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'''[[HorizonVirtual:Main_Page|Back to the ''Horizon: Virtual'' WikiProject]]'''
 
 
 
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 and often as small as some of the larger [[#Primal|Primal]] forms. Like the [[#Userclone|Userclone]] form, all Bantams are humanoid (approximately child-sized), though the category usually expresses many iterations (aliens, pixies) on the baseline.
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(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.
 
 
==BASIC==
 
(noun) The most commonly understood language in [[#Program_Space|Program Space]].  
 
  
 
==Battle A.I.==
 
==Battle A.I.==
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=C=
 
=C=
 
==Circuit Barge==
 
(noun) A large [[#Code_Vehicle|code vehicle]] limited to cruising [[#Pathway|pathways]] between [[#System|systems]] or heavily-used routes within [[#Major_System|major systems]]. Circuit barges typically hover slowly above the ground.
 
  
 
==Class==
 
==Class==
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==Code Bike==
 
==Code Bike==
(noun) A small, agile [[#Code_Vehicle|code vehicle]].
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(noun)
  
 
==Code Bomb==
 
==Code Bomb==
(noun) A small, hand-held explosive cosisting of the same energy that [[#Coderipper|coderippers]] use. Most commonly used as a grenade; some types can be fired from a launcher arrangement.
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(noun)
  
 
==Code Vehicle==
 
==Code Vehicle==
(noun) A type of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] transport. Code vehicles are powered by the concentration of the controlling program, and often appear as simplistic equivalents of [[#User_Space|User Space]] vehicles.
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(noun)
  
 
==Codeeater==
 
==Codeeater==
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==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.
 
==Corrupted==
 
(noun)
 
* Any [[#Waker|waker]] or [[#Dreamer|dreamer]] whose coding is degraded or changed somehow for the worse, be it from a [[#Microvirus|microvirus]] or another corrupted program.
 
  
 
==Counterwrite==
 
==Counterwrite==
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==Cycle==
 
==Cycle==
(noun) Unit of time in [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], roughly equivalent to eight (8) [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] hours (or twenty [[#User_Space|User Space]] seconds).
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(noun) Unit of time in [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], roughly equivalent to eight (8) Program Space hours (or twenty [[#User_Space|User Space]] seconds).
  
 
=D=
 
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==Data Access Port==
 
==Data Access Port==
(noun) The gateway between a [[#System|system]] and a [[#Pathway|pathway]], a Data Access Port is the most regulated entry and exit point for a system. As an individual pathway can connect only two systems together, a given system may have many Data Access Ports ([[#Major_System|major systems]] may have hundreds).
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(noun)  
  
 
==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]].
 
==Discorporate==
 
(verb) To discorporate: to die, to kill. ''Past tense:'' Discorporated.
 
 
==Discorporation==
 
(noun) The state of a [[#Program|program]] that most closely corresponds to death.
 
  
 
==Discus==
 
==Discus==
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==Firewall==
 
==Firewall==
(noun) The primary and/or most visible form of security posessed by a given [[#System|system]]. A firewall prevents access to the system aside from through regulated [[#Data_Access_Port|data acces ports]].
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(noun) The primary and/or most visible form of security posessed by a given [[#System|system]].
  
 
==Form==
 
==Form==
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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]]. Microiviruses largely 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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(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.
  
 
=N=
 
=N=
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=P=
 
=P=
 
==Pathway==
 
(noun) A direct connection between two [[#Data_Access_Port|Data Access Ports]]. Movement along a pathway is much faster than walking across the "wild" [[#Region|regions]] of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] between systems.
 
  
 
==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 specific 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]].
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(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]].
 
==Recorporated==
 
(noun) A [[#Discorporate|discorporated]] [[#Program|program]] returned to a semblance of its previous life. The [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] equivalent of "undead".
 
 
==Region==
 
(noun) A sub-section of a [[#System|system]] based on population and allocation of system resources. Classifications include [[#Program_Region|program regions]], [[#Data_Region|data regions]], [[#Secure_Region|secure regions]] and [[#Wild_Region|wild regions]].
 
  
 
==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.
  
==Resource Unit==
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==Restored==
(noun) The basic unit of currency in [[#Program_Space|Program Space]], Resource Units represent a portion of a [[#System|system]]'s total runtime, much as [[#User_Space|User Space]] currency represents a portion of the issuing nation's reserves of precious minerals.
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(noun) The waker term for programs returned to a semblance of life. AKA, the undead.
  
 
==Rewrite==
 
==Rewrite==
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=S=
 
=S=
 
==Scanner==
 
(noun) Part of a [[#System|system's]] defences. Scanners examine given areas of a system for intrusion or viral activity and commonly run to a set schedule.
 
  
 
==Sleeper==
 
==Sleeper==
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==Subroutine==
 
==Subroutine==
(noun) A [[#Code|code]] package that can be installed within an item or [[#Program|program]] (including [[#Waker|wakers]], adding to and/or enhancing the abilities of the object it is installed within.
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(noun)
  
 
==System==
 
==System==
 
(noun)
 
(noun)
* A flexible term that refers to the area of [[#Program_Space|Program Space]] created by a conglomeration of networked [[#User_Space|User Space]] computers. Systems range in Program Space volume from urban areas to nations and even planets. Systems are commonly divided into [[#Region|regions]] and are portected by [[#Firewall|firewalls]] and [[#Scanner|scanners]].
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* 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==
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(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 with a special focus on 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.
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(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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==Waker==
 
==Waker==
(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|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]].
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(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 [[#Program|program]].
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(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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