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* '''AFMU:''' [[Auto Field-Maintenance Unit]]

* '''AspX:''' Abbreviation of [[Asp Explorer]].

* '''ASPX:''' Another, incorrect abbreviation of [[Asp Explorer]]. Used by players under the misconception that the word "Asp" is an acronym ("ASP Explorer"); an Asp is another word for Viper, following the ''Elite'' series' trend of naming some ship models after snakes.

* '''AX:''' Anti-Xeno. Used to refer to any activities or ship builds relating to combat with Thargoids.

* '''Boiling:''' [[Silent Running]] near a star or a station orbiting close to a star.

* '''Billionaire:''' Term traditionally used for a player that took advantage of a past major server transaction glitch which caused commodity duplicating where multiple player(s) had obtained 1,000,000,000+ [[credits]].

* '''Board Flipping:''' The bygone practice of switching between Open/Private Group/Solo modes to force mission boards to refresh and present new missions, usually done to stack multiple missions of the same type to maximize convenience and profitability. While viewed with distaste by a segment of the community, Frontier Developments have confirmed that Board Flipping is not an exploit or violation of the game's Terms of Service. Board flipping is no longer possible since patch 3.3, as the missions change now every 15 minutes, not after relogging.

* '''Brick:''' ~~[[Lakon]]~~ [[Type-6 Transporter]] ~~ship, for it's appearance looking very similar~~ to ~~the shape of a~~ brick.

* '''Brick:''' Nickname for the [[Type-6 Transporter]] due to its brick-like appearance.

* '''Buggy:''' [[Surface Recon Vehicle]].

* '''Carebear:''' A player who plays in Open, but believes that other players have no right to interfere with them regardless of the circumstances. Carebears complain at length whenever their ship is destroyed by another player despite Open's primary purpose being to facilitate PvP activity, and ship destruction at the hands of another player being a well-recognized risk of playing in Open. They also often demand that Frontier Developments either reimburse them the rebuy fee or fully restore their ship and any cargo in the event they could not afford the rebuy, as well as punish the attacker. Due to this behavior, Carebears are considered an entitled and toxic element of the community. Carebears are not to be confused with victims of Ganking or Griefing, which involves the deliberate and repeated destruction of a player's ship with the intent of provoking an emotional reaction from the victim for the attacker's personal amusement.

* '''CG:''' [[Community Goal]]. Commanders can sign up for missions and community rewards at stations that are hosting a community goal.

* '''CMDR:''' Abbreviation of Commander.

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* '''DBX:''' Short term for the [[Diamondback Explorer]].

* '''Death Flower:''' Slang for a [[Thargoid Interceptor]].

* '''DSS:''' [[Detailed Surface Scanner]].

* '''FDev:''' [[Frontier Developments]], the developers of ''Elite Dangerous''.

* '''FDL:''' Short term for the [[Fer-de-Lance]]. Could also be used to refer to [[Faulcon DeLacy]], but isn't typically used to do so.

* '''Fed:''' NPC or player allied with the [[Federation]] / the Federation itself.

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* '''Freebooter:''' A term originally said by authority vessels against a pilot caught doing an illegal action. An illegal plunderer, pillager, or invader.

* '''Friendship Drive:''' Affectionate term for the [[Frame Shift Drive]] based on the pronunciation of the Verity [[COVAS]].

* '''~~FDev~~'''~~: Frontier Developments,~~ the ~~developers of Elite Dangerous~~.

* '''FSS:''' [[Full Spectrum System Scanner]]. Most players refrain from using three S's in the abbreviation.

* '''Ganking:''' Attacking other players when the odds are greatly against the victim, i.e. they have a much less powerful ship, are new to the game, or are greatly outnumbered. If unjustified by any game mechanic such as ~~powerplay~~ or piracy, it may be considered abusive (see griefing below).

* '''Ganking:''' Attacking other players when the odds are greatly against the victim, i.e. they have a much less powerful ship, are new to the game, or are greatly outnumbered. If unjustified by any game mechanic such as Powerplay or piracy, it may be considered abusive (see griefing below).

* '''Gold Rush''': When a large number of players flock to an area to take advantage of missions that are extremely profitable and also low-risk, fast to complete, or very simple. Gold Rushes are generally not considered exploits, but are often caused by bugs or oversights, and Frontier Developments is quick to take action to end them once they are widely known. See [[Gold Rush|here]] for a list of previous Gold Rushes.

* '''Gold Rush:''' When a large number of players flock to an area to take advantage of missions that are extremely profitable and also low-risk, fast to complete, or very simple. Gold Rushes are generally not considered exploits, but are often caused by bugs or oversights, and Frontier Developments is quick to take action to end them once they are widely known. See [[Gold Rush|here]] for a list of previous Gold Rushes.

