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Virtual Dictionary
Server The server is the base for the world. Its a powerful computer, or many computers either at the hub of the network, or somewhere on the internet. It maintains the world-state, and keeps track of all participants and their actions, in real-time. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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Results by page [1] ![]() Looks at the winsock creation of a server which can support many hundreds, or thousands of players simultaneously. Includes full code. ![]() Part two of this series takes you through everything you need, to turn your initial code into a functional chat server ? the bare-bones basics for any world. ![]() If you've ever contemplated making your own MUD, but never knew where to start, this article is for you. Designed around making a MUD (or MUSH, or MOO, or whatever you like) using the Windows operating system, it employs a clear, easy to follow approach, and copious source code. ![]() This article made the news in December 2003, when a long time player of a certain virtual world, successfully sued for financial compensation when his items were deleted by the server. It set a worrying precident for many. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Industry news, from 01-04-2005. Hands up who saw this one coming? That?s right, you can all put your hands down now. Virtual property, existing only in a database server, has long been a hot topic in virtual reality, as to who actually owns it. Now, this case has reached a new level, with the murder of a man accused of stealing a virtual sword. ![]() At the time of writing this, the article 'Podcast The Paradox of Choice' has been on the server for less than a day. It contains a TED podcast and a partial transcription of same. The podcast is essentially a twenty minute long, semi lucid, raving rant by philosopher Barry Schwartz, regarding his book, and the meaning of paradox of choice.
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Sony Online has taken firm control of besiieged MMO Matrix Online, and it is taking action to curb the downwards spiral of this little-loved world. Currently spread across nine world-servers, Sony is axing six of these machines from 2nd of ...
(09/07/2004)
Sony entertainment, makers of PlanetSide, have issued the following statement, in response to the claim by another firm that 160 simultaneous players on a server was a world record: Last week, it was reported that another co...
(15/06/2009) In MMOs like World of Warcraft, the violence is normally restricted to fantasy realms populated by orcs and wizards. But when a dispute broke out between rival gaming services recently, it brought down large chunks of China's internet.
(27/09/2007)
Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner has unveiled statistics that indicated a PC's processor bumps up to 20 percent utilisation while browsing the Web, while its graphics processor doesn't even break above 1 percent.
(22/01/2010)
Intel and Microsoft, last week, discussed their iSCSI performance results in achieving 1 million IOPS on a two-socket desktop tower. According to Rick Coulson of Intel Corp, the secret behind this is having SSDs tightly coupled to a host in...
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