ulti- ser imension (also sometimes called multi-user dungeon, but in either case abbreviated to "MUD") is sort of a combination between the online chatting abilities provided by something like IRC and a role-playing game. A MUD built with object oriented principles in mind is called a "Multi-user dimension object-oriented", or MOO. Yet another variant is called a "multi-user shell", or MUSH. Still other variants are called multi-user role-playing environments (MURPE) and multi-user environments (MUSE). There are probably more. In all cases the differences will be mostly academic to the regular user, as the same software is used to connect to all of them. Software to connect to MUDs can be found for most platforms, and there are even Java based ones that can run from within a browser.
A Multi-User Dungeon (or Multi-User Dimension, a cyberspace where users can take on an identity and interact with one another.
Multi-User Dungeon. An online environment where users can interact both with each other and the virtual world around them. Variations include MOOs and MUSHes.
Multiple-User Dungeon - text-based fantasy gaming domains on internet
Multi User Dungeon, Multi User Dimension, or Multi User Dialogue.
Multi-User Dungeon. A (usually text-based) multi-user simulation environment. Real time, ongoing role playing gaming. The Mud Connector.
Multi-User Dimension, or Multi-User Dungeon. Originally used for role-playing games, now also used for education and business conferences. Multiple users can interact at the same time within in a virtual environment.
MUD means either Multi-User Dungeon or Multi-User Dimension and is a text-based multi-user environment that is divided into separate rooms or areas and navigable by simple commands. MUDs evolve distinct senses of place based on the ongoing interaction of their habitués. People tend to role play in many MUDs, intensifying the sense of fantasy and adventure.
a computer program that allows users to log in, take control of a computerized character (aka avatar), and interact within a virtual environment
Multi User Dungeon; An online text multiplayer game usually played through Telnet.
Pron. "Mud". Multi User Domain. An environment on the internet where users can communicate with each other in real time while negotiating a virtual world. See also: MOO
MUD stands for Multi User Dungeon, an interactive role-playing game whose participants log onto a server via Telnet. It is derived from text-based adventures, and mudders (as the participants of a MUD are called) cooperate on quests, or go it alone. Further information: http://www.mud.com
Also known as Multi User Dungeon, a world created and that exists solely for the interaction of people within it. They often have themes as to what should be done, but the basis is simply that there is a world detailed by words that you, as a character, can navigate through and interact with. For many people, this is the most addictive part of the Internet.
A (usually text-based) multi-user simulation environment. Some are purely for fun and flirting, others are used for serious software development or education purposes. Most MUDs feature collectively created worlds within which participants roleplay to one degree or another.
Multi-User Dungeon; a group of role-playing games modelled on the original "Dungeons and Dragons" games. MUDs are being used as conferencing tools and educational aids.
Multiuser dungeon, or multiuser dimension, a real-time computer-based system often set within an imagined setting and configured as a set of rooms
(Multi-User Dungeons (or some say Dimension)) Any role-playing game in which multiple users telnet the same machine to play at the same time.
Multiuser dimension or multiuser dungeon. Software that enables synchronous communication in a virtual world. It was originally designed to represent dungeons-and-dragons-type role-playing games.
An environment that allows multiple users to interact in a simulation.
Multiple User Dimension, Multiple User Dungeon, or Multiple User Dialogue. A computer program which users can log into and explore. Each user takes control of a computerized persona/avatar/incarnation/character. You can walk around, chat with other characters, explore dangerous monster-infested areas, solve puzzles, and even create your very own rooms, descriptions and items. For information, retrieve the various MUD FAQs from these directories http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/mud-faq/ http://tecfa.unige.ch/pub/documentation/MUD
Multi-User Dimension or Multi-User Dimension. This is a class of world.
Multi-User Dungeon. An online role-playing game similar to Dungeons and Dragons. Normally text-based, Multi-User Dungeons allow numerous people play and interact in the same game scenario at the same time.
(Multi-user Dungeon) -- Multiple players contribute to a text-driven role-playing game connected via the Internet, a BBS, or on-line service.
Acronym for Multi-User Domain or Dimension. MUDs are role-playing games that take place on a computer. Users can Telnet to a MUD host, and create a character. MUDs can be action-, adventure-, or fantasy-based games, and allow you to save your character for future play. Some MUDs have thousands of registered characters, and most foster a community or culture of their own. These are highly-addictive areas of the Internet, and users can spend many hours enthralled in this type of activity.
Acronym for Multi-User Dungeon, Dimension, or Domain. A text or graphically based multi- user environment where users can engage in games, communication, or any other activity a group of users might imagine. One significant feature of a MUD is that users can create things that remain after they leave and interact with others in their absence, so that the "world" is built collectively over time.
(Multi-User Dungeon) Multiple User Dungeons (MUDs) are simulated environments that allow users to interact with one another in real time. While many MUDs are devoted to Dungeons-and-Dragons-style role-playing, many are the most cutting-edge experiments in virtual community building. Related terms include MOO (for MUD, Object-Oriented), MUSE (Multi-User Simulated Environment, a kind of MUD), and MUSH (for Multi-User Shared Hallucination)! *really
Multi-User Dimension or Dungeon; a multi-player role playing game played on the Internet
Stands for Multi-User Dungion or Dimension. A role-playing game program on the Net.
Multi User Domain. A virtual world, usually found on the internet, in which users can interact with other users, most often through avatars. These are most often used in games such as Doom or Runescape, but they have increasingly broader application in e-learning.
Multi-User Dungeon or sometimes Multi-User Dimension is inventively structured social experience on Internet
Typically a text-based multiple-user simulation environment that is used for a host of reasons including recreation, fantasy and software development.
