MOOs are online environments that grew out of text-based shared role playing games (See MUDs below) They generally allow people to interact in real time in a virtual environment, where it is possible to create your environment--rooms, objects, and d escriptions of characters
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Multi-Object Orientation A special area on a computer where students and teachers can interact in their own or other's classrooms Our Tolland Middle School MOO is located at Grassroots MOO which is on a computer network at St Johns University Our class project is in an area called Possibilities Park
[Mud, Object Oriented] One of several kinds of multiuser simulated environments (also defined as multiuser communities), primarily text-based, but also developing into visual environments (see The Palace The object orientation allows items that can be manipulated within the environment
plural Much like adding an s to the end of most English words, adding -moo to the end of most Dezorian nouns makes them plural rees^i friend can become rees^imoo friends, for example, or deel town can become deelmoo towns However, just as there are exceptions in English (such as the plural of mouse being mice and not mouses), there are exceptions in Dezorian The plural form of sidkin torture palace, for example, is not sidkinmoo but sidkin^ee What brings about these exceptions is unknown
"MOO" stands for MUD, Object Oriented, and a MUD is a Multi-User Dungeon (or Dimension) So what does that mean? By logging onto a remote computer, users can enter a "text-based virtual world" where they can interact with other players and their imaginary environment
A MUD (see next entry) that is "object-oriented," a term that refers mostly to how the computer program that runs the MUD is written From the user's point of view, there may not be much difference between a MOO and a MUD A MUD (see next entry) that is "object-oriented," a term that refers mostly to how the computer program that runs the MUD is written From the user's point of view, there may not be much difference between a MOO and a MUD
When cattle, especially cows, moo, they make the long low sound that cattle typically make. a sound like a cow mooing. Moo is also a noun. The cow says `moo-moo'. if a cow moos, it makes a long low sound (From the sound)
A program that allows participants to interact while moving around a virtual space and manipulating virtual objects MOO's are accessed through standard telnet connections or through specialized MOO or MUD programs MOO's are typically used for educational conferencing purposes and are an extension of MUD systems
(n ) See also "MUD " Acronym for "MUD, Object Oriented " MOO is a particular implementation of a MUD system created by Steven White that features a sophisticated programming language that enables users to construct "worlds" within the enviornment It's freeware Yahoo maintains a current list of MOO environments you can visit
(Mud, Object Oriented) -- One of several kinds of multi-user role-playing environments Basically, Dungeons and Dragons over the Internet See Also: MUD , MUSE