English words for '(Internet) Type of Video Games Replays using In-game Recorders for visualization'
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noun
- Ellipsis of videogaming.
- (Internet slang) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- Synonym of gambling.
- Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
- The playing of a game.
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
verb
noun
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- (hip-hop, with the) The music industry.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
- a single play of a sport or other contest
- a contest with rules to determine a winner
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- frivolous or trifling behavior
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
- animal hunted for food or sport
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- an amusement or pastime
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
- your occupation or line of work
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- place a bet on
noun
- A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc.
- (sports) A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch.
- An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).
- A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment.
- A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc.
- the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
- something (especially a game) that is played again
verb
noun
- (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
- (finance) Initialism of return on margin.
- (computing, by extension) The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
- (electronics, computing) Acronym of read-only memory.
- (advertising) Initialism of run of month.
- (estimating and purchasing) Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.
- (medicine) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
- (medicine) Initialism of range of motion.
- (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
name
noun
- (video games) A display of score, status, etc. superimposed over the playfield.
- A semitransparent graphical and textual display of information projected upon the field of view of a pilot of an aircraft.
- (nautical) A type of radar or electronic chart display where the top of the display always represents the direction the vessel is heading.
noun
- (video games) Clipping of Nintendo DS.
- (medicine) Initialism of Down syndrome.
- (slang, UK) Initialism of directing staff.
- (music) Initialism of dal segno.
- (automotive) Clipping of DS Automobiles.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective sergeant; a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (sciences) Initialism of decision science.
- (BDSM) Alternative form of D/s.
- Initialism of dear/darling son.
- (logic) Initialism of disjunctive syllogism.
- (medicine, usually used attributively) Initialism of double strength.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Initialism of Douglas Score (point ranking for deer antlers).
- an honorary degree in science
- the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
adj
name
noun
- (video games, by extension) A visual sequence focusing on a character's face or body while they perform a special move.
- (broadcasting) A section of film or audio inserted into another sequence.
- The situation where the performer of a musical work receives royalties for each performance, despite not having composed it.
- An instance of pulling in front of another vehicle in traffic.
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
noun
- (video games) A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes.
- A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
- (law) Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person.
- (linguistics, with "the") The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.
- (grammar) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.
- pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
noun
- (video games) A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.
- (games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
name
- (video games) Nintendo GameCube
- (astronomy) Initialism of Boss General Catalogue.
- (UK politics) Initialism of General Committee: the general management committee of a constituency party of the British Labour Party.
- (astronomy) Initialism of General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters.
- (Australia) Initialism of Gold Coast.
- (education) Initialism of Google Classroom.
- (UK) Initialism of George Cross: a medal presented to civilians and military personnel of the United Kingdom for actions which are not in the face of the enemy.
adj
noun
- Initialism of garbage collection.
- (anatomy) Initialism of germinal center.
- Initialism of good condition.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of gonococcus; gonorrhea.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of guanylate cyclase.
- Initialism of garbage collector.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of glucocorticoid.
- (informal) Initialism of gender critical.
- (cycling) Initialism of general classification.
- Initialism of gentleman cadet
- Initialism of gas chromatography.
- (text messaging) Initialism of group chat.
- (astronomy) Initialism of galaxy cluster.
- (genetics, molecular biology) Initialism of guanine-cytosine.
verb
adj
- (video games) Of saved game data, written to a volatile memory chip in a video game cartridge to maintain the data when not in use.
- (electronics, computing) Using a battery to maintain volatile memory when powered off.
- (electronics) Of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).
noun
verb
phrase
- (video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- (by extension) death.
- (by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.
noun
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game.
- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- (slang, Ireland, British) A person; chap.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
- an outer surface (usually thin)
- a person whose head is bald or shaved
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
- body covering of a living animal
- a person's skin regarded as their life
- a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
verb
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- (colloquial) To high five.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- (transitive, art) To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
- Short for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- remove the skin from
- remove the bark of a tree
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
noun
- (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
- (Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
- (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
- A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
- (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
- (politics) Abbreviation of moderate.
- (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
- (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
- (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.
- (informal) Clipping of modification.
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
adj
verb
- (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
- (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
- (video games) To install or create a mod.
verb
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
adj
noun
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
noun
phrase
noun
- (video games) Clipping of metagame.
- (by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- (informal) Clipping of metamour.
- Boundary marker.
- (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
- (fandom slang) Clipping of metanalysis: metanalysis or metacommentary focused on media, fandom, or related topics, typically presented as an essay or dialogue.