Multi-User Dimension (or Dungeon). A multi-user simulation environment in which users can create objects that others can interact with even after the creator has left the environment. Over time, virtual worlds are created in this fashion.
A simulated virtual world in which users interact with each other, often by taking on character identities called avatars. Originally created for game-playing, MUDs are growing in popularity for online learning and virtual community-building.
Multi-user dungeon. An on-line multiplayer fantasy game where users interact with each other, similar to a chat room with a game environment.
A multiuser dungeon; a place on the internet where people can meet and browse (also a MOO).
"Multi-User Dungeon" In computerised role-playing games, a MUD is a game environment that allows multiple users to play at the same time without having to originate from the same place at the same time. Through the wonders of a MUD, college students from the west coast can be killed with swords by nerds from MIT without even leaving the dorms.
(Multi-User Dungeon). Adventure, role playing games, or simulations played on the Internet. Most MUDs are based on the Telnet protocol. See also: Telnet, MOO, MUSE.
Multi-User Dungeon. An interactive text game that runs over the Internet MUDs are much like early text computer games such as Dungeons and Zork but in a MUD any number of users may play with and against each other.
MUD stands for Multi-User Dungeon (or Multi-User Dimension). A MUD is a computer program that multiple people can enter. Once a person has entered, he or she can take a role in the program, thereby contributing to its overall evolution and growth. Computer games are one of the most common examples of a MUD. With a computer game, a user can enter and take over the role of one of the characters. The user could manipulate the character, perhaps getting it into trouble or having it create a new twist to the game. After the user exits, another user might come in and take up the character where the first user left off. Games are not the only application for MUDs. They are also used for education and even software engineering! To find out more about MUDs, see Yahoo's MUDs, MUSHes, and MOOs page.
Short for Multi-User Dungeon, Multi-User Dimension or Multi-User Dialog, an Internet resource in which users role-play by interacting within an imagined environment created through on-screen messages. See Chapter 8.
Abbreviation of "Multi User Dungeon" (recently also Multi User Dimension): Games servers on which the visitor can experience online adventures according to the type of text adventure and can communicate with one another. Graphical variants are coming into fashion as commercial servers.
Multiple User Dimensional game. MUDs are role-playing games that exist on the Internet for entertainment purposes. MUDs are mostly text-based virtual worlds which many players (participants) may explore, change, or add on to the game at the same time. In most cases, the MUD is actually a game with scores, player attributes, levels, etc., but some MUDs have more social goals in mind. MUDs are usually based on different science-fiction genres such as fantasy, space, or even cyberpunk.
Multi-User Dungeon. Modeled on the original Dungeons and Dragons game, it is a group of role-playing games that have been used as conferencing and educational tools. A feature of MUDs is that users can create things that stay after they leave and which other users can interact with in their absence, thus allowing a world to be built gradually and collectively.
Multi-User Dungeon, although some prefer Multi-User Domain. These were the original textual online worlds.
Multi-User Domain/Dungeon/Dialogue
Multiuser Dungeon. A multiuser simulation environment, usually text-based. Some MUDs are purely for fun and flirting; others are used for serious software development or educational purposes. A significant feature of most MUDs is that users can create things that stay after they leave and that other users can interact with in their absence, thus allowing a "world" to be built gradually and collectively.
Multi-User Domain, Dimension, or Dungeon: A technology allowing interaction to take place between participants on geographically-dispersed computers. Originally used for interactive gaming environments, they are now used for many other interactions including in education and research.
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A game or simulation in which multiple participants can engage simultaneously through their connections to the same Internet server.
Multi User Dungeon: text based, role playing games which are played over a telnet connection.
Multi-User Dungeon or Dimension. A usually text-based, multi-user simulation environment. Some are purely for fun and game playing, while others are used for serious software development, education purposes, and all that lies in between. A significant feature of most MUDs is that users can create things that stay after they leave and which other users can interact with in their absence, thus allowing a "world" to be built gradually and collectively.
"Multiple-User Dimension" Originally known as a Multi-User Dungeon, a MUD is a text-based virtual environment in which users'' "characters" interact in real time. Characters can navigate rooms described by text; type to other characters; create shared objects; and engage in games, puzzles, or combat.
Multi-User Dimension; a virtual reality site on the Internet where multiple users can interact. Go To
Multi-User Dungeon (or Dimension), similar to MOO environments.
Multiple User Domains/Dungeons/Dialogues are also known as 'chatrooms.' They are text-based environments in which many users are able to communicate and construct an environment in 'real-time.'
(multi user dungeon or dimension) MUD is a multi-user simulation environment. Some are purely for fun; others are used for education purposes.
MUD, pronounced "mud," refers to one of the many different interactive role-playing games on the Internet. Many MUDs are online variants of Dungeons and Dragons. Some derivatives, such as MUSHs (Multi-User Shared Hallucination) seek to downplay the Dungeons and Dragons feel. All MUDs are text-based, with no flashy graphics. Each player uses his or her own computer, connected to the other players’ computers over the Internet. A typical MUD has a group of players cooperating in an effort to survive a multitude of computer-generated dangers. Monsters attack and the players fight them off to gain "experience points." While MUDs are Internet-based, they cannot be played from web browsers, but instead require special client programs, which are usually shareware downloaded for free from various web sites. MUDs can be addictive and many users find themselves slogging their way through MUDs into the early morning hours.
Acronym for Multi-User Domain, Multi-User Dimension, or...
Multi-User Dungeon, or sometimes Multi-User Dimension. A text-based alternate reality where you can progress to a level at which you can modify the environment. Mostly used for games, and extremely addictive.
n. Acronym for multi-user dungeon. A virtual environment on the Internet in which multiple users simultaneously participate in a role-playing game and interact with each other in real time. Also called multi-user simulation environment.
See: Multi-User Dungeon Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)