* '''Griefer:''' A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. See [[Griefers]] for more information.

* '''Grinding:''' Completing repetitive tasks many times over in order to get game rewards. Grinding is generally not considered enjoyable, and can be a criticism of game mechanics. Also can be the hallmark of a particularly determined player, however.

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* '''High Wake:''' An inter-system jump, or [[hyperspace]]; the wake left behind by a ship entering [[hyperspace]].

* '''Hot soup:''' [[Fuel]] [[Fuel Scoop|scooped]] from a [[star]].

* '''II:''' [[Interstellar Initiative]].

* '''Imp:''' An NPC or player allied with the [[Empire]] and flying an [[Empire#Faction Ships|Imperial vessel]].

* '''KGBFOAM:''' An easy-to-remember acronym for the star types that can be scooped for fuel. The galaxy map allows route filters to be applied relating to — amongst other criteria — star type.

* '''KWS:''' Short term for Kill Warrant Scanner.

* '''Letter box:''' A term for a [[station]]'s [[Access Corridor]].

* '''Lithobraking:''' ~~Bringing~~ a ship to a complete stop by colliding with a landable planet's surface, resulting in the loss of the ship. A common occurrence on high-gravity worlds.

* '''Lithobraking:''' A humorous term for bringing a ship to a complete stop by colliding with a landable planet's surface, resulting in the loss of the ship. A common and unintentional occurrence on high-gravity worlds.

* '''Loop of Shame:''' term for missing (station etc.) in supercruise, and needing to loop around to jump out

* '''LoRes or LowRes:''' A low intensity [[Resource Extraction Site]], one where pirate or hostile activity is low.

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* '''Mailslot''': Another term for a [[station]]'s [[Access Corridor]].

* '''Mass Jump:''' When a large group of ships in the same instance jumps to hyperspace at the same time. Most commonly done during player expeditions. See [[Mass Jump]].

* '''Meta:''' The metagame, the "game within a game". Originally a term from chess, it refers to advanced players making study of game mechanics to gain further advantage. See [[Engineers]].

* '''Noise Machine:''' An [[Adder]], particularly it's sounds disliked by many players.

* '''Noob Hammers:''' Refers to the long "arms" that can be present on the exterior of certain [[Coriolis]] stations. Since docking with such stations can require piloting around the rotating arms to reach the Access Corridor, inexperienced pilots have been known to collide with them.

* '''NPC:''' Non-player character. This is a broader term, coined in the early days of multiplayer games, used to describe characters that are not players, but are under computer control.

* '''o7:''' An emoticon for a salute. Used to say ~~both~~ hello ~~and~~ goodbye.

* '''o7:''' An emoticon for a salute. Used to say hello or goodbye, or offer praise or recognition.

* '''OC:''' [[Orbital Cruise|Orbital cruise]].

* '''POI:''' [[Point of interest]], typically a rocky outcrop or some other scannable or collectable item on a planet's or moon's surface. See also [[USS]], WSS, SSS.

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* '''PAC:''' Another term for [[Plasma Accelerator]].

* '''Pills:''' Short term for the [[narcotics]] commodity.

* '''PP:''' [[~~Power Play~~]]~~. A system of political organisations, one of which a commander may align themselves~~.

* '''PP:''' [[Powerplay]].

* '''PSG:''' Short term for [[Prismatic Shield Generator]].

* '''PvE and PvP:''' Player vs Environment (fighting NPCs) and Player vs Player. The distinction is necessary because both can lend themselves to radically different ship builds and playstyles.

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* '''Space madness:''' See [[Space madness]].

* '''SRV:''' [[Surface Recon Vehicle]].

* '''Suicidewinder:''' Refers to the practice of purchasing a [[Sidewinder MkI]] while storing one's original ship, then self-destructing in order to access the rebuy screen and use it to "teleport" back to one of the game's starting systems. This is usually done by players well outside the bubble who want to quickly return there for whatever reason. Once in the bubble, players will then switch to another ship or have their original ship transferred to them.

* '''Tank:''' A ship build optimised for "tanking" (absorbing) the largest possible amounts of damage. The variants are a shield tank, and a hull tank (for armour).

* '''Thirsty:''' A ship that is low on [[fuel]].

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* '''Whale:''' An [[Orca]], for the ship name originating from a whale species.

* '''Winder:''' Another short term for a Sidewinder.

* '''Railwinder: '''Slang for a Sidewinder with railguns in the hardpoint slots.

* '''Railwinder:''' Slang for a Sidewinder with railguns in the hardpoint slots.

