Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
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Special terms used in [[Second Life]], in alphabetical order: | Special terms used in [[Second Life]], in alphabetical order: | ||
| − | *Artificial Intelligence (AI): while Artificial Intelligence generally means the science of simulating human intelligence with computers, in [[Second Life]] an "AI" often means a specific simulated intelligence, in other words a | + | *Artificial Intelligence (AI): while Artificial Intelligence generally means the science of simulating human intelligence with computers, in [[Second Life]] an "AI" often means a specific simulated intelligence, in other words a Bot (robot) or Non-Playing-Character |
*[[Alt]]: | *[[Alt]]: | ||
*[[Avatar]]: your persona in Second Life, as represented by the physical person, animal or other character seen by the other users of the system | *[[Avatar]]: your persona in Second Life, as represented by the physical person, animal or other character seen by the other users of the system | ||
| − | * | + | *Bot: |
*Calling card | *Calling card | ||
*[[Chat]]: text chat | *[[Chat]]: text chat | ||
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*[[Instant Message]] (IM) : private text message sent to an individual or a group | *[[Instant Message]] (IM) : private text message sent to an individual or a group | ||
*[[Inworld]]: | *[[Inworld]]: | ||
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*Linden Lab: the company that owns and runs Second Life | *Linden Lab: the company that owns and runs Second Life | ||
*Lindens: the term "The Lindens" refers to the collective group of Linden Lab employees, whose [[Inworld]] characters all have the last name "Linden" | *Lindens: the term "The Lindens" refers to the collective group of Linden Lab employees, whose [[Inworld]] characters all have the last name "Linden" | ||
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*Real Life (RL): the real world, as opposed to the simulated reality of [[Second Life]] | *Real Life (RL): the real world, as opposed to the simulated reality of [[Second Life]] | ||
*Region: each computer runs a bit of the world, which is known as a region - the region name is shown in the top bar. | *Region: each computer runs a bit of the world, which is known as a region - the region name is shown in the top bar. | ||
| − | * | + | *Resident: this term refers to any user of Second Life, considered as a user of the system, rather than as simply a three-dimensional representation or [[Avatar]] |
| − | * | + | *Sim: the computer running a region is called a “sim”, short for “simulator”. Most servers on the grid are pretty powerful, so they usually run several “sims” at the same time. There currently are about three thousand sims overall. |
*[[World]]: | *[[World]]: | ||
[[Category:Possibly relevant]] | [[Category:Possibly relevant]] | ||
