvers_.7C_FC_COMMANDS|fleets]]}}

{{lex|Krabbing|See [[#Krab|Krab]]}}

{{lex|KS|See [[#K-Space|K-Space]]}}

== L ==

{{lex|LA|Logi Anchor (see [[#Anchor|Anchor]]). Their task is usually to keep Logi ships in range of friendly DPS but as far from enemies as possible.}}

{{lex|LAR|Large Armor Repairer (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|LML|Light Missile Launcher (see [[Missiles]])}}

{{lex|Logi|Logistics ships (see [[Logistics]])}}

{{lex|Loot|The contents of a destroyed ship, which are left behind in a container when the ship is destroyed.}}

{{lex|LP|[[Loyalty Points]]}}

{{lex|LS|[[System security#Low security|Low-security space]]}}

{{lex|LSB|Large Shield Booster (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|LSE|Large Shield Extender (see [[Tanking]])}}

== M ==

{{lex|MAPC|Micro Auxiliary Power Core (see {{Section link|Fitting ships|Fitting modules}})}}

{{lex|MAR|Medium Armor Repairer (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|MAR Sniper|Marauder Sniper - (Paladin & Vargur) Type of Ships in fleet doing incursion (example : https://wl.warptome.net/) }}

{{lex|ME|Material Efficiency (see [[Blueprints]])}}

{{lex|Merc/Mercenary|A player or corporation that takes contracts to kill, wardec and perform other hostile actions for ISK.}}

{{lex|Meta|

{{lex|MLU|Mining Laser Upgrade (see [[Mining]])}}

{{lex|Mods|[[Modules]]}}

{{lex|MSE|Medium Shield Extender (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|Multiboxing|Playing with two (or more) characters simultaneously}}

{{lex|Multispec|Multispectrum Shield Hardener, or Multispectrum Energized Membrane (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|MWD|Microwarpdrive (see [[Propulsion equipment#Microwarpdrives|Propulsion equipment]])}}

{{lex|Newbro|A term used to refer to a newer or less experienced players. Usually used in a positive, endearing manner. See also: [[#Newbie|Newbie]], [[#Noob|Noob]]}}

{{lex|NM|[[Nightmare]]}}

{{lex|Noob|A term used to refer to a newer or less experienced players. Occasionally used in a derogatory manner. See also: [[#Newbie|Newbie]], [[#Newbro|Newbro]]}}

{{lex|NOP|([[#Newbie|Newbies]]/[[#Newbro|Newbros]]/[[#Noob|Noobs]]) on Patrol}}

{{lex|NOS|Nosferatu (see [[Capacitor warfare]])}}

{{lex|NRDS|"Not red, don't shoot" (see [[Corporation diplomacy]] - [[Rules of Engagement]])}}

{{lex|NS|See [[#Nullsec|Nullsec]]}}

{{lex|Nullsec|[[System Security#Null security|Null-security space]]}}

== O ==

{{lex|Officer|A rare named pirate NPC that [[Officer#Officer|drops some of the most expensive modules]].}}

{{lex|Omega|The Omega [[Clone states|Clone state]]}}

# Out of Corporation

# Out of character}}

{{lex|Op/Ops|Operation(s)}}

{{lex|OpSec|Operational Security (see [[Operational Security Policy]])}}

{{lex|ORE|[[Outer Ring Excavations]]}}

{{lex|Passive Module|A ship [[module]] which does not need to be manually activated. (see [[Modules]])}}

{{lex|PDS|

# Point Defense System (a module fitted to large [[Upwell structures]])}}

{{lex|Pew Pew|Common term for [[combat]], based on the noises made by the weapons.}}

{{lex|PI|[[Planetary Industry]]}}

{{lex|Picket|A ship placed outside of tactical locations such as gates and stations to watch for enemy activity}}

{{lex|PL|Pandemic Legion, a well-known nullsec alliance}}

{{lex|Plex|

# [[Pilot's License Extension]] (PLEX)}}

{{lex|PLEX Tanking|Sarcastic term for transporting [[PLEX]] through space, usually with a ship not usually used for hauling. Note that because the PLEX Vault can be accessed from anywhere, no pilot should ever need to do this.}}

{{lex|Point|

# A Warp Disruptor or Warp Scrambler (see [[Warp disruption]])

{{lex|POS|[[Player-owned starbases|Player-owned starbase]]}}

{{lex|POS Trash|Unpiloted ships sitting within the force field of a [[Player-owned starbases|POS]]}}

== R ==

{{lex|Ramjag|A [[Jaguar]] fit with dual Medium ASBs, MWD, and typically web, scram, and nos. This fit makes for a very fast and durable tackle frigate that can ram into a target (hence the name), at the expense of having very low damage capabilities.}}

{{lex|Rat|Hostile [[#NPC|NPC]]. Short for "pi'''rat'''e", although also used because said NPCs tend to be very weak but very numerous (like real life rats).}}

{{lex|Ratting|The act of hunting hostile [[#NPC|NPCs]], usually done to earn ISK. See [[Ratting]]}}