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 * '''AFMU:''' [[Auto Field-Maintenance Unit]]
 * '''AspX:''' Abbreviation of [[Asp Explorer]].
+* '''ASPX:''' Another, incorrect abbreviation of [[Asp Explorer]]. Used by players under the misconception that the word "Asp" is an acronym ("ASP Explorer"); an Asp is another word for Viper, following the ''Elite'' series' trend of naming some ship models after snakes.
+* '''AX:''' Anti-Xeno. Used to refer to any activities or ship builds relating to combat with Thargoids.
 * '''Boiling:''' [[Silent Running]] near a star or a station orbiting close to a star.
-* '''Billionaire:''' Term traditionally used for a player that took advantage of a past major server transaction glitch which caused commodity duplicating where multiple player(s) had obtained 1,000,000,000+ [[credits]].
 * '''Board Flipping:''' The bygone practice of switching between Open/Private Group/Solo modes to force mission boards to refresh and present new missions, usually done to stack multiple missions of the same type to maximize convenience and profitability. While viewed with distaste by a segment of the community, Frontier Developments have confirmed that Board Flipping is not an exploit or violation of the game's Terms of Service. Board flipping is no longer possible since patch 3.3, as the missions change now every 15 minutes, not after relogging.
-* '''Brick:''' [[Lakon]] [[Type-6 Transporter]] ship, for it's appearance looking very similar to the shape of a brick.
+* '''Brick:''' Nickname for the [[Type-6 Transporter]] due to its brick-like appearance.
 * '''Buggy:''' [[Surface Recon Vehicle]].
+* '''Carebear:''' A player who plays in Open, but believes that other players have no right to interfere with them regardless of the circumstances. Carebears complain at length whenever their ship is destroyed by another player despite Open's primary purpose being to facilitate PvP activity, and ship destruction at the hands of another player being a well-recognized risk of playing in Open. They also often demand that Frontier Developments either reimburse them the rebuy fee or fully restore their ship and any cargo in the event they could not afford the rebuy, as well as punish the attacker. Due to this behavior, Carebears are considered an entitled and toxic element of the community. Carebears are not to be confused with victims of Ganking or Griefing, which involves the deliberate and repeated destruction of a player's ship with the intent of provoking an emotional reaction from the victim for the attacker's personal amusement.
 * '''CG:''' [[Community Goal]]. Commanders can sign up for missions and community rewards at stations that are hosting a community goal.
 * '''CMDR:''' Abbreviation of Commander.
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 * '''DBX:''' Short term for the [[Diamondback Explorer]].
 * '''Death Flower:''' Slang for a [[Thargoid Interceptor]].
+* '''DSS:''' [[Detailed Surface Scanner]].
+* '''FDev:''' [[Frontier Developments]], the developers of ''Elite Dangerous''.
 * '''FDL:''' Short term for the [[Fer-de-Lance]]. Could also be used to refer to [[Faulcon DeLacy]], but isn't typically used to do so.
 * '''Fed:''' NPC or player allied with the [[Federation]] / the Federation itself.
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 * '''Freebooter:''' A term originally said by authority vessels against a pilot caught doing an illegal action. An illegal plunderer, pillager, or invader.
 * '''Friendship Drive:''' Affectionate term for the [[Frame Shift Drive]] based on the pronunciation of the Verity [[COVAS]].
-* '''FDev''': Frontier Developments, the developers of Elite Dangerous.
+* '''FSS:''' [[Full Spectrum System Scanner]]. Most players refrain from using three S's in the abbreviation.
-* '''Ganking:''' Attacking other players when the odds are greatly against the victim, i.e. they have a much less powerful ship, are new to the game, or are greatly outnumbered. If unjustified by any game mechanic such as powerplay or piracy, it may be considered abusive (see griefing below).
+* '''Ganking:''' Attacking other players when the odds are greatly against the victim, i.e. they have a much less powerful ship, are new to the game, or are greatly outnumbered. If unjustified by any game mechanic such as Powerplay or piracy, it may be considered abusive (see griefing below).
-* '''Gold Rush''': When a large number of players flock to an area to take advantage of missions that are extremely profitable and also low-risk, fast to complete, or very simple. Gold Rushes are generally not considered exploits, but are often caused by bugs or oversights, and Frontier Developments is quick to take action to end them once they are widely known. See [[Gold Rush|here]] for a list of previous Gold Rushes.
+* '''Gold Rush:''' When a large number of players flock to an area to take advantage of missions that are extremely profitable and also low-risk, fast to complete, or very simple. Gold Rushes are generally not considered exploits, but are often caused by bugs or oversights, and Frontier Developments is quick to take action to end them once they are widely known. See [[Gold Rush|here]] for a list of previous Gold Rushes.