- (informal) Clipping of metaoidioplasty.
adj
noun
- (video games) A coin-operated video game or amusement device.
- (video games) A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
- An action game characterised by short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
noun
name
noun
- (video games, film, countable, uncountable) The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
- (video games, film, uncountable) The genre of films created by such techniques.
noun
- Ellipsis of videogaming.
- (Internet slang) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- Synonym of gambling.
- Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
- The playing of a game.
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
verb
noun
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- (hip-hop, with the) The music industry.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
- a single play of a sport or other contest
- a contest with rules to determine a winner
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- frivolous or trifling behavior
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
- animal hunted for food or sport
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- an amusement or pastime
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
- your occupation or line of work
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- place a bet on
noun
- A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc.
- (sports) A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch.
- An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).
- A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment.
- A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc.
- the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
- something (especially a game) that is played again
verb
noun
- (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
- (finance) Initialism of return on margin.
- (computing, by extension) The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
- (electronics, computing) Acronym of read-only memory.
- (advertising) Initialism of run of month.
- (estimating and purchasing) Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.
- (medicine) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
- (medicine) Initialism of range of motion.
- (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
name
noun
- (video games) A display of score, status, etc. superimposed over the playfield.
- A semitransparent graphical and textual display of information projected upon the field of view of a pilot of an aircraft.
- (nautical) A type of radar or electronic chart display where the top of the display always represents the direction the vessel is heading.
noun
- (video games) Clipping of Nintendo DS.
- (medicine) Initialism of Down syndrome.
- (slang, UK) Initialism of directing staff.
- (music) Initialism of dal segno.
- (automotive) Clipping of DS Automobiles.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective sergeant; a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (sciences) Initialism of decision science.
- (BDSM) Alternative form of D/s.
- Initialism of dear/darling son.
- (logic) Initialism of disjunctive syllogism.
- (medicine, usually used attributively) Initialism of double strength.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Initialism of Douglas Score (point ranking for deer antlers).
- an honorary degree in science
- the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
adj
name
noun
- (video games, by extension) A visual sequence focusing on a character's face or body while they perform a special move.
- (broadcasting) A section of film or audio inserted into another sequence.
- The situation where the performer of a musical work receives royalties for each performance, despite not having composed it.
- An instance of pulling in front of another vehicle in traffic.
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
noun
- (video games) A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes.
- A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
- (law) Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person.
- (linguistics, with "the") The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.
- (grammar) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.
- pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
noun
- (video games) A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.
- (games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
noun
verb
phrase
- (video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- (by extension) death.
- (by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.
noun
- (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
- A drink of whisky served hot.
- A member of the team not wearing shirts, in a shirts and skins game.
- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
- (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
- (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
- (slang, Ireland, British) A person; chap.
- (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
- (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
- (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
- (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
- (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
- (aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
- A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
- (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
- (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
- an outer surface (usually thin)
- a person whose head is bald or shaved
- a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
- body covering of a living animal
- a person's skin regarded as their life
- a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
verb
- (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
- (colloquial) To high five.
- (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- (transitive, art) To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
- (intransitive) To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
- (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- (UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
- Short for skin up (“travel uphill on skis, snowboard, or bicycle”)
- (transitive) To injure the skin of.
- remove the skin from
- remove the bark of a tree
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
noun
- (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
- (Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
- (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
- A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
- (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
- (politics) Abbreviation of moderate.
- (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
- (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
- (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.
- (informal) Clipping of modification.
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
adj
verb
- (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
- (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
- (video games) To install or create a mod.
noun
phrase
noun
- (video games) Clipping of metagame.
- (by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- (informal) Clipping of metamour.
- Boundary marker.
- (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
- (fandom slang) Clipping of metanalysis: metanalysis or metacommentary focused on media, fandom, or related topics, typically presented as an essay or dialogue.
- (informal) Clipping of metaoidioplasty.
adj
noun
- (video games) A coin-operated video game or amusement device.
- (video games) A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
- An action game characterised by short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty.
noun
name
noun
- (video games, film, countable, uncountable) The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
- (video games, film, uncountable) The genre of films created by such techniques.
verb
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
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- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
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- (video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- (by extension) death.
- (by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.
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- (video games) Of saved game data, written to a volatile memory chip in a video game cartridge to maintain the data when not in use.
- (electronics, computing) Using a battery to maintain volatile memory when powered off.
- (electronics) Of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).