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Internet addiction disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders ...are using it. Modeling may play a role — users can witness and experience how others engage in Internet...chat rooms, e-mail, and interactive games like Multi-User Dungeons and Dragons (MUDS), seem to be more likely to lead...

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	multi user dungeon Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet multi user dungeon A special type of CHAT ROOM where...soothsayer's stone. Early multiuser dungeons featured simple text input, but...programming language. Sometimes multi user dungeons are known as multi user dimensions. See also MUD...
	multi user shared illusion Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet multi user shared illusion A form of MULTI USER DUNGEON game where the users can augment the current world they are playing in. Often abbreviated to MUSH.
	multi user dimension Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet multi user dimension See MULTI USER DUNGEON .
	chat Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet chat The process of communicating with other users of the Internet in REAL TIME . The most common way of doing this is via CHAT ROOMS or MULTI USER DUNGEONS . There are a variety of reasons for using a chat room...
	MUD head Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet MUD head A frequent user of MULTI USER DUNGEONS ; usually someone who is addicted to the technology.
	MUD Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet MUD See MULTI USER DUNGEON or MULTI USER DIMENSION .
	finger of death Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet finger of death The removal of a user from a network facility for ant-social behaviour. It was originally used to describe the ejection of players from MULTI USER DUNGEON games.
	nut cluster Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet nut cluster A group of MUD users, usually in a university, who take over a room of computers for playing a MULTI USER DUNGEON game.
	jacking out Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet jacking out The process of logging out from some VIRTUAL REALITY system such as a MULTI USER DUNGEON .
	muddie Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet muddie A derogatory term for someone who is obsessed by MULTI-USER DUNGEON games. See also MUD HEAD .

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	Infogrames Secures Global Publishing Rights for Neverwinter Nights(TM); - Genre-Defining RPG Game to be Released Globally in Summer 2002 - - Game Recreates Classic Pen and Paper Dungeons & Dragons(R) in Stunning 3D -. PR Newswire; 2/4/2002; 700+ words ; ...on the wildly popular Dungeons & Dragons(R...of Infogrames. "The Dungeons & Dragons franchise...the extraordinary new "Dungeon Master" feature...to a never-ending, user-created multiplayer...be played in single or multi-player, will thrust...betrayal. The intuitive user ...
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	Life on the Screen. Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/5/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...playing LambdaMOO, one of the freakier multi-user games. The kid has created a "condo...TrekMUSE and LambdaMOO are MUDS, for Multi-User Domains, or as some prefer, Multi-User Dungeons (in homage to the Dungeons and Dragons...
	The Road Ahead. Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/5/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...playing LambdaMOO, one of the freakier multi-user games. The kid has created a "condo...TrekMUSE and LambdaMOO are MUDS, for Multi-User Domains, or as some prefer, Multi-User Dungeons (in homage to the Dungeons and Dragons...
	Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age. Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/5/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...playing LambdaMOO, one of the freakier multi-user games. The kid has created a "condo...TrekMUSE and LambdaMOO are MUDS, for Multi-User Domains, or as some prefer, Multi-User Dungeons (in homage to the Dungeons and Dragons...
	Being Digital. Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/5/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...playing LambdaMOO, one of the freakier multi-user games. The kid has created a "condo...TrekMUSE and LambdaMOO are MUDS, for Multi-User Domains, or as some prefer, Multi-User Dungeons (in homage to the Dungeons and Dragons...
	The Electronic Word. Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/5/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...playing LambdaMOO, one of the freakier multi-user games. The kid has created a "condo...TrekMUSE and LambdaMOO are MUDS, for Multi-User Domains, or as some prefer, Multi-User Dungeons (in homage to the Dungeons and Dragons...