a creature, a unique specie you can find in Sega's Sonic Adventure, you can interact with them in the game or using a VMU

A Chao (pronounced , or "chow", singular and plural form Chao) is an artificially intelligent, virtually generated lifeform from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Their role in the games are to be raised by the player in mini-games, similar to Tamagotchi. Chao are somewhat complex, responding to stimuli; they have moods, they require food, and they can be loving or fearful.

northern lord, prince or ruler Mondop type of tower

hello or goodby, depending upon the context

n., good-bye

a little animal that you hatch, feed, breed, race and fight with

an animal that lives in special gardens, and may adapt to different animals

CHAO is a C++-based Peer-to-Peer Communication Library based on algorithms similar to PASTRY. In addition to that, higher-level functionality is provided, such as Serialization, Publish-Subscribe Multicast and Entity Management.