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

{{lex|ASB|Ancillary Shield Booster (see [[Tanking#Shield_tanking_modules|Tanking]]) ''(S, M, L, XL can be prefixed for respective sizes.)''}}

{{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)}}

{{lex|AWU|{{Sk|Advanced Weapon Upgrades|icon=yes}} (skill name)}}

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

{{lex|CPU|Central Processing Unit (see [[Fitting ships]])}}

{{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|Curse of BWF|'''A widely held belief that any corporation or alliance which holds the BWF-ZZ system in the Geminate region will shortly [[#Failcascade|failcascade]].'''}}

# [[Destroyer]]}}

{{lex|DDA|Drone Damage Amplifier. (see [[Drones#Equipment|Drones]])}}

{{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|Depot|[[Mobile Depot]].}}

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

{{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}})}}

# [[#UTC|EVE time]]

# Energy Transfer (now called ''Remote Capacitor Transmitter''; see [[Logistics]])}}

{{lex|Eviction|The act of destroying all the structures in a [[Wormhole]] system, effectively kicking the residents out their home.}}

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

== F ==

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

{{lex|FD|[[Flight Deck]]}}

{{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|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|HKN|Hyperkittens (EVE University specific fleet doctrine}}

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

{{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|Insta-undock|A method of "safely" undocking from a station by immediately warping to a bookmark directly off of the undock point. (see {{Section link|Bookmark|Insta-undock}})}}

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

{{lex|Invuln|

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

{{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|Jason Droneslinger|It is an Eve-wide meme to wish Jason Happy Birthday whenever you see him in game}}

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

{{lex|LBW|Longbow Cormorants (EVE University specific fleet doctrine}}

{{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]]}}

== M ==

{{lex|M14|Magic 14, 14 skills which benefit every single ship (see [[The Magic 14]])}}

{{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|MER|Magic Merlins (EVE University specific fleet doctrine}}

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

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

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

{{lex|MJFG|[[Micro Jump Field Generator]]}}

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

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

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

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

{{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]])}}

# Out of Corporation

# Out of character}}

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

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

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

== 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|RCU|Reactor Control Unit (see [[Fitting ships]])}}

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

# [[#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|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]]}}

== 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}}

{{lex|TVP|TurboVulf (EVE University specific fleet doctrine}}

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

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

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

{{lex|WHC|'''[[Wormhole Community]] (formerly Wormhole Campus) (within EVE University)'''}}

#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]].)}}

== 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.}}