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== # ==

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

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

{{lex|0.0|Nullsec (see [[System security]])}}

== A ==

{{lex|AAR|[[How_to_Properly_Form_a_Fleet#The_After_Action_Report|After Action Report]]}}

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

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

{{lex|AF|[[Assault Frigate]]}}

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

{{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 to do so)}}

{{lex|AWU|{{sk|Advanced Weapon Upgrades|icon=yes}}}}

== B ==

{{lex|BB|[[Blackbird]]}}

{{lex|BC|[[Battlecruiser]]}}

{{lex|BCS|Ballistic Control System (previously known as ''Ballistic Control Unit''; see [[Missile damage#Increasing missile damage|Missile damage]])}}

{{lex|BCU|Ballistic Control Unit (now called ''[[#BCS|Ballistic Control System]]''; see [[Missile damage#Increasing missile damage|Missile damage]])}}

{{lex|Biomass|To permanently delete a character (see [[Biomassing a Pilot]])}}

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

{{lex|BM|[[Bookmark]]}}

{{lex|BPC|Blueprint Copy (see [[Blueprints]])}}

{{lex|BR|[[Blockade Runner]], a class of fast industrial ships designed to carry moderate quantities of carry cargo through dangerous space.}}

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

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

{{lex|Buffer|1. A method of tanking relying on having a large amount of hit points

2. A pilot with a ship designed to provide [[#Buff|buffs]] to their fleet}}

{{lex|Bump|The act of colliding with another vessel in space, causing it to bounce away.}}

{{lex|BYOM|[[BYOM Ship Production|Bring Your Own Minerals]]}}

== C ==

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

{{lex|Cap|Capacitor

[[Capital ships|Capital ship]]}}

{{lex|Capital|1. [[Capital ship]]

2. Money and infrastructure necessary for beginning and maintaining a business venture.}}

{{lex|CNR|[[Raven Navy Issue]] (derived from previous name: ''Caldari Navy Raven'')}}

{{lex|CNS|[[Scorpion Navy Issue]] (derived from previous name: ''Caldari Navy Scorpion'')}}

{{lex|Convo|"Conversation"}}

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

{{lex|CovOps|[[Covert Ops]]}}

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

{{lex|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.}}

{{lex|Cyno|Cynosural field (see [[Jump drives]])}}

== D ==

{{lex|Damp|[[EWar 101 Guide#Remote Sensor Dampening .28damps.2C RSD.29|Sensor dampening]]}}

{{lex|DC|1. Damage Control (previously known as ''Damage Control Unit''; see [[Tanking]])

{{lex|DD|1. [[#Damage dealer|Damage dealer]]

2. [[Daredevil]]}}

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

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

{{lex|Dictor|[[Interdictor]]}}

{{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|Domi|[[Dominix]]}}

{{lex|DPS|Damage per second}}

{{lex|Dread bomb|The act of jumping a large number of insured dreadnoughts into a fight in order to escalate against enemy capital ships.}}

{{lex|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]].}}

{{lex|DT|[[Server downtime]]}}

== E ==

{{lex|E-UNI|[[EVE University]] (corporate ticker)}}

{{lex|EANM|Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane (see [[Tanking]])}}

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

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

== F ==

{{lex|Failcascade|Failure Cascade. The collapse of a corporation or alliance in EVE, either though leadership problems or other issues.}}

{{lex|Failfit|A ship that is fit in a less than optimal way.}}

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

{{lex|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]]}}

{{lex|FW|[[Factional Warfare]]}}

== G ==

{{lex|Gate|1. Stargate

2. Acceleration Gate}}

{{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|Grid Fu|See [[Grid Manipulation]].}}

{{lex|GSC|Giant Secure Container}}

{{lex|Gyro|Gyrostabilizer (see [[Turret damage]])}}

== H ==

{{lex|HAC|[[Heavy Assault Cruiser]]}}

{{lex|Hard skills|[[Skills and Learning|Skills]] trained by characters (as opposed to [[#Soft skills|soft skills]]).}}

{{lex|Hic/Hictor|[[Heavy Interdiction Cruiser]]}}

{{lex|HS|Heat Sink (see [[Turret damage]])}}

{{lex|HUD|Heads Up Display}}

== I ==

{{lex|Indy|[[Industrial]]}}

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

{{lex|Insta-undock|A method of safely undocking from a station by immediately warping to a [[bookmark]] directly off of the undock point. (see [[Bookmarks#Instant warp-out|Bookmarks]])}}

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

{{lex|IRL|"In real life"}}

{{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]])}}

{{lex|Ivy League|[[Ivy League Alliance]], the alliance of [[EVE University]]}}

== J ==

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

{{lex|Jetcan|A temporary container created when jettisoning something from a cargo hold}}

{{lex|JOC|"Jump on contact"}}

{{lex|Jump|The act of moving between one star system and another}}

== K ==

{{lex|K Space|[[System_Security#Known_Space|Known space]]}}

{{lex|Kite/Kiting|Actively maintaining movement and distance from an engaged enemy so as to mitigate their applied damage.}}

== L ==

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

{{lex|LFAF|"Looking for armor fleet."}}

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

{{lex|Lockdown|An order from the leadership of a [[corporation]] prohibiting its pilots from undocking in non-PvP ships.}}

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

{{lex|Locust|A group of pilots running missions in one large fleet (see [[Mission_Fleets#Locust_Fleet|Locust Fleet]])}}

{{lex|LSC|[[LSC|Low Sec Campus]]}}

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

== M ==

{{lex|MAPC|Micro Auxiliary Power Core (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

