Pvt

In online chat, pvt is short for "private." This abbreviation is most often used to suggest chatting or meeting in private.

For example, a chatter who has struck up a sparkling conversation with another chatter in a public chatroom may suggest the pair take their conversation pvt, to avoid the "noise" generated by others. Pvt chat is often conducted via DM, so chatters may have to "friend" or otherwise connect with each other before they can chat in pvt.

A head to head matchup between a Protoss player and a Terran player in StarCraft; can sometimes be seen in gaming forums or in the title of StarCraft replay videos.