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  2. Netcode - Wikipedia

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    Netcode is a blanket term most commonly used by gamers relating to networking in online games, often referring to synchronization issues between clients and servers.. Players often blame "bad netcode" when they experience lag or reverse state transitions when synchronization between players is lost.

  3. Boosting (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Riot Games can also ban CS-GO and Valorant accounts caught engaging in MMR boosting, with the punishment varying with the severity of the offense. [32] Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts , on the other hand, also expressly prohibit boosting/account sharing in Apex Legend, citing it goes against the games' Fair Play rules and TOS.

  4. Valorant - Wikipedia

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    Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. [3] A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.

  5. Peer-to-peer file sharing - Wikipedia

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    Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. [1]

  6. Tier 1 network - Wikipedia

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    By this definition, a Tier 1 network must be a transit-free network (purchases no transit) that peers for no charge with every other Tier 1 network [4] [5] and can reach all major networks on the Internet. Not all transit-free networks are Tier 1 networks, as it is possible to become transit-free by paying for peering, and it is also possible ...

  7. Seeding (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, and specifically peer-to-peer file sharing, seeding is the uploading of already downloaded content for others to download from. A peer, a computer that is connected to the network, becomes a seed when having acquired the entire set of data, it begins to offer its upload bandwidth to other peers attempting to download the file.

  8. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    FPS 1. An abbreviation for first-person shooter. 2. An abbreviation for frames per second. See frame rate. frag To kill or achieve a kill in a game against a player or non-player opponent. [66] See also gib. frame rate A measure of the rendering speed of a video game's graphics, typically in frames per second (FPS). frame-perfect

  9. Peering - Wikipedia

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    The two primary criticisms of multilateral peering are that it breaks the shared fate of the forwarding and routing planes, since the layer-2 connection between two participants could hypothetically fail while their layer-2 connections with the route server remained up, and that they force all participants to treat each other with the same ...