{{lex|Red|A pilot, corporation, or alliance with terrible standings. (See also Blue)}}

{{lex|Red Box|The state of being both targeted and subjected to hostile action by a player or NPC}}

# [[#Reinforce|Reinforce]]

# "Republic Fleet", usually seen as a [[Tech and meta levels#Faction (Meta 6-12)|faction module]] prefix.}}

{{lex|RHML|Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher (see [[Missiles]])}}

{{lex|RLML|Rapid Light Missile Launcher (see [[Missiles]])}}

{{lex|RMT|Real Money Trading}}

{{lex|RoE|[[Rules of Engagement]]}}

{{lex|RoF|"Rate of fire" (see [[Turrets]], [[Missiles]])}}

{{lex|Roll|

# Wormhole rolling, the act of collapsing a [[wormhole]] by passing a large amount of mass through it

# Abyssal roll, an [[Abyssal modules|abyssal module]] or the act of creating one}}

{{lex|RR|Remote repair (see [[Logistics]])}}

{{lex|RvB|Red vs Blue (player corporation)}}

{{lex|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]])}}

{{lex|SAR|Small Armor Repairer (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|SB|

# [[Stealth Bomber]]

# [[Security status]]

# [[System security]]}}

{{lex|Shotgunning |Inspect a location without scanning}}

{{lex|Sisi |[[Singularity]]}}

{{lex|Six|In any lists, the sixth item is commonly omitted in reference to a [[:wikipedia:Monty Python|Monthy Python]] sketch ("Australian University of Woolloomooloo")}}

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

{{lex|Slide|The act of taking an Acceleration Gate. Often used in [[Factional Warfare]].}}

{{lex|Slow-boat|(also "slowboat") Moving in space at sub-warp velocities}}

{{lex|Spider Tanking|A doctrine that relies on most ships having remote repair capabilities, rather than a dedicated [[Logistics|logistics]] wing}}

{{lex|Spiraling|The act of manually approaching a target via a continuously diagonal vector. See [[Manual Piloting]].}}

{{lex|SPR|Shield Power Relay (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|Squids |Slightly derogatory name for Caldari and Amarr [[Factional Warfare]] pilots. The term originated from mixing both faction names into "CalAmari". See also: [[#Frogs|Frogs]].}}

{{lex|SRP|[[Ship Replacement Program]]}}

{{lex|Stront|Strontium Clathrates. Used in [[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Clathrates|POS Warfare]], and consumed by [[Dreadnoughts]] and [[Force Auxiliaries]].}}

{{lex|Stront Check|Attacking a [[POS]] to see if it contains [[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Clathrates|Stront]]. Usually done to annoy the owner.}}

{{lex|Super/Supercap|Supercapital ship, usually a [[supercarrier]] (or, rarely, a [[titan]]).}}

== T ==

{{lex|Tack|A hyphen ('<big>-</big>') (used for clarity when speaking)}}

{{lex|Tackle|A ship specialized in [[tackling]] another, with the intention of keeping the opponent in place.}}

{{lex|Trig/Triangle|[[Triglavian Collective#Ships|Triglavian]] ship}}

{{lex|TS|TeamSpeak, a third-party VOIP software utility}}

== U ==

{{lex|UTC|Universal Time, the server time for EVE}}

{{lex|Warp bubble|See [[#Bubble|Bubble]]}}

{{lex|WC|Wing Commander (see [[Fleet Command Guide]])}}

{{lex|Web|Stasis Webifier (see [[Tackling]])}}

{{lex|WH|[[Wormhole]]}}

{{lex|Widot|

#A smaller alliance coalescing into one corporation to join a larger alliance

#For beleaguered or departing groups to lose members to a larger or stronger ally  

(Named after Wildly Inappropriate., an alliance that merged into a corporation of the same name to join the larger Goonswarm Federation)}}

{{lex|WL|Wait List, a way for the [[Roles_in_Incursions#Waitlist_manager|waitlist manager]] to handle people waiting to get into [[Incursions]] fleets. More generally used to refer to a channel for potential fleet members to wait in while the FC invites them.}}

{{lex|Wrecking shot|A 1% chance shot fired by a Turret, which is guaranteed to hit and deals 300% damage. (See [[Turret mechanics#Damage|Turret mechanics]].)}}

{{lex|WS|See [[#W-Space|W-Space]]}}

{{lex|WT|War Target (see [[War Declaration]])}}

{{lex|Wubble|Stasis Webificataion Probe, used by [[Interdictors]] (Portmanteau of Web + [[Bubble]])}}

== X ==

{{lex|XLASB/XLAncil|[[#Ancil|X-Large Ancillary Shield Booster]]}}

== Y ==

{{lex|Yeet|Using a [[Needlejack_filaments|Needlejack]] or [[Pochven#Entering_and_exiting|Pochven]] filament to teleport.}}

{{lex|Yellow Box|Being targeted by someone, or to target someone, without also being the subject of hostile action.}}