MUD's have a special terminology all their
own -- words have a specific meaning, and some
meanings are particular to individual worlds. You can learn MUD
terminology by picking it up while playing the game
and from reading the online
documentation,
which will put you in a much better position to understand the
game as it unfolds. A few common MUD specific words
are described
below:
- Cyberportals. Automatic features which connect
you to another server.
- Maving. Named after a player on TinyMUD who
put a colon on the front of a whisper, causing his private
messages to be
broadcast to the whole room. It is now used to apply to any confusion
involving the "say", "whisper", "page", or "pose" commands
- Triggers. Automatic actions which take place when certain
events occur, such as a greeting to a player when they enter
the room.