Welcome to Knightraven Alliance - Honor, Justice and Integrity for All

AFAIK

As Far As I Know

AFK

Away From Keyboard

AKA

Also Known As

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ATM

At The Moment

BBL

Be Back Later

BBIAB

Be Back In A Bit

BBS

Be Back Soon

BRB

Be Right Back

BRT

Be Right There

BSOD

Blue Screen of Death

BTW

By The Way

CTD

Crash to Desktop

FFS

For Sake

FYI

For Your Information

IDK

I Don't Know

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

IIRC

If I Recall Correctly

IRL / RL

(In) Real Life

IMHO

In My Humble Opinion

IMO

In My Opinion

LOL

Laugh Out Loud

LTNS

Long Time No See

NM

NeverMind

NP

No Problem

OMFG

Oh My <censored> God

OMG

Oh My God

OMW

On My Way

ROFL

Roll On the Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO

Roll On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off

RTFM

Read the <censored> Manual

STFU

Shut The <censored> Up

TBH

To Be Honest

T/M

short hand for "Tomorrow"

TTYL

Talk To You Later

WB

Welcome Back

WTF

What The <censored>

o/

Person waving his hand. Players use this to greet other players when entering or leaving chat.

\o

Person waving with his other hand.

\o/

Person waving with both hands, often signifies jumping up and down with joy (or glee - depends on circumstances)

o7

Person saluting. Players use this when Greeting others and is highly used in some coporations when addressing higher ranks e.g. Director to CEO - Director: "Hi o7"

A list of abbreviations for ships and modules

AF

Assault Frigate

AS

Assault Ship

Apoc

Apocalypse - Amarr Battleship

BB

CNR

Caldari Navy Raven. AKA Raven Navy Issue.

CS

Command Ship - T2 Battlecruiser

Domi

Dominix ( Gallente Battleship)

Dread

Dreadnought, a capital-class ship which is the next ship-class up from the battleship.

Geddon

Armageddon ( Amarr Battleship)

HAC

Heavy Assault Cruiser

HIC,
Hictor,
Hactor

Heavy Interdictor Cruiser

Imi

Imicus ( Gallente Frigate)

Mega

Megathron ( Gallente Battleship) or Megacyte, depending on context.

'Pest

Tempest ( Minmatar Battleship)

'Phoon

Typhoon ( Minmatar Battleship)

Rax

Thorax ( Gallente Cruiser)

Scorp

Scorpion ( Caldari Battleship)

Thron

Megathron ( Gallente Battleship)

Vaga

Vagabond ( Minmatar Heavy Assault Ship)

A list of abbreviations for ships and modules

AB

AfterBurner

AC

Autocannon

AML

Assault Missile Launcher.

BCS

Ballistic Control System

CCC

Capacitor Control Circuit rig

CM

Cruise Missile. Long range, moderate damage missile fired from Cruise Missile Launchers by Battleships and Stealth Bombers. Better against smaller, faster targets than Torps.

CML

Cruise Missile Launcher.

DCU

• Damage Control module
• Drone Control Unit module

DD,
DDD

Doomsday Device, a Titan-class weapon similar to Smartbombs but much more powerful

EANM

Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane

ECCM

Electronic Counter Counter Measures

ECM

Electronic Counter Measures

HAM

Heavy Assault Missile. Short range, high damage missile fired from Cruisers and Battlecruisers. Better against larger, slower targets than HMs.

HAML

Heavy Assault Missile Launcher.

Harv

Harvester Mining Drone

HM

Heavy Missile. Long range, moderate damage missile fired from Cruisers and Battlecruisers. Better against smaller, faster targets than HAMs.

HML

Heavy Missile Launcher.

LAR

Large Armor Repair

MAPC

Micro Auxilliary Power Core

MAR

Medium Armor Repair

MWD

Micro Warp Drive

Nano

Usually refers to a style of ship fitting based around pure speed over of defense, may also refer to the module Nanofiber Internal Structure from which the fitting gets its name

OD,
ODI

Overdrive Injector

PDS, PDU

Power Diagnostic Systems. The term PDU is historical, in that this piece of equipment was known as a Power Diagnostic Unit.

RCU

Reactor Control Unit

Scram

A Warp Scrambler/Disruptor module

SL

Siege Launcher. Used to fire Torpedos.

SPR

Shield Power Relay

TD

Tracking Disruptor

Torp

Torpedo. Short range, high damage missile fired from Siege Launchers by Battleships. Better against larger, slower targets than CMs.

TP

Target Painter