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• bamf: /bamf/ 1. [from old X-Men comics] interj. Notional sound made by a person or object teleporting in or out of the hearer's vicinity.
  Often used in {virtual reality} (esp. {MUD}) electronic {fora} when a character wishes to make a dramatic entrance or exit....
• virtual reality n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact with the simulation.
  See cyberspace. 2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and `true confessions' magazines....
• virtual reality: n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact with the simulation.
  See {cyberspace}. 2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and `true confessions' magazines....
• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• jack in v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or BBS, esp.
  for purposes of entering a virtual reality simulation such as a MUD or IRC (leaving is "jacking out")....
• jack in: v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or {BBS}, esp.
  for purposes of entering a {virtual reality} simulation such as a {MUD} or {IRC} (leaving is "jacking out")....
• hell [orig. Multics n. techspeak, widely propagated via Unix] 1.
  [techspeak] The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system...
• MUD /muhd/ n. [acronym, Multi-User Dungeon; alt.
  Multi-User Dimension] 1. A class of virtual reality experiments accessible via the Internet....
• mudhead n. Commonly used to refer to a MUD player who eats, sleeps, and breathes MUD.
  Mudheads have been known to fail their degrees, drop out, etc....