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This is a glossary of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations in Star Citizen. Key sections include 0-1, A, and B.

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This is a glossary of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations in Star Citizen.

0-1

  • 07 - Salute, normally o7
  • 30k - 30k error
  • 9T - Nine Tails

A

  • A18 - Area18
  • AC - Arena Commander
  • ADS - Aim Down Sight
  • AFK - Away from Keyboard
  • AG - Auto Gimbal
  • AP - Armor-Piercing
  • ASOP - Automated Ship Organization Program
  • ATC - Air Traffic Control
  • ATLS - Assisted Transport and Loading System
  • ATV - Around the Verse
  • AU - Astronomical Unit
  • aUEC - Alpha United Earth Credit

B

  • BDSSE - Best Damn Space Sim Ever
  • BMM - Banu Merchantman
  • BP - Baijini Point, or Blueprint
  • BTR - Buggy Track Racing
  • BUK - Battlefield Upgrade Kit

C

  • CC - Citizen Card
  • CDF - Civilian Defense Force
  • CFP - Citizens for Prosperity
  • CI / CIG - Cloud Imperium Games, sometimes Cloud Imperium
  • CIWS - Close-In Weapon System
  • CR - Chris Roberts
  • CRU - Crusader
  • CCU - Cross Chassis Upgrade
  • CS - CrimeStat or Cross-Section (signature)
  • CSE - Central Standard Earth Time
  • CO / CNOU - Consolidated Outland

D

  • DAU - Daily Active Users, see player count
  • DOAS - Death Of A Spaceman
  • DPS - Damage Per Second
  • DSM - Dynamic Server Meshing
  • DGS - Dedicated Gaming Server

E

  • ECN - Emergency Communication Network
  • EEP - Eastern Expansion Program
  • EH - Everus Harbor
  • EM - Electromagnetic
  • EMP - Electromagnetic pulse
  • EMU - Extravehicular Mobility Unit
  • EPTU - Experimental Public Test Universe
  • ESP - Enhanced Stick Precision
  • EVA - Extravehicular Activity
  • EVO - Evocati

F

  • FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
  • FF - Free Fly
  • F&F - Fire and Forget, for missiles
  • FOIP - Face Over Internet Protocol
  • FPS -First-person shooter, or Frames per second, or Feet per second
  • FTC - For the Chairman
  • FW - Fleet Week, incorrect naming of Invictus Launch Week

G

  • GH - Grim HEX
  • GIB - Give
  • GLHF - Good Luck Have Fun
  • GM - Geodesic Marker, or Gigameter. A unit of length or distance in the metric system that equals to 1,000,000 kilometers.

H

  • HAB - Habitation Unit
  • HC- Hardcore
  • HE - High Explosive
  • HDMS - Hurston Dynamics Mining Station
  • HH - Hammerhead
  • HOSAS - Hands on Stick and Stick
  • HOTAS - Hands on Throttle and Stick
  • HUD - Heads-Up Display

I

  • IAE - Intergalactic Aerospace Expo
  • IC - Issue Council
  • ICU - Intensive Care Unit
  • IFCS - Intelligent Flight Control System
  • IFW - Invictus Fleet Week
  • IG - In game
  • IJTS - Is Jump Town Safe
  • ILW - Invictus Launch Week
  • INB - Imperial Naval Base
  • INS - Inertial Navigation System
  • IR - Infrared
  • IRL - In Real Life
  • ISC - Inside Star Citizen
  • ITTS - Improved Target Tracking System

J

  • JP - Jump Point, sometimes Jump Point magazine.
  • JT - Jumptown

K

  • KRF - Klescher Rehabilitation Facility

L

  • LAMP - Light Amplification System
  • LOS - Line-of-Sight
  • LP - Lagrange Point
  • LTI - Lifetime Insurance
  • LZ - Landing Zone

M

  • MFD - Multifunctional Display
  • MISC - Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern
  • MM - Megameter. A unit of length or distance in the metric system that equals to 1,000 kilometers.
  • MOLE - Multi-Operator Laser Extractor
  • MPUV - Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicle
  • MSR - Mercury Star Runner
  • MT - MicroTech (planet)
  • MTD - Meet the Devs

