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1CC. Abbreviation of one-credit completion or one-coin clear. To complete an arcade (or arcade-style) game without using continues. [ 1] 1-up. An object that gives the player an extra life (or attempt) in games where the player has a limited number of chances to complete a game or level. [ 2]
Role-playing games (RPGs) have developed specialized terminology. This includes both terminology used within RPGs to describe in-game concepts and terminology used to describe RPGs. Role-playing games also have specialized slang and jargon associated with them. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous terms used in the context of ...
IDS —Intrusion Detection System. IE —Internet Explorer. IEC —International Electrotechnical Commission. IEEE —Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IETF —Internet Engineering Task Force. IFL —Integrated Facility for Linux. IGMP —Internet Group Management Protocol. IGRP —Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
Health (game terminology) Health is a video game or tabletop game quality that determines the maximum amount of damage or fatigue something takes before leaving the main game. In role-playing games, this typically takes the form of hit points ( HP ), a numerical attribute representing the health of a character or object. [ 1][ 2] The game ...
from the abbreviation for Russian Olympic Committee: 2020–2022: Used for Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics following the sanctions due to the state-sponsored doping scandal. [15] [16] The delegation used a flag depicting the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee. ROT Refugee Olympic Team: 2016
An attribute is a piece of data (a "statistic") that describes to what extent a fictional character in a role-playing game possesses a specific natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters in the game. That piece of data is usually an abstract number or, in some cases, a set of dice. Some games use different terms to refer to an ...
HUD (video games) The Nuclear Dawn HUD (largely in yellow) displays the character's health, weapon ammunition, and compass heading, while also including a map of the area in the top-right corner, and a circular marker pointing to the player's destination. In video gaming, the HUD ( heads-up display) or status bar is the method by which ...
In the video game industry, AAA (Triple-A) is a buzzword used to classify video games produced or distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which typically have higher development and marketing budgets than other tiers of games. [ 1] In the mid-2010s, the term "AAA+" was used to describe AAA type games that generated additional revenue ...