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keY TeRmS AND DeFINITIONS

MUVE: This is a multi user virtual environ-
ment. Often synonymous with the term virtual
world.
MUVEr: Anyone who regularly uses a multi
user virtual environment. This term is a parallel
construction and counterpart to the word gamer
commonly used self referentially by those who
play games avidly.
Games: This term refers to computer and video
games. Some MUVEs are games.
Virtual World: This is the increasingly
popular name for persistent immersive synthetic
environments.
MUD: This is a multi user dungeon (some-
times dimension or domain is substituted for the
D). MUDs are the original text-based ancestors
of MUVEs.
Assimilation Bias: This refers to the mental
habit of undermining, filtering, reinterpreting or
rejecting evidence that conflicts with existing
beliefs.

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