List of general Eve Online terms

A

Alt 

(abbr.) Alternate character. This may refer to a character besides the current one, or every character owned by a player.

B

BH 

(initial) Bug Hunter. A member of "ECAID".

C

CCP 

(initial) Crowd Control Productions, the creators of EVE Online.

CSM 

(initial) The Council of Stellar Management.

E

ECAID 

(initial) Equipment Certification and Anomaly Investigations Division. The part of ISD that assists in the processing of bug reports.

G

GM 

(initial) Gamemasters. CCP staff responsible for providing customer support for EVE Online, as well as enforcing the EULA and Terms of Service.

Griefer 

(slang) A user who's goal it to irritate and harass other players, rather than in pursuit of game objectives.

GTC 

(initial) Game Time Code.

H

HC 

(initial) The help chat channel.

I

IGB 

(initial) In Game Browser.

IG 

(initial) In game.

ISD 

(initial) Interstellar Services Department. An official volunteer group that assists in the enriching of EVE Online.

ISK 

(initial) InterStellar Kredits, the common currency of EVE Online.

M

Main 

(abbr.) Main character. A character generally associated with a player. A character which typically receives the most skill training.

O

OOC  

(initial) Out Of Character. Used by roleplayers when not speaking as their character.

OOG 

(initial) Out Of Game.

P

Pew Pew 

(slang) The act of player vs player combat.

PLEX 

(initial) 30-Day Pilot's License Extension.

PvE 

(initial) Player vs EVE or Player vs Environment interactions.

PvP 

(initial) Player vs player interactions. Usually combat.

R

RL 

(initial) Real life.

S

SiSi 

(initial) Singularity test server, a public test server open to those with active EVE Online accounts.

SP 

(initial) Skill Points

STAR 

(initial) Support Training and Resources. The part of ISD that assists new and existing players in official help channels.

Soon™ 

CCP's motto for upcoming changes to EVE.

T

TQ 

(abbr.) The Tranquility server, the main EVE server.

TS2 

(initial) Teamspeak version 2, an older version of the Teamspeak out of game communications programs used for live voice chat.

TS3 

(initial) Teamspeak version 3, the most current version of the Teamspeak out of game communications program used for live voice chat.

V

Venti 

(abbr.) Ventrilo. An out of game communications programs used for live voice chat.

Voice Comms 

(abbr.) Voice communications (TS3, Ventrilo, Mumble, Etc.)

Y

YARR 

(initial) Yulai Archives and Records Repository. The part of ISD that moderates EVElopedia.