Eve Glossary

A

AB 

afterburner, mid-slot module that boost ship's speed by about two times

AC 

autocannon, short range projectile turret

AF 

assault frigate, assault ship, T2 frigate

AFK 

away from keyboard, not paying any attention to the game

Alt 

alternative character run by same player

Apoc 

Apocalypse, Amarr tier 2 battleship often used in fleet engagements for sniping because of optimal range bonus it gets

Arbi 

arbitrator, Amarr electronic warfare T1 cruiser that specializes in tracking disruptors

Arti 

artillery, long range projectile turret

B

BB 

Blackbird, Caldari electronic warfare cruiser that specializes in ECM

BC 

battlecruiser

BCU/BCS 

ballistic control unit, also sometimes referred to as ballistic control system, low slot module that increases damage output of missile ships

Beams 

beam lasers, long range energy turrets

BM 

bookmark

BP 

blueprint

BPC 

blueprint copy, offers limited number of production runs specified in its info

BPO 

blueprint original, offers unlimited number of production runs

BS 

battleship

BYOM 

stands for "bring your own minerals" meaning that the person for whom something is being built has to bring his or her own minerals for production to happen

C

Cap 

capacitor

Carebear 

a player who avoids combat, alternative meaning a player who avoids taking risks

C/D 

confirm/deny

Cold Warping 

engaging warp from a dead stop, initiating warp instantly

Convo 

conversation

Corp 

corporation

Cov 

covetor, mining barge

CS 

command ship, T2 battlecruiser with improved resistances and bonus to warfare link modules

CTD 

crash to desktop

D

Damp 

dampener, mid-slot module that decreases targeting range and sensor resolution of target ship

DC 

disconnect, "dc'ed" - lost connection

Dev 

game developer

Domi 

Dominix, Gallente tier 2 battleship possessing very large drone bay

DPS 

damage per second

DT 

donwtime, one hour lasting from 10:00 to 11:00 EVE time when Tranquility server is shut down

E

E-war 

electronic warfare, type of warfare aimed to disrupt sensors or weapons systems of enemy ships

EA 

Empyrean Age, expansion that was released in June 2008, this expansion introduced factional warfare to EVE

EANM 

energized adaptive nano membrane, low-slot passive module that increases armor resistances to all damage types by about 15-20%

ECCM 

electronic counter counter measures, refers to modules designed to counter effects of ECM

ECM 

electronic counter measures, ECM modules break lock of target ship and make it unable to target anything for duration of their cycle time

Effective Hitpoints 

total amount of hit points of a ship in shield, armor, and hull, taking its resistances into account

Escrow 

old trading system that has been replaced by contracts in Revelations expansion

F

Frig 

frigate

FC 

fleet commander, gang leader

FOTM 

flavor of the month, in EVE typically refers the the most current setup deemed overpowered and hence often in use by players

FTL 

for the lose

FTW 

for the win

G

Gank 

gank, refers to fights where the target is completely overpowered and killed very fast

Geddon 

Armageddon, Amarr tier 1 battleship

GF 

good fight, typically posted into local after a fun fight

GM 

game master

Gyro 

gyrostabilizer, increases damage output of projectile weapons

H

HAC 

heavy assault ship, heavy assault cruiser, T2 cruiser 'on steroids'

Hed 

hedbergite

Hem 

hemorphite

Hybrids 

hybrid weapons, blasters and railguns

I

IBTL 

in before the lock, posted in threads that are deemed to be soon locked

Indy 

industrial

Inty 

interceptor

Invul 

invulnerability field, mid-slot active module that increases shield resistances to all damage types by about 25-30%

IPO 

initial public offering, when an EVE corporation/enterprise offers its shares for sale to the public (visit EVE Online main forums, market subforum, to see these in action)

ISK 

Interstellar Kredit

Iso 

isogen

K

KOS 

kill on sight

L

LAR 

large armor repairer

LF 

looking for

LVL 

level

M

M2 

miner II

Mac/Mack 

mackinaw, T2 mining barge (exhumer) used primarily for mining ice

Macro-miner/ratter 

character pilots by a macro program allowing its owner to farm ISK without paying attention to the game

