Glossary/C

C

Camp 

(slang) A gang of players waiting for the purpose of attacking passersby and/or war targets.

Can 

(slang) A cargo container in space.

Can Tipping 

(slang) The process of stealing the contents of targeted user's cargo canister, jettisoning the now stolen items into a new cargo canister, with the hope that the targeted user will remove the contents of the new canister, thus stealing from the user and allowing combat to occur without the presence of CONCORD.

Cane 

(abbr.) A Hurricane battlecruiser.

Cap

1. (abbr.) Capacitor.

2. (slang) To capture a factional warfare complex.

Capital Ship Components 

The nineteen components utilized in the construction of capital and super-capital ships.

Caps 

(abbr.) Capital size ships.

Capstab

1. (abbr.) Capacitor stability.

2. (slang) A "cap stab" ship is one in which the power demands of your modules will not exceed your capacitor's recharge rate, when all of your ship's fitted modules are operating.

Cargo Expander 

Expanded cargoholds and variations.

Carebear 

(slang, pejorative) Players who avoid PvP combat.

Cerb 

(abbr.) A cerberus heavy assault cruiser.

CCC

1. (initial) Capacitor control circuit. An energy grid rig.

2. A chat message indicating that the character has generated a cynosural field and that capital or other jump-capable ships should jump to the field.

CCP 

(initial) Crowd Control Productions. The creators of EVE Online.

CEO 

(initial) Chief Executive Officer, the person in charge of a Player Corporation.

CJ 

(initial) Clone jump.

Cloaky 

(slang) A ship fitted with a cloak.

Clone 

A pilot's body, either in use or in storage somewhere in the EVE universe.

Clone Jump 

The process of moving from one clone to another.

CN 

(initial) The Caldari Navy NPC corporation.

CNR 

(initial) Caldari Navy Raven. A Raven Navy Issue.

Component 

An intermediate material created from commonly accessible materials and utilized in the manufacturing of advanced or large scale items.

CONCORD 

The NPC police force of New Eden who responds to criminal acts committed in 1.0 to 0.5 security space.

CONCORDED 

(slang) The condition of losing a ship to CONCORD.

CONCORDOKKEN 

(slang) An extreme example of losing a ship to CONCORD. Made popular in this video by The Riz.

Construction Component 

An advanced component utilized in the construction of tech II ships.

Copy 

(abbr.) A blueprint copy.

Copy Slot 

An activity slot that may only be used for the copying activity.

Corp 

(abbr.) Corporation.

Corporation

1. A player created corporation which players may join.

2. An NPC member corporation of a larger NPC faction.

Corporation Slot 

An activity slot provided by a corporation owned startbase structure or outpost.

CRC 

(initial) Communications Relay Commission (Forum Moderators). Formerly part of the ISD.

Cruises 

(abbr.) Cruise Missile Launchers and variations.

CS 

(initial) A Command Ship class ship.

CSM 

(initial) Council of Stellar Management.

Customs 

The faction NPC ships around stargates that enforce cargo legality, standings, and related penalties.

Cyno 

1. (abbr.) A cynosural field.

2. (abbr.) A Cynosural Field Generator.

Cynosural Field 

The field generated by a cynosural field generator used as a destination for jump drives.

Cyno Ship 

(slang) A ship used for the generation of cynosural fields.