Difference between revisions of "Glossary"

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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]]
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*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.
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*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]]:
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 16 August 2010