| af | Attack Frigate |
| afik | As Far as I Know |
| afk | Away From Keyboard |
| bc | BattleCruiser |
| bpc | BluePrint Copy |
| bpo | BluePrint Original |
| brb | Be Right Back |
| bs | BattleShip |
| cap | Capacitor |
| can | A container for other objects, could be a station container, cargo container or jettison container |
| dps | Damage Per Second |
| frig | Frigate |
| hac | Heavy Attack Cruiser |
| hauler | Ship used to transport cargo. Usually an industrial class ship |
| igb | In Game Browser - the web browser built into Eve-online |
| indy | Industrial class ship |
| inty | Interceptor class ship |
| lol | Laugh Out Loud |
| m³ | Cubic meters, a measure of the volume of an object, or capacity of a container |
| mwd | MicroWarpDrive (either a module, or flying a ship using one) |
| npc | Non Player Character |
| omw | On My Way |
| pos | Player Owned Structure |
| pve | Player Versus Eve - fighting a npc |
| pvp | Player Versus Player - fighting another player character |
| rat | Normally a npc to be engaged in combat |
| rl | Real Life - ie. not in the game |
| rofl | Roll On the Floor Laughing |
| roid | Asteroid (somtimes written 'roid) |
| sec | Security |
| tackle | To tackle is catch and hold and enemy ship using web and warp scramble or warp disrupter modules. |
| tackler | A ship intended tackle other ships. As it needs to be fast in order to catch the enemy, it will normally be a frigate. As frigates can be destroyed by larger ships, tacklers are normally small fast cheap frigates, regarded as expendable. If you can afford to loose it, an interceptor is a t2 frigate designed for tackling |
| tank | A tank is a setup or ability to deal with incoming damage. A ship will be set up to adsorb damage using shields (shield tank) or armour. It is usually a bad idea to try to do both on a single ship. |
| t1 | Tier one |
| t2 | Tier two |