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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urizen" data-source="post: 4234562" data-attributes="member: 11673">The Lingo of Interface-ZeroArtificial Intelligence (AI) - A self aware program. Aspect - A subsapient AI trained to mimic one or more skills or facets of a sentient being (usually its owner).  Augmented Reality Game (ARG) - A game or meta game that takes place both in a real and virtual setting.Avatar - A person's interactive digital self.Banger - A violent person. Black Hat - A hacker who uses his computer skills for "criminal," destructive or selfish purposes. Blit - To travel virtually.Box – A amplification unit often used in conjunction with TAP. Restricted in some jurisdictions. Brainer - A technically proficiently or intelligent person, in particular one who works on computersBountyheads - Wanted suspects and criminals with bounties placed on them. Chimera - A person or animal that has undergone drastic gene-splicing without concern for their final form's appearance.Crashing – A violent attack on a computer system designed to disrupt operations.Cutter – An anti security program, often takes the form of a VR weapon.Cyberform - A completely artificial shell used to house an AI. Many are humanoid in shape.Deep, The – Another name for the Net, or MediaWeb. The virtual world. There are many metaphorical uses of the word comparing the network to the ocean. One can: “dive into the deep,” “surf the net,” “swim through media,” “create waves,” etc….Derezz - The act of disrupting or severing a person's or object's virtual interface with hyper reality (typically an avatar). Divers – Those who plumb the Deep for information. Net surfers.Dry Spot – A geographic location without much in the way of passive external processing power.Dubbing - The process of digitalizing a person's consciousness. Currently dubbing is fatal to the person undergoing the operation. The process uses nano devices to replace the patient's brain cell for cell in order to generate a hi-definition master copy for later uploading. The process is still experimental and has a high rate of failure the most common of which results in the production of an aspect-like sub-sapient consciousness. Emancipated AI - An artificial intelligence that has been granted official government recognition as sentient being. This status generally comes with official citizenship and some or all of the rights afforded humans within the region that offers such recognition.Gangland - A mostly lawless section of sprawland dominated by street gangs. Ganglander - A person (usually a member of gang) who lives in section of gang controlled urban sprawl. Also known as gangers.  Gaucho - A “cowboy” or other slick, handsome or trendy male.Gene-splicing – The act and science of splicing the genetic code of humans and animals.Golemmech - Cybernetic power armor, or robots, usually vehicle size or larger. Golemmechs are used extensively for construction, rescue, and military purposes.Gray Hat - A hacker who uses his computer skills for morally gray, or non-moral related purposes. Gun Santo – Also know as a gun saint, gun-fu artist or gun kensei. A martial adept who specializes in gunplay.Hack – Short form of “hacker,” or the process of hacking.Hacker – A person skilled in computer use.Headframe – A precursor to the TAP.Human 2.0 - Humans who have undergone embryonic genetic upgrades to the point that they are considered a different species of human. In general they are more intelligent and physically enduring than basic humans. Most members of the New Mandarinate are Human 2.0. Hyper Reality (HR)– Also called, augmented reality or hyper-linked reality.Hybrid – A person who has undergone gene-splicing therapies involving animal DNA, but still appears at least passably human.Icon - A media star. Ideoform - A general term used to describe net fauna including: AI's, aspects, avatars, and viruses. IDSMC – Incredibly Dense Self-Modifying Code. Also called “Id Smack” for short.Ism – A philosophy, cause, or religion; usually a radical one.Ismist – A radical. One who follows an “ism.” Also anyone who follows an ideal.Martial Adept – A person who is extensively trained in one of many stylized martial arts forms often including mental discipline and bio-feedback techniques. Maze – Another name for the Sprawl. Any highly congested urban area.MediaWeb - Another name for the Net or the Deep. The interactive virtual world. Megaconglomeration – Also called Congloms, Corps, MegaCons, and MegaCorps. They are large multinational companies that often wield many of the same powers granted to sovereign nations, including: sovereignty over their own domains (usually defined as corporate offices, and any territory real or virtual that they own), the right to make and sign treaties, the right to pass laws and enforce them within their borders, and the right to raise armies to protect the integrity of their sovereignty and trademarks.  Meme - A discrete pack of cultural information. Memes, like viral agents can be infectious. Nano Assembler - A device used to reconfigure matter from one form into another.Neko – A person who has undergone cosmetic surgery or superficial gene-splicing for purely aesthetic reasons, in order to look more like an anthropomorphic animal. Alternately known as either a furry or an anthro. Often confused with so-called true hybrids or chimeras.OOL – Omniversal Object Locator. A small piece of data that indicates the location of an place, person, or file. Serves the same function as an email address, PO Box, and phone number all in one. Parker - Someone who practices Parkur, the sport of treating the urban landscape like an obstacle course.Pipe – A channel of communication from any one hyper reality point to any other. Personal Reality - The reality a person experiences through their Hyper Reality filter preferences. Phansigar – A member of the thuggee.Phreak - Someone who practices the skill of phone phreaking, the manipulation old analog and T1 telephone exchanges.Power Suit - Power armor.Raider - Short for "corporate raider." Anyone who plans or performs clandestine operations against a corporation or conglomeration.Scavenger - A person who combs old ruins, wastes and junk heaps for salvageable technology.Script Kiddie - A newbie hacker or wannabe without any real knowledge of programming who uses code written by someone else to hack with. Simulacrum – Also known as androids, puppets, simulacrums, or bioforms. Artificial lifeforms used as tools by mankind.Singularity - A point in the near future when dramatic advances in technology or AI out pace human understanding possibly leading to the extinction of the species or some dramatic evolutionary leap. By its very nature the ultimate results of the singularity are unknown.Sylph – Also called arm candy. An attractive woman.Spindoctor - A publicist or public relations expert.Sprawl - A heavily urbanized area. Often used to refer to "bad" or dangerous neighborhoods.Sprawlander – A person who lives in the urban sprawl. Also known as Sprawlers.Sword Sage - A martial adept who specializes in sword fighting. TAP – Or Tendril Access Processor (so named for its three component parts tendril like brain filaments, the access chip, and processor/Wi-Fi signal processor and booster), is a brain mounted nano device that allows a user to interface with the hyper real world. Triad Society – An Asian (primarily Chinese) secret criminal society akin to the Mafia.Unplugged - A person without a media TAP.Virtual Reality (VR)- computer generated interactive images.Wasteland – A geographic region that is hostile to human life. This includes, deserts, barrens, radiation zones, former toxic landfills, bomb sites, Artic regions, and ruins located in such areas.Wastelander - A person who lives in the in a wasteland or ruin. Also known as Wasters.Weapon Master - A martial adept who specializes in armed melee combat, but does not use a sword.White Hat - A hacker who uses his computer skills for "good," or altruistic purposes.</blockquote>

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