Mag Stab 

magnetic field stabilizer, increases damage output of hybrid turrets

MAPC 

micro auxiliary power core, adds 10 units to ship's powergrid

MAR 

medium armor repairer

ME 

material efficiency

Mega 

Megathron, Gallente tier 2 battleship that if blaster fitted can put out some serious dps, also megacyte

Merc 

mercenary, hired fighter

Mex 

mexallon

Mins 

minerals

MLU 

mining laser upgrade

MWD 

microwarpdrive, mid-slot modules that boosts speed of a ship five times

N

Nanophoon 

Typhoon fitted for speed, popular Typhoon setup before the speed nerfs

Nano-ship 

ship fitted with speed, typically holding overdrives and nanofiber modules in low slots

NBSI 

not blue shoot it, policy allowing corp/alliance members to shoot at neutral players

Neocom 

left hand side panel

Nerf 

to weaken, a change to the game designed to make something less powerful

Neut 

energy neutralizer, high-slot active module that consumes capacitor of enemy ship

Nocx/Nox 

noxcium

Nos 

nosferatu, high-slot module that acts as energy equalizer draining enemy ship of capacitor until its capacitor level is equal to capacitor of nossing ship

NPC 

non-player character

NRDS 

not red don't shoot, policy allowing corp/alliance members to shoot only at players with negative standings (marked by red minus sign by default overview settings)

O

OD/ODI 

overdrive injector, low-slot passive module that boost ship's base velocity by 10-12%

OOC 

out-of-character, role play term that allows to differentiate between character and person playing the character

OOG 

out-of-game

P

PC 

price check

PDS/PDU 

power diagnostic system, also referred to as power diagnostic unit, low-slot passive module that grants bonuses to ship's powergrid, capacitor, and shields

PE 

production efficiency

Phoon/Typh 

Typhoon, Minmatar tier 1 battleship

Pie 

player pirate

PK 

pod kill, alternatively player kill

P&P 

people and places

Prat 

player pirate

Pulses 

pulse lasers, short-rage energy turrets

Q

QR 

Quantum Rise, expansion deployed in November 2008, most remembered for the nerf to speed of all ships as well as changes to implants and modules granting speed bonuses

R

Rat 

non-player character killed for its bounty and loot

Ratting 

process of flying from asteroid belt to asteroid belt to find pirate NPCs to kill to make ISK

Rax 

thorax, gallente tier 3 cruiser

RCU 

reactor control unit, low-slot module that grants 10-15% to ship's powergrid output

Rof 

rate of fire

S

SAR 

small armor repairer

Scram 

scrambler, mid-slot module with range of about 8-10km that puts two warp core destabilization points on target ship as well as makes it unable to activate microwarpdrive modules, also sometimes inaccurately used to describe warp disruptor

Smacktalk 

talk done with primary aim of making the other player feel bad about playing the game

Smartie/SMB/SM 

smartbomb, high-slot module that does damage around certain radius of a ship, capacitor intensive but does not require a lock

Sniper rule 

rule that discourages last minute bidding, for example if someone bid 5 minutes before the auction end and the sniper rule is 1 hour, this extends the auction deadline by another 55 minutes granting another hour for someone else to bid

SS 

safespot

Stab 

warp core stabilizer

Strippers 

strip-miners

T

TAM 

tactical mini-warp

Tank 

a ship with a lot of effective hit points and/or superior repairing ability such that it can absorb a lot of damage, also used as verb to mean "absorbing damage"

Tl;dr 

abbreviation for "too-long did not read", typically posted in wall-of-text threads

TQ 

Tranquility server

Trit 

tritanium

TYVM 

abbreviation for "tank you very much"

U

UI 

user interface

V

Vaga 

Vagabond, Minmatar HAC renowned for its superior speed tanking ability

Veld 

Veldspar ore

Vex 

Vexor, Gallente tier 2 cruiser

W

WCS 

warp core stabilizer, low-slot module that counters the effects of warp disruptors and warp scramblers

WTE 

want to exchange

WTS 

want to sell

WTT 

want to trade

Z

Zyd 

Zydrine, mineral derived from several ores such as Gneiss and Jaspet