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Second LifeSecond Life is a virtual 3D internet world where users become "residents" in this Second Life. You play with your own custom made avatar, and you can look like whatever you want! You can explore, go to parties, build a house, invest in property, etc etc! The possibilities are endless! Second life uses Linden™ Dollars (L$) as currency. You need currency just as you do in real life...to buy land, or whatever. You can also earn Linden™ Dollars or exchange Real $ for Linden™ Dollars. Second Life is free for a basic membership, and as low as $6 a month for a premium membership, if paid annually. A premium membership allows live 24 hour chat (support/help) and land ownership - you can build, store, and display projects on your own land. With a premium membership you receive a weekly stipend (salary) of $300 - there is no stripend with a basic membership Common terms and abbreviations used in Second Life Adfarm Land parcel containing deliberately ugly advertising images, placed deliberately to spoil the view of nearby landowners and encourage them to buy the parcel at an inflated price. Now, after years of resident activism, considered a TOS violation (see TOS below). Alt Abbreviation for alternate account, an avatar created by a single user beyond his or her original (primary) avatar. Anim An animation; a small program, executable in-world, that allows an avatar to move or adopt a pose. AO Animation override; a scripted attachment sold in-world that substitutes more lifelike movements and poses for the default animations that come with the basic avatar. AR Abuse Report - the standard way of reporting TOS violations via the game interface. av, avi, avie, or ava Abbreviations for "avatar." FIC Feted Inner Core - SL resident Catherine Fitzpatrick's term for a supposed "clique" of successful residents on SL, seen as having been granted special favors (by Linden Lab, landowners or other influential organizations) that maintain its success. FL First Life (i.e., Real Life). Grid Shorthand for the entire SL world, e.g., "They're way across the grid." Also refers to the technological underpinnings of Second Life, as when the grid goes down temporarily for maintenance. Griefer A Resident who is harassing other Residents by using any of offensive language, bumping, or generating garbage objects to leave on land, or any number of other activities that significantly disrupt another resident's in-world experience.[15] Group Groups are used to network with other users for a specific purpose, e.g., networking. Users can create groups and invite other users to join their group. HI (HIP) Help Island Public - the second of the two "tutorial" areas, distinct from Orientation Island (OI). Help Island is social, allows activities to be chosen freely, and is not mandatory. Due to pressure of usage, there are now two identical adjacent Help Islands. IM Instant Message - a private, one-to-one text chat between two or more avies. IM Hell When an avatar is flooded with so many IMs that others in contact with him or her might think s/he's away from the keyboard because s/he can't respond quick enough. L$ Linden dollars, the basic currency of Second Life, also often referred to simply as "L". Lag Term used when the simulator or client are running slower than expected, causing jumpy animations, juddery movement and sometimes delay in transactions. LL Linden Lab Lindens Can refer either to L$ (above) or to the staff of Linden Lab, all of whom have avatars with the family name "Linden" in-world, e.g., "I had a meeting with Jeska Linden yesterday" or "Torley is my favorite Linden." LM Landmark - a geographic location in Second Life which gives a location by simulation, latitude, longitude, and altitude. Log Used to indicate both "logging on" and "logging off" Second Life; e.g., "When did you log today?" and "I need to log in a minute." Also "relog" - closing and restarting Second Life, usually as a way to improve the program's performance. LSL Linden Scripting Language, the programming language used in-world. MDC Metaverse Development Company - a real-world business that creates Second Life content for other real-world businesses. Mentor A user with more than six months of Second Life experience who volunteers with Linden Lab to help answer questions of any nature about Second Life as well as teach new skills to those who seek them. OI (OIP) Orientation Island Public - the "tutorial" area in which all new Second Life users begin. Unlike HI (above), OI is more formally directed, mandatory, and can be completed individually. Orbit Use of a weapon or LSL script to fling an avatar high into the air. While this can be fun among friends, it can be considered griefing (see griefer) if done without consent. PM Private Message (Same as IM). PNs Abbreviation for "Patriotic Nigras," the name of a particular group of dedicated griefers. Prim Abbreviation for primitive object. Prims are the basic building blocks of any in-world creation in Second Life. Rez Refers to creating or spawning an object (or sometimes, an avatar) in-world. Also used colloquially to refer to the sharpening of the visual field necessary when arriving at a new location. For example, "I rezzed my boat and went sailing," or "I'm still rezzing, can't see you yet." Taken from the movie Tron. Rezday An avatar's "birthday," the day a Resident first created that avatar. RP Role-play. RL (IRL) Real life; in real life. Sim A Second Life simulator: the area hosted by a single server CPU. (Also called a region or - rarely on SL but commonly on other online games - a zone). These are independent Second Life simulators, each with their own characteristics, rules, ratings (PG or Mature), and themes. SL/MG Second Life; main grid. SLT Second Life Time (based on Pacific Standard Time, which is the real-world time zone of Linden Lab in California) Tag A 'Group Title' When you join a group (see above) a group title will appear above your 'name tag'; e.g., a mentor (see above) will have the tag 'Second Life Mentor.' The purpose of these is to help readily identify members of that group, but are used for advertising purposes in some cases. TG/TSL Teen Second Life; Teen Grid. TOS/CS Terms Of Service and Community Standards - the standard statements of the "laws" of Second Life. TP Teleport - instantaneous travel between one point on the grid and another. Voice Second Life's third party service, used for talking instead of the traditional typing. WA Welcome Area - one of several designated locations in the main grid that new users are sent to after passing through OI and HI (above). |
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