MUD
/muhd/ /n./ [acronym, Multi-User Dungeon; alt. Multi-User
Dimension]
A
class of virtual reality experiments accessible via the
Internet. These are real-time chat forums with structure;
they have multiple 'locations' like an adventure game,
and may include combat, traps, puzzles, magic, a simple
economic system, and the capability for characters to build
more structure onto the database that represents the existing
world.
- The
Jargon File. |