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January 08, 2008
SL Glossary
This is a small collection of terms that have come up as questions during the Brown Bag meetings.
Other (richer) glossaries are available:
* Second Life Wiki: Glossary: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Glossary
* Puritan's Guide to Second Life: Must Know Second Life Vocabulary: http://puritansguidetosecondlife.blogspot.com/2007/03/must-know-second-life-vocabulary.html
TERMS:
brb - be right back
griefing - harassment or unpleasant behavior that may target an individual avatar personally, or a group, or a location (SIM)
HUD - head's up display
moddable - able to be modified
newbies - people who are new to Second Life
noobs / n00bs - people who are new to Second Life
perms - permissions, settings that determine how the item can be used by owners other than the original creator
prim - short for primitive, the basic building unit used to construct the shapes of everything from plants and animals to clothes
SL - Second Life
SLUM - Second Life at the University of Michigan
wb - Welcome back
Posted by pfa at January 8, 2008 02:56 PM