N

  • N/A - Not Applicable
  • NB - New Babbage
  • NDA - Non Disclosure Agreement, in regards to evocati, PTU or developers
  • NPC - Non-player character / Non-playable character
  • NT - Nine Tails

O

  • O7 / o7 - salute, the o is the head and the 7 is the hand doing a military salute
  • OLP - Orbital Laser Platform
  • OM-1 / OM-2 / OM-3... - Orbital Marker
  • OP - Original Poster or Overpowered
  • ORG - Organization
  • OCS - Object Container Streaming. Allows the game to dynamically bind/unbind entities via the streaming system.

P

  • P2W - Pay to Win
  • PES - Persistent Entity Streaming
  • PK - Player Killer
  • PMA - Personal Manager App
  • POI - Point of Interest
  • PO - Port Olisar
  • POV - Point Of View
  • PTV - Personal Transport Vehicle
  • PvA - Player vs All
  • PvE - Player vs Environment
  • PvP - Player vs Player
  • PT - Port Tressler
  • PTT - Push-to-Talk
  • PTU - Public Test Universe
  • PU - Persistent Universe

Q

  • QA - Quality Assurance
  • QD - Quantum Drive
  • QED - Quantum Enforcement Device
  • QoL -Quality of Life
  • QF - Quantum Fuel
  • QT - Quantum Travel

R

  • RAFT - Reinforced Advanced Freight Transport
  • REC - Rental Equipment Credits
  • RL - Replication Layer
  • RIO - Radar Intercept Officer
  • ROC - Remote Ore Collector
  • ROC-DS - Remote Ore Collector – Dual Seat
  • ROF - Rate of Fire
  • RSI - Roberts Space Industries in lore or Roberts Space Industries publisher or Roberts Space Industries website
  • RSVP - Répondez s'il vous plaît (meaning respond, if you please)
  • RM - Roadmap
  • RMC - Recycled Material Composite
  • RMQ - Replication message queue. How the replication layer communicates information between the shards in preparation for handling server meshing.
  • RMT - Real Money Trading, sometimes Rear Market Trading or Real Money Transations, refers to grey market trading
  • RP - Roleplay
  • R&R - Rest & Relax

S

  • S42 - Squadron 42
  • SC - Star Citizen
  • SCU - Standard Cargo Unit
  • SCM - Space Combat Maneuvering
  • SED - Standard Earth Day
  • SEH - Standard Earth Hour
  • SEY - Standard Earth Year
  • SET - Standard Earth Time
  • SHI - Standard Hull Insurance
  • SM - Server Meshing or Star Marine
  • Snub - "Snub" ships entirely dependent on a parent ship to operate across extended areas. Also known as "parasite craft".
  • SPK - Security Post Kareah
  • SQ42 - Squadron 42
  • Sub - Subscriber or Subscription
  • SOCS - Side Object Container Streaming
  • SSOCS - Server Side Object Container Streaming
  • SRV - Standard Recovery Vehicle
  • STV - Sport Terrain Vehicle
  • S1 / S2 / S3... - Size 1 / Size 2 / Size 3

T

  • TDD - Trade & Development Division
  • TOW - Theaters of War
  • TTK - Time to Kill
  • TVI - Total Velocity Indicator

U

  • UEC - United Earth Credit
  • UEE - United Empire of Earth
  • UEEN - United Empire of Earth Navy
  • UGF - Underground Facility (e.g. Bunkers)
  • UI - User Interface
  • UNE - United Nations of Earth
  • UPE - United Planets of Earth

V

  • VDU - Video Display Unit
  • VMA - Vehicle Manager App
  • VTOL - Vertical Take-Off and Landing

W

  • WC - Wing Commander rank, sometimes Wing Commander games.
  • Whale - player who spent a lot of cash
  • WTB - Want to Buy
  • WTR - Want to Rent
  • WTS - Want to Sell
  • WTT - Want to Trade

X

  • XT - XenoThreat

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