 * '''Griefer:''' A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. See [[Griefers]] for more information.
 * '''Grinding:''' Completing repetitive tasks many times over in order to get game rewards. Grinding is generally not considered enjoyable, and can be a criticism of game mechanics. Also can be the hallmark of a particularly determined player, however.
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 * '''High Wake:''' An inter-system jump, or [[hyperspace]]; the wake left behind by a ship entering [[hyperspace]].
 * '''Hot soup:''' [[Fuel]] [[Fuel Scoop|scooped]] from a [[star]].
+* '''II:''' [[Interstellar Initiative]].
 * '''Imp:''' An NPC or player allied with the [[Empire]] and flying an [[Empire#Faction Ships|Imperial vessel]].
 * '''KGBFOAM:''' An easy-to-remember acronym for the star types that can be scooped for fuel. The galaxy map allows route filters to be applied relating to — amongst other criteria — star type.
 * '''KWS:''' Short term for Kill Warrant Scanner.
 * '''Letter box:''' A term for a [[station]]'s [[Access Corridor]].
-* '''Lithobraking:''' Bringing a ship to a complete stop by colliding with a landable planet's surface, resulting in the loss of the ship. A common occurrence on high-gravity worlds.
+* '''Lithobraking:''' A humorous term for bringing a ship to a complete stop by colliding with a landable planet's surface, resulting in the loss of the ship. A common and unintentional occurrence on high-gravity worlds.
 * '''Loop of Shame:''' term for missing (station etc.) in supercruise, and needing to loop around to jump out
 * '''LoRes or LowRes:''' A low intensity [[Resource Extraction Site]], one where pirate or hostile activity is low.
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 * '''Mailslot''': Another term for a [[station]]'s [[Access Corridor]].
 * '''Mass Jump:''' When a large group of ships in the same instance jumps to hyperspace at the same time. Most commonly done during player expeditions. See [[Mass Jump]].
 * '''Meta:''' The metagame, the "game within a game". Originally a term from chess, it refers to advanced players making study of game mechanics to gain further advantage. See [[Engineers]].
 * '''Noise Machine:''' An [[Adder]], particularly it's sounds disliked by many players.
 * '''Noob Hammers:''' Refers to the long "arms" that can be present on the exterior of certain [[Coriolis]] stations. Since docking with such stations can require piloting around the rotating arms to reach the Access Corridor, inexperienced pilots have been known to collide with them.
 * '''NPC:''' Non-player character. This is a broader term, coined in the early days of multiplayer games, used to describe characters that are not players, but are under computer control.
-* '''o7:''' An emoticon for a salute. Used to say both hello and goodbye.
+* '''o7:''' An emoticon for a salute. Used to say hello or goodbye, or offer praise or recognition.
 * '''OC:''' [[Orbital Cruise|Orbital cruise]].
 * '''POI:''' [[Point of interest]], typically a rocky outcrop or some other scannable or collectable item on a planet's or moon's surface. See also [[USS]], WSS, SSS.
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 * '''PAC:''' Another term for [[Plasma Accelerator]].
 * '''Pills:''' Short term for the [[narcotics]] commodity.
-* '''PP:''' [[Power Play]]. A system of political organisations, one of which a commander may align themselves.
+* '''PP:''' [[Powerplay]].
 * '''PSG:''' Short term for [[Prismatic Shield Generator]].
 * '''PvE and PvP:''' Player vs Environment (fighting NPCs) and Player vs Player. The distinction is necessary because both can lend themselves to radically different ship builds and playstyles.
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 * '''Space madness:''' See [[Space madness]].
 * '''SRV:''' [[Surface Recon Vehicle]].
+* '''Suicidewinder:''' Refers to the practice of purchasing a [[Sidewinder MkI]] while storing one's original ship, then self-destructing in order to access the rebuy screen and use it to "teleport" back to one of the game's starting systems. This is usually done by players well outside the bubble who want to quickly return there for whatever reason. Once in the bubble, players will then switch to another ship or have their original ship transferred to them.
 * '''Tank:''' A ship build optimised for "tanking" (absorbing) the largest possible amounts of damage. The variants are a shield tank, and a hull tank (for armour).
 * '''Thirsty:''' A ship that is low on [[fuel]].
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 * '''Whale:''' An [[Orca]], for the ship name originating from a whale species.
 * '''Winder:''' Another short term for a Sidewinder.
-* '''Railwinder: '''Slang for a Sidewinder with railguns in the hardpoint slots.
+* '''Railwinder:''' Slang for a Sidewinder with railguns in the hardpoint slots.
 [[Category:Guides]]

Acronyms & Slang: Difference between revisions

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