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  2. Creeper (Minecraft) - Wikipedia

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    A creeper is a fictional creature in the sandbox video game Minecraft.Creepers are hostile mobs (mobile non-player characters) that spawn in dark places.Instead of attacking the player directly, they creep up on the player and explode, destroying blocks in the surrounding area and potentially hurting or killing the player if they are within the blast radius.

  3. Non-player character - Wikipedia

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    The term carries a connotation that the character is not hostile towards players; hostile characters are referred to as enemies, mobs, or creeps. NPC behavior in computer games is usually scripted and automatic, triggered by certain actions or dialogue with the player characters.

  4. Spawning (video games) - Wikipedia

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    All player characters typically spawn at the start of a round, whereas some objects or mobs may spawn after the occurrence of a particular event or delay. When a player character respawns, they generally do so in an earlier point of the level and get some kind of penalty.

  5. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    2. The act of waiting around a rare mob or player's spawn point, usually in MMOs. This may be known as spawn-camping or spawn-trapping. capture the flag (CTF) A common game mode in multiplayer video games, where the goal is to capture and retrieve a flag from the opposing side's territory while defending the flag in one's own territory. carry

  6. Survival mode - Wikipedia

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    Rampart, released in 1991, is the first prototypical survival game mode in tower defense games. [5] Survival mode is particularly common among tower defense games, such as Plants vs. Zombies. [6] where the player must improve the defenses of a specific location in order to repel enemy forces for as long as possible. [7]

  7. Spawning - Wikipedia

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    The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the developing eyes. Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, to spawn refers to the process of freely releasing eggs and sperm into a body of water (fresh or marine); the physical act is known as spawning. The vast majority of aquatic and ...

  8. SYN flood - Wikipedia

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    A SYN flood attack works by not responding to the server with the expected ACK code. The malicious client can either simply not send the expected ACK, or by spoofing the source IP address in the SYN, cause the server to send the SYN-ACK to a falsified IP address – which will not send an ACK because it "knows" that it never sent a SYN.

  9. Mobbing (animal behavior) - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, humpback whales are known to mob killer whales when the latter are attacking other species, including other cetacean species, seals, sea lions, and fish. [17] There is a distinction though, between mobbing in animals, and fight-or-flight response. The former relies heavily on group dynamics, whereas the latter’s central focus ...