Types of tanking simplified
1. Active Shield tanking: Tanking by hardening the shields and using a shield booster.
2. Passive shield tanking: Hardening the shields and increasing the amount of natural shield regen.
3. Armor tanking: Like shield tanking but hardening your armor resists and adding a armor repper.
4. Station tanking: I ain't undockin for $%&@
5. Log tanking: Alt-F4 or Ctrl-Q
6. Speed tanking: For the crack monkeys who like to fly faster than you can track. (don't laugh it works)
7. Hull Tanking: Let me know when you try this so I can bring my salvager.
8. Buddy tanking: Flying a cheaper ship so your not primaried.
9. Gank tank: Doing more raw damage than your opponant and killing him first.
10. ISK tanking: Take my money but PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!
11. Pod tanking: When all of the above fails.