The COMM button is in the lower right corner in Scanner.
Many acronyms and abbreviations are used in Ingress communities.
Acronyms and Abbreviations[]
- ADA
- ADA Refactor
: the weapon, or ADA the character - AP
- Access Points (AP): analogous to XP (experience points) in some games
- AXA
- Old name for the Aegis Shield
- CMU
- Chaotic Matter Units (
CMU), a currency that can be bought for real money - COMM
- Communications: In-Scanner chat and notification feature
- ENL
- Enlightened
: the faction - FA
- Force Amp : defensive Portal Mod
- FC
- Faction Change, the act of swapping an Agent's faction
- FR
- Fully Redeemed, an error message given when a Passcode has been used up and is no longer valid for anyone
- HS
- Heat Sink : Portal Mod allowing more frequent hacks
- IGN
- In-Scanner Name, your Ingress Agent username
- LA
- Link Amp : Portal Mod for increasing linking range
- MD
- Mission Day: a kind of Ingress event for doing Missions
- MH
- Multi-Hack : Portal Mod giving more hacks
- MU
- Mind Unit (MU): a scoring method of Control Field's influence
- MUFG
- Old name for the Quantum Capsule
- NIA
- Niantic: the creators of Ingress
- OPR
- Operation Portal Recon: reviewing tool for Portal submissions
- PC (PC1 ... PC8)
- Power Cube (Level 1 - Level 8): item for replenishing XM (energy) reserves
- R1 ... R8
- Resonator (Level 1 - Level 8): the item for deploying Portals
- RES
- Resistance : the faction
- RHS
- Rare Heat Sink: Portal Mod
- RMH
- Rare Multi-Hack: Portal Mod
- RSH
- Rare Portal Shield: defensive Portal Mod
- SBUL
- SoftBank Ultra Link: Portal Mod giving extra outbound Links and Link range
- TG
- Telegram, a chat application popular among Ingress Agents in some countries
- US (US1 ... US8)
- Ultra Strike (Level 1 - Level 8): the weapon
- VR
- Very Rare items
- VRHS
- Very Rare Heat Sink: Portal Mod
- VRMH
- Very Rare Multi-Hack: Portal Mod
- VRSH
- Very Rare Portal Shield: defensive Portal Mod
- XF
- Cross-faction: cooperation and communication between two factions
- X1 ... X8
- XMP Burster (Level 1 - Level 8): the primary weapon item
- XM
- Exotic Matter (XM): the "energy" required to perform in-Scanner actions
- XMP
- XMP Burster : the primary weapon item
