Glossary

The EVE Online terms this site uses, in plain English. Hover or tap a dotted term anywhere on the site for a short version.

Combat

DPS: Damage per second. How hard something hits over time.
Alpha: The damage from a single volley, all at once.
EHP: Effective hit points: how much raw damage a ship or NPC can absorb once its resistances are counted. Bigger means it takes longer to kill.
Tank: A ship's ability to survive damage, by buffer (more hit points) or by repairing faster than it is hit.
Neut (GJ/s): An energy neutraliser drains your capacitor, which powers your modules. GJ/s is how fast.
Scram: Warp scrambler. Stops you warping away, and switches off a microwarpdrive.
Web: Stasis webifier. Slows your ship down.
Remote reps: NPCs that repair each other. Kill the repairers first or the others will not die.
Trigger: The NPC whose death spawns the next wave. Leave it alive until you are ready.

J-space, J-code: Wormhole space: systems with no stargates, named J followed by six digits (for example J100001).
C1 to C6: Wormhole class. Higher classes have tougher sites and better rewards. C13 is shattered, frigate-only space; C14 to C18 are the Drifter systems.
Static: A wormhole connection a system always has. When it collapses, a new one of the same type appears.
K162: The exit side of any wormhole. It takes the destination, mass and lifetime of the hole on the other side.
Rolling: Deliberately collapsing a wormhole by flying mass through it. See the rolling calculator.
Sleepers: The NPCs that guard wormhole sites.
Blue loot: Sleeper salvage that sells to NPC buy orders at fixed prices, so its value does not move with the market.

Anomaly: A site that shows on your probe scanner straight away, no scanning needed.
Signature: A site you have to scan down with probes before you can warp to it.
m³: Cubic metres, EVE's measure of cargo volume. Gas and ore are bulky, so hold size in m³ decides how much you carry.
Gas cloud scoop / harvester: The modules that harvest gas. Scoops fit ships with turret hardpoints; harvesters fit mining barges and exhumers.
Fullerite, Cytoserocin, Mykoserocin: The three families of gas: Fullerite from wormhole reservoirs, Cytoserocin and Mykoserocin from nebulae in known space.

ISK: EVE's currency.
LP: Loyalty points, earned from faction warfare and missions and spent in a faction's store.
FW: Faction warfare: the four empires' permanent war over low security systems.
Jita buy / sell: Jita is the main trade hub. Selling to a buy order is instant but pays less; listing a sell order pays more if you can wait.
Alpha / Omega: Free and subscribed accounts. Alphas train fewer skills and only one can be logged in at a time.

A: ESI-derived / official: Derived from EVE's live public API (ESI) or official developer documentation.
B: Community-corroborated: At least two independent community sources agree.
C: Single-source / unverified: One source only, or known-stale. Treat with caution.
V: Verified on camera: Run and recorded by Down the Chain; linked to the episode.

The full rules are on the methodology page.