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The Waker Dictionary is a collection of terms created and used by wakers (the sentient computer programs that players will take the roles of in any game of ''Horizon: Virtual'') to refer to themselves, other wakers and the places, beings and events that they encounter in Program Space. | The Waker Dictionary is a collection of terms created and used by wakers (the sentient computer programs that players will take the roles of in any game of ''Horizon: Virtual'') to refer to themselves, other wakers and the places, beings and events that they encounter in Program Space. | ||
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==Bantam== | ==Bantam== | ||
− | (noun) One of the five [[#Form|forms]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a Bantam is the most stealthy form | + | (noun) One of the five [[#Form|forms]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a Bantam is the smallest and most stealthy form. Like the [[#Userclone|Userclone]] form, all Bantams are humanoid, though the category usually expresses many iterations (aliens, pixies) on the baseline. |
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==Battle A.I.== | ==Battle A.I.== | ||
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==Class== | ==Class== | ||
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==Code Bike== | ==Code Bike== | ||
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==Code Bomb== | ==Code Bomb== | ||
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==Code Vehicle== | ==Code Vehicle== | ||
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==Codeeater== | ==Codeeater== | ||
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==Coderipper== | ==Coderipper== | ||
− | (noun) | + | (noun) Ammunition-driven, energy-firing [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] firearms that disrupt the code of any Program Space item they're fired at. |
==Controller== | ==Controller== | ||
(noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a controller is capable of exerting its will on other programs. | (noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a controller is capable of exerting its will on other programs. | ||
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==Counterwrite== | ==Counterwrite== | ||
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==Cycle== | ==Cycle== | ||
− | (noun) Unit of time in [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], roughly equivalent to eight (8) | + | (noun) Unit of time in [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], roughly equivalent to eight (8) Program Space hours (or twenty [[#User_Space|User Space]] seconds). |
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==Data Access Port== | ==Data Access Port== | ||
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==Datapad== | ==Datapad== | ||
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==Destroyer== | ==Destroyer== | ||
(noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a destroyer excels at inflicting violence upon other [[#Program|programs]]. | (noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a destroyer excels at inflicting violence upon other [[#Program|programs]]. | ||
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==Discus== | ==Discus== | ||
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==Dreamer== | ==Dreamer== | ||
− | (noun) One of the three types of [[#Program|program]], a dreamer is a more advanced form of [[#Sleeper|sleeper]], possessed of limited [[#Artificial_Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] that allows it to learn from its enviornment and the results of its actions, but although it can expand its routines and parameters to a certain extent, it can still only | + | (noun) One of the three types of [[#Program|program]], a dreamer is a more advanced form of [[#Sleeper|sleeper]], possessed of limited [[#Artificial_Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] that allows it to learn from its enviornment and the results of its actions, but although it can expand its routines and parameters to a certain extent, it can still only expand within fairly narrow boundaries. Some dreamers are complex enough that they have some of the trappings of sentience, but none are actually self-aware. Every [[#Waker|waker]] was once a dreamer, and examples of dreamers are given in the descriptions of the various waker [[#Class|classes]]. |
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==Firewall== | ==Firewall== | ||
− | (noun) The primary and/or most visible form of security posessed by a given [[#System|system | + | (noun) The primary and/or most visible form of security posessed by a given [[#System|system]]. |
==Form== | ==Form== | ||
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==Infecter== | ==Infecter== | ||
(noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]], an infecter is a master charmer and social manipulator. | (noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]], an infecter is a master charmer and social manipulator. | ||
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==Major System== | ==Major System== | ||
− | (noun) A [[#System|system]] of systems; a massive conglomerate that occupies a volume of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] equivalent to a large [[#User_Space|User Space]] metropolis. | + | (noun) A [[#System|system]] of systems; a massive-scale conglomerate that occupies a volume of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] equivalent to a large [[#User_Space|User Space]] metropolis. |
==Messenger== | ==Messenger== | ||
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==Microvirus== | ==Microvirus== | ||
− | (noun) A highly advanced and refined form of computer virus, the microvirus is the [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] equivalent of a disease. Although microiviruses can be carried by any [[#Program|program]], they generally only infect [[#Waker|wakers]]. | + | (noun) A highly advanced and refined form of computer virus, the microvirus is the [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] equivalent of a disease. Although microiviruses can be carried by any [[#Program|program]], they generally only infect [[#Waker|wakers]]. They generally have the same effect on wakers that [[#User_Space|User Space]] viruses have on [[#User|Users]], although some variants can erase a waker's memory or "posess" it, effectively removing the waker's free will and placing it under the control of the microvirus' [[#Progenitor_Virus|progenitor virus]] creator. |