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

{{lex|MD|[[Mobile Structures#Mobile Depots|Mobile Depot]]}}

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

{{lex|Meta|1. Meta level (see [[Techs, Tiers and Meta levels]])<br>

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]])<br>

3. Common or popular ships, fittings, and doctrines<br>

4. Examination of a game from an outside perspective}}

{{lex|MFS|Magnetic Field Stabilizer (see [[Turret damage]])}}

{{lex|Mins|Minerals (see [[Mining]])}}

{{lex|MJD|[[Micro_jump_drive|Micro Jump Drive]]}}

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

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

{{lex|MTU|[[Mobile Structures#Mobile Tractor Unit|Mobile Tractor Unit]]}}

{{lex|MW|Megawatt, a unit of measurement used to describe a ship's powergrid output (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

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

== N ==

{{lex|Nano|Nanofiber Internal Structure (see [[Propulsion equipment]])}}

{{lex|NBSI|"Not blue, shoot it" (see [[Rules of Engagement]])}}

{{lex|Neut|Energy Neutralizer (see [[Capacitor warfare]])}}

{{lex|Newbro|A term of endearment for a new or inexperienced player.}}

{{lex|NOP|Noobs on Patrol}}

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

{{lex|NPSI|"Not purple, shoot it" (see [[Rules of Engagement]])}}

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

== O ==

{{lex|OGC|"Offensive gate camp" (see [[Gate camps]])}}

{{lex|OMW|"On my way"}}

{{lex|OOC|1. Out of Corporation

2. Out of character}}

{{lex|OP|Overpowered}}

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

== P ==

{{lex|Painter|Target Painter (see [[Electronic warfare]])}}

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

{{lex|PDS|Power Diagnostic System (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

{{lex|Pew Pew|Common term for casual [[PvE]] or [[PvP]], based on the noises made by the weapons.}}

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

{{lex|PL|1. Productivity Level (see [[Blueprints]])

2. Pandemic Legion, a well-known nullsec alliance}}

{{lex|Plex|1. Complex (see [[Cosmic Anomalies]], [[Cosmic Signatures]])

2. [[Pilot's License Extension]] (PLEX)}}

{{lex|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]].}}

{{lex|Pod Express|A quick method of travelling, performed by installing a [[clone|medical clone]] at a distant station, and then self-destructing the character's [[#Pod|pod]].}}

{{lex|Point|1. A Warp Disruptor or Warp Scrambler (see [[Warp disruption]])

2. The act of using targeted warp disruption on a ship (see [[Tackling]])}}

{{lex|PvP|Player versus Player}}

{{lex|PYOS|Purchase Your Own Ship (See [[PYOS Ship Production]])}}

== Q ==

{{lex|QQ|Cry / Crying}}

{{lex|QRF|Quick Response Fleet / Quick Reaction Force. (see [[Quick Reaction Force]])}}

== R ==

{{lex|RCU|Reactor Control Unit (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

{{lex|Reffed|[[#Reinforce|Reinforced]]}}

{{lex|Rep|Repair (see [[Tanking]], [[Guide to Logistics]])}}

{{lex|RFF|[http://red-frog.org/ Red Frog Freight], a player-run hauling service.}}

{{lex|RL|1. {{sk|Rapid Launch|icon=yes}}

2. Real life}}

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

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

{{lex|Rolling Safespot|A fleet maneuver consisting of one ship leading the rest of the fleet from location to location in space.}}

{{lex|Room|An area of [[#Deadspace|deadspace]] which can only be accessed via an acceleration gate.}}

{{lex|RSD|Remote Sensor Dampener (see [[Electronic warfare]])}}

{{lex|RvB|[https://rvbeve.com/forums/index.php?/portal/ Red vs Blue]}}

== S ==

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

{{lex|SB|1. [[Stealth Bomber]]<br>

{{lex|Sec|1. [[Security status]]<br>

2. [[System security]]}}

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

{{lex|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 [[User:Silentbrick|Silentbrick]]. Watch the '''Monty Python's''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v&#61;_f_p0CgPeyA Australian University of Woolloomooloo] sketch and skip to 2:18 for the origin of this joke.}}

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

{{lex|Smack talk|Talking trash, taunting, or annoying people in local chat. This behavior is [[EVE University Rules|not allowed for University members]].}}

{{lex|Smartie|[[Smartbomb]]}}

{{lex|SP|Skill Points (see [[Skills and Learning]])}}

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

{{lex|SS|1. Spreadsheet

{{lex|SSE|Small Shield Extender (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|Stab|Warp Core Stabilizer (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

{{lex|Stront|[[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Clathrates|Strontium Clathrates]]}}

{{lex|Suicide Gank|Piracy where an attacking pilot will attempt to kill a target before the [[CONCORD]] response eliminates them}}

{{lex|Supercap|Supercapital ship, either a [[supercarrier]] or [[titan]].}}

== T ==

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

{{lex|TC|Tracking Computer (see [[Turrets]])}}

{{lex|T2|Tech 2 (stylized 'Tech II'; see [[Techs, Tiers and Meta levels]])}}

{{lex|T3|Tech 3 (stylized 'Tech III'; see [[Strategic Cruisers]], [[Tactical Destroyers]])}}

== U ==

== V ==

{{lex|VNI|[[Vexor Navy Issue]]}}

== W ==

{{lex|Wardec|[[War Declaration]]}}

{{lex|WCS|Warp Core Stabilizer (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

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

{{lex|WL|Wait List (see [[Incursions]])}}

{{lex|W Space|[[Wormhole Space]]}}

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

== X ==

{{lex|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 [[The Rookie's Guide To Fleet Ops#Joining a Fleet|Joining a Fleet]])}}

== Y ==

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

{{lex|Yulai Convention|The Yulai Convention is an [[Roleplay|RP]] term for a number of game mechanics and systems within EVE.}}

== Z ==

{{lex|Zero Zero|Null security space (see [[System security]])}}

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