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o7 – Commander salute​

Elite Dangerous Acronyms(My humble attempt at a UEDAG lol)​

5C - Fifth column (A group of people who undermine a larger group from within)​

84 - 1984 - year when original Elite was released; also “Class of 84” - players of the original game)​

ADS - Advanced Discovery Scanner (All the System)​

AFAIK - As far as I know​

AFM - Automatic field Maintenance​

AI - Artificial intelligence (Non Human intelligence)​

API - Application Program Interface​

ATR - Advanced Tactical Responders (heavily armed security ships)​

AU - Astronomical Unit (distance Earth to Sun aka 149,597,870,700 meters)​

AW - Ammonia world​

AX - Anti Xeno (Describes technology used against Thargoids)​

BBC/Beeb -Refers to the BBC Micro computer that the original 1980's Elite ran on​

BDS - Basic Discovery Scanner (500 LS)​

BGS/ - Background Simulation​

BH - Black hole​

Binding - Mapping a key to a specific role​

Breadbin - 1990s/2000s nickname to DB​

BSR - Brave Sir Robin (jumping or frameshifting away from a fight)​

Buff - Improve/strengthen​

c - The speed of light; used in super cruise speed read outs (e.g. 0.11c, 25.6c)​

CBE/COBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire​

CC - Command Capital​

CG - Community Goal​

Clean - wanted status (in that jurisdiction)​

CMDR - Commander​

Conda - Anaconda abbreviation​

CTD - Crash To Desktop (The game crashes, raise a ticket commander!)​

CQC - Close Quarter Combat or Championship​

Cx - Class X of weapons. X that can be 1,2,3 etc.​

CxF - Class X Fixed of weapons. X that can be 1,2,3 etc.​

CZ - Combat or Conflict Zone​

DB - David Braben - creator ED & co-author original Elite​

DBE/DBX - Diamondback Explorer​

DBOBE - David Braben Officer of the Order of the British Empire​

DBS - Diamondback Scout​

DDA - Design Discussion Archive (Seehttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=36)​

DDF - Design Discussion Forum (Forum for game design discussions)​

Devs/FDevs - Frontier Developments PLC or staff at Frontier​

Diso - a system in the old worlds (famous for being in the earlier games)​

Disco Scanner - Discovery Scanner (Basic, Intermediate or Advanced)​

Dockered - landing pad reassigned​

DPS - Damage per second​

DSS - Detailed surface scanner (used during exploration)​

ED - Elite Dangerous​

Elite 4 - Specualted name for ED since 1990s​

ELP - Earth like planet​

ELW - Earth like world​

EMP - Electromagnetic pulse (EMP interference is generally disruptive or damaging to electronic equipment - UP's can disable your entire ship for a number of seconds)​

FA - Flight assist.(When switched on your ship will fly like a plane on planet Earth)​

FAO - Flight assist off. (Your ship will fly like a ship in space, each thruster acts separately)​

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions (Really?)​

FD - Frontier Developments (Founded by DB to continue development of Elite)​

FDL - Fer-de-lance​

FE2 - Frontier Elite 2​

FEF - Fantastic Elite Fiction​

FFE - Frontier First Encounters​

Freeagle - The free eagle Mercenary Edition owners receive in game​

FOV/FoV - Field of view​

Fracking - Flight rig assist constant kinetics (my attempt at rapid FA on/off adjustments)lol​

FSD - Frame Shift Drive (engine used for super cruising)​

FTL - Faster Than Light (To go faster than the speed of light) >671 million miles per hour​

Game Modes - Solo, open, or group​

GPP - Game Preview Program (for Xbox One)​

Griefed - NPC shot me in CZ​

GUI - Graphical User Interface​

HD - High definition​

HH - Happy Hello (to say an even friendlier hello than a wing waggle by opening your​

cargo scoop at someone.)​

HOTAS - Hands on throttle and stick (joystick and throttle controls set-up)​

HUD - Heads Up Display (Graphic like your target recital for example)​

IDS - Intermediate Discovery Scanner (1,000 LS)​

IF - Interstellar Factor for bounties​

IMO - In my opinion​

IMHO - In my humble opinion​

Interdict - Intercept/stop - describes when another ship pulls you out of super cruise​

Ironman - A derivative game where a player must delete their save on character death.​

Jonty - perform some sort of upgrade​

Kylie - 1000/kilo light year​

KLY - Kilo-lightyear​

KM or K/M - Keyboard & Mouse controls, sometimes used as Km​

Km - Kilometer - 1,000 meters​

KWS - Kill warrant scanner​

LHH - Last Homely Home​

LS - distance Light travels in one second or Light Speed (299,792.458km)​

LSB - Long Standing Bug​

LY - distance light travels in one year (9.4605284 × 1012km)​

m - meter smallest unit of measure in ED​

MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire​

MC - MultiCrew or Metallic Crystals or Multi-cannon​

Mm -Megameter - 1,000,000 meters​

MMO - Massively Multiplayer Online (game played online with by humans at the same time)​

