What are the meanings of most common abbreviations in Ingress?

Solution 1:

All the abbreviations follow simple rules taking into account the Rarity, Level and Name of an item or thing it represents.

Items

  • R - Resonator

  • X, XMP - Burster

  • C, PC - Power Cube

  • U, US - Ultrastrike

  • MUFG - MUFG Capsule

  • LPC - Lawson Power Cube

  • Usage: 100XMP6 - 100 level 6 Bursters

Mods

3 Types of Rarity

  • C - Common
  • R - Rare
  • VR - Very Rare

Mod types

  • S - Shield, AXA - AXA Shield

  • HS - Heat Sink

  • MH - Multi-Hack

  • LA - Link Amp

  • FA - Force Amp

  • T, TU - Turret

  • UL, SB - SoftBank Ultra Link

  • Usage: CMH / RMH / VRMH = Common / Rare / Very Rare Multi-Hack

Miscellaneous

  • L4 - Level 4

  • A8, AL8 - (Agent) access level 8

  • P8 - Portal level 8

  • F8 - Farm of level 8 portals (What is Farm?)

  • LTP - Long Time/Term Portal (Guardian)

  • ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival

  • F2F - Face to Face

  • HO - Hangout (G+ talk)

  • Usage: "1A8 missing for F8" or "1R8 missing for F8"
    meaning that 1 Resonator lvl 8 is missing at a farm to make lvl 8 Portals.

  • ENL - Enlightened

  • RES - Resistance

  • Usage: "Someone go destroy that ENL F8 in centrum."
    We had 20P8 with RMH, VRS and Turrets at fully linked F8.