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  2. HUD (video games) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, certain games employ a "health bar" which empties as the player becomes hurt such as Tekken, Street Fighter, and many others. Armour levels are also commonly monitored, either through a separate readout, or as part of the health system. For example, some Halo games use one recharging shield bar, acting as the health level. [2]

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CAI—Computer-aided instruction; CAM—Computer-aided manufacturing; CAP—Consistency availability partition tolerance (theorem) CAPTCHA—Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart; CAT—Computer-aided translation; CAQ—Computer-aided quality assurance; CASE—Computer-aided software engineering; cc—C compiler

  4. Isometric video game graphics - Wikipedia

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    In 1983, isometric games were no longer exclusive to the arcade market and also entered home computers, with the release of Blue Max for the Atari 8-bit computers and Ant Attack for the ZX Spectrum. In Ant Attack , the player can move forward in any direction of the scrolling game, offering complete free movement rather than fixed to one axis ...

  5. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    1. Central processing unit; the part of the computer or video game which executes the games' program. 2. A personal computer. 3. A non-player character controlled by the game software using artificial intelligence, usually serving as an opponent to the player or players. CPU versus CPU See zero-player game. cracked 1.

  6. Isobar - Wikipedia

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    Isobar may refer to: Isobar (meteorology), a line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level on the maps. Isobaric process, a process taking place at constant pressure; Isobar (nuclide), one of multiple nuclides with the same mass but with different numbers of protons (or, equivalently, different numbers of neutrons).

  7. PC game - Wikipedia

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    A personal computer game, also known as a computer game [a] or abbreviated PC game, is a video game played on a personal computer (PC). The term PC game has been popularly used since the 1990s referring specifically to games on "Wintel" (Microsoft Windows software/Intel hardware) which has dominated the computer industry since.

  8. Health (game terminology) - Wikipedia

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    Health is a video game or tabletop game quality that determines the maximum amount of damage or fatigue something takes before leaving the main game. In role-playing games , this typically takes the form of hit points ( HP ), a numerical attribute representing the health of a character or object.

  9. osu! - Wikipedia

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    Osu! has been noted for encouraging the use of unique input devices—although the game can be played with a computer mouse, it is often recommended to use a graphics tablet with a pen, which more closely emulates the gameplay of Ouendan. [15] [5] The accessibility of using a mouse and keyboard is another reason given for the game's popularity ...