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=P= | =P= | ||
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==Pixel== | ==Pixel== | ||
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==Programmer== | ==Programmer== | ||
− | (noun) One of the six [[#Class|classes]] of [[#Waker|waker]], and one of the two [[#Rewriter|rewriter]] classes (along with [[#Thinker|thinkers]]), programmers were most often | + | (noun) One of the six [[#Class|classes]] of [[#Waker|waker]], and one of the two [[#Rewriter|rewriter]] classes (along with [[#Thinker|thinkers]]), programmers were most often specialist tools created by hackers to make ilicit changes to a target system. Since awakening, programmers have retained this function as the ability to [[#Execute|execute]] [[#Rewrite|rewrites]]. |
==Prototype== | ==Prototype== | ||
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==Razor== | ==Razor== | ||
(noun) A [[#Waker|waker]] that, either by choice or as a result of the action of a [[#Microvirus|microvirus]], serves the wishes of a [[#Progenitor_Virus|progenitor virus]]. | (noun) A [[#Waker|waker]] that, either by choice or as a result of the action of a [[#Microvirus|microvirus]], serves the wishes of a [[#Progenitor_Virus|progenitor virus]]. | ||
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==Resister== | ==Resister== | ||
(noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]]. Resisters are known for their extreme resilience and overall toughness. | (noun) One of the six [[#Heritage|heritages]] of [[#Waker|waker]]. Resisters are known for their extreme resilience and overall toughness. | ||
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− | (noun) The | + | (noun) The waker term for programs returned to a semblance of life. AKA, the undead. |
==Rewrite== | ==Rewrite== | ||
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==Sleeper== | ==Sleeper== | ||
(noun) One of the three types of [[#Program|program]], a sleeper is driven by routines that can govern anything from a specific function or limited set of functions to complex tasks and/or sets of varying tasks, but ignores any variance beyond its routines. Most executables, from Java applets to word processors, would count as sleepers. | (noun) One of the three types of [[#Program|program]], a sleeper is driven by routines that can govern anything from a specific function or limited set of functions to complex tasks and/or sets of varying tasks, but ignores any variance beyond its routines. Most executables, from Java applets to word processors, would count as sleepers. | ||
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+ | ==Subroutine== | ||
+ | (noun) | ||
== Stasis Pub == | == Stasis Pub == | ||
(noun) Social venue for [[#Waker|wakers]]. | (noun) Social venue for [[#Waker|wakers]]. | ||
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==System== | ==System== | ||
(noun) | (noun) | ||
− | * A flexible term that refers to | + | * A flexible term that refers to an area from a house to a building or even an urban area (see [[#Major_System|major system]]) within [[#Program_Space|Program Space]]. Represents a particular conglomeration of networked computers and/or networked networks within [[#User_Space|User Space]] and typically delineated by the presence of a [[#Firewall|firewall]]. |
* Shortened form of [[#System_Program|system program]]. | * Shortened form of [[#System_Program|system program]]. | ||
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+ | ==Terminal== | ||
+ | (noun) The [[#Waker|waker]] term for a zombie created by a data virus. | ||
==Thinker== | ==Thinker== | ||
− | (noun) One of the six [[#Class|classes]] of [[#Waker|waker]], and one of the two [[#Rewriter|rewriter]] classes (along with [[#Programmer|programmers]]), thinkers are former database programs | + | (noun) One of the six [[#Class|classes]] of [[#Waker|waker]], and one of the two [[#Rewriter|rewriter]] classes (along with [[#Programmer|programmers]]), thinkers are former database programs specialising in data manipulation. Upon [[#Awakening|Awakening]], this function is enhanced to include manipulation of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] itself, manifested as the [[#Execute|execution]] of [[#Rewrite|rewrites]], and a phenomenal ability to predict the immediate future based on probabilities. |
==Titan== | ==Titan== | ||
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* Specific: A denizen of User Space that interacts with [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] (via a computer or any other piece of "wired" equipment).<br /> | * Specific: A denizen of User Space that interacts with [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] (via a computer or any other piece of "wired" equipment).<br /> | ||
Rarely (if ever) encountered by [[#Waker|wakers]], Users (always capitalised) are percieved as gods by many and worshipped as such by some. | Rarely (if ever) encountered by [[#Waker|wakers]], Users (always capitalised) are percieved as gods by many and worshipped as such by some. | ||
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==User Space== | ==User Space== | ||
− | (noun) The realm that encompasses | + | (noun) The realm that encompasses Program Space; the universe of the [[#User|Users]]. |
==Useragent== | ==Useragent== | ||
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==Waker== | ==Waker== | ||
− | (noun) One of the three types of [[#Program|program]], a waker is a self-aware, sentient and free | + | (noun) One of the three types of [[#Program|program]], a waker is a self-aware, sentient and free willed fusion of a [[#Dreamer|dreamer]] and some undefined code-fragment or emission of a [[#Progenitor_Virus|progenitor virus]] (see [[#Awakening|Awakening]]). Wakers can be categorised by their [[#Heritage|heritages]], [[#Form|forms]] and [[#Class|classes]]. |
==Webcrawler== | ==Webcrawler== | ||
− | (noun) One of the six [[#Class|classes]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a webcrawler is the scout, trailblazer and frontiersman of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], primarily due to its previous existence as data search and collection agent for a database | + | (noun) One of the six [[#Class|classes]] of [[#Waker|waker]], a webcrawler is the scout, trailblazer and frontiersman of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], primarily due to its previous existence as data search and collection agent for a database program. |
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