Mobius - Most populated group in ED​

NAV Beacon - A waypoint near a sun in core space​

Nebula - A cloud of gas and dust located in outer space​

Nerf - To weaken or reduce effectiveness​

Noob - New and / or inexperienced player​

NPC - non player character​

OBE - Officer in the Order of the British Empire or Order of the British Empire​

OO- Obsidian Orbital​

OP - Original Post (person or entry) OR Over-powered​

OTOH - On the other hand​

Parsec - 3.26 light years​

PB - Premium Beta​

PB1 - Premium Beta 1​

PB2 - Premium Beta 2​

PBF - Private (or Players) Backers forum​

PC - player character​

Permit - Authorization to visit a specific, and otherwise restricted, system​

PG - Private group or Procedural generation (way to create game content algorithmically)​

Pip - unit of power to distribute to your systems​

POV/PoV - Point of view​

PP - Powerplay (1.3 release)​

PvE - Player vs. Environment​

PvP - Player vs. Player​

PWF - Player Writer Forum (hidden from almost everyone)​

PwP - Player WITH Player (ultimate antidote to PvP)​

RES/RSS - Resouce extraction site (May be high or low intensity)​

RNG - Random number generator​

Sag A*/Sgr A* - Sagittarius A* (Pronounced Sagittarius A star)​

SCB - Shield Cell Bank​

SB - Shield Booster or Standard Beta​

SC - Super cruise (FTL made possible by warping space around your ship)​

Sidey - Sidewinder​

Slopey - Forum moderator and author of BPC Market tool.​

(Seehttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=76081)​

SMBH - Super massive black hole​

SOL - The name of both our sun and our solar system​

SP - Single player​

SRV - Surface Recon Vehicle​

SSS - Strong signal source​

Toast Rack - The metal frame work around the entrance to a station.​

T6 - Type-6 Transport​

T7 - Type-7 Transport​

T9 - Type-9 Heavy Transport​

TC/TFC - Terraformable candidate​

Thargoid - Alien race expected in a future release (They are here!)​

Thrudds - Reference to a third party on-line trade tool. (Seehttp://elitetradingtool.co.uk/)​

TLB - Target Lock Breaker (Special Effect for Plasma Accelerators)​

TLDR - Too long, didn’t read (reply to long post or if OP too long summarize in TLDR area)​

UA - Unknown Artefact (Alien tech, scans your ship and causes damage if carried without cargo hold upgrade)​

UEDAG - Ultimate Elite Dangerous Acronym Guide (this is my attempt lol)​

UI - User Interface (panels)​

UP - Unknown Probe (Alien Tech, using a discovery scanner causes probe to EMP your ship which lasts around 10 seconds)​

USS - Unidentified signal source​

VA - Voice Attack. (A way of controlling your ship through spoken commands.)​

VR - Virtual reality​

Wanted - An outstanding bounty is attached to the player in question​

Witchspace - The tunnel of hyperspace in which you travel between stars​

Wings - (1.2 release)​

WSS - Weak signal source​

WW - Water world​

WWag - Wing Waggle (Tipping wings up and down a few times to wave hello)​

WZ - War zone (see CZ)​

YT - YouTube​

NEW Section

As I browse through the forums I sometimes stumble across a new acronym and have to figure out what it means, so I'm sure it's a steep learning curve for newcomers.Well fret no more, here is the ultimate acronym guide in all its glory, I will keep it up to date and with the help of the community will keep it complete!List to be sorted and updated soonSalt or Salty - When someone is not happy about something they can be called saltyGitGud - Meaning 'Get Good' used against comments that suggest something is too difficult - Example: Docking is too Hard! - GitGud commander, practice!High Wake - Jump to hyperspaceLow Wake - Jump to supercruiseImp - Imperial (only perjorative if spoken by a Fed)Fed - Federal (only perjorative if spoken by an Imp)Buckyballing - Travelling like a Buckyball racer (Starting each jump right as the cooldown from the previous jump ends, taking 44-45 seconds per jump)Heat Damage - The inevitable consequence of Buckyballing, especially in a slow-scooping shipBask - show proper respect and admiration for Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval. Alternately, to willfully endure heat damage while Buckyballing, especially in a Gutamaya ship. The Imperial Courier is particularly notorious for basking in this sense.Sadge - Buckyballer slang for Sagittarius A*Discoconda - Old school slang for an Anaconda with beam laser turrets (I always thought it should be "Disconda", myself)Lithobraking - Buckyballer slang for intentionally scraping the inside of the mailslot or some other surface to rapidly scrub speed, usually when speed docking.Gravity Brake - (also grav brake, planet brake) = Technique of using a planet's gravity well to decelerate yourself rapidly on supercruise approach to a station.Frag - Fragmentation CannonReverski - A combat tactic in which a pilot flies backwards to keep his enemy in front of his guns (a bit oversimplified, but...)Rat Signal - a call to the Fuel Rats for help when you didn't remember OBAFGKM-------------------------------------------That's it so far, please help with additions, better descriptions and corrections. Also thanks go to Riochat for the awesome update and Rankaze fot the Slag section suggestion.Fly Safe!Nutter