I made this thread for reasons described in the paragraph below the red title further down in the post. To navigate through the thread for relevant information, press:
"Ctrl" and "F"
Then type in a keyword.
-Jonathon Clark
[This message has been edited by Jonathon Clark (edited 03-18-2006 @ 03:20 PM).]
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- ISP = Internet Service Provider.
- RTW = Rome Total War.
- BI = Barbarian Invasion.
- Lag = Jumpiness or slowness in an online multiplayer game.
- Kick = To remove a player from a game when you are host.
- Driver = A required piece of sotfware that your computer needs to make hardware work.
- Graphics Card = A piece of equipment in your computer that works with your motherboard and monitor to display images and data.
- Motherboard = The heart of your computer - it makes things tick.
- Re-install = An un-installation of the game, the immediately installing it again.
- Patch = An update to a game or piece of software.
- Mod = Either a forum moderator or a modification for a game.
- C: drive = Your harddrive.
- OD = Ye need not know. Ye be warned.
- Engine = The internal game system which produces the graphics and animations.
- Bug = Minor/Major fault.
- CTD = Crash To Desktop.
- Overclock = To extend and stretch a computer's memory to a dangerous limit.
- Bits, bytes, giga, mega etc etc... = Units of memory varying in size.
- Resolution = The size and display of the game (higher resolution is generally neater).
Also feel free to annoy/bug/bribe/blackmail me into updating this thread, as it is a synopsis of existing information, and a small bit of help for new forummers while the resident genius (
1.0 - Thread posted
1.1 - Added Wartrain's Indexes
1.2 - Added Sega link & generally tidied up post
1.3 - Added modification section and 2 more fansites
1.4 - Thread Stickied (Thank you Doitzel)
1.5 - Added a basic glossary (further updates to it will not be marked)
1.6 - Added a fansite suggested by:
1.7 - Added Microsoft and the two media players
St Jimmy
Angel face and a taste for suicidal