https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/ 2026-04-17T14:40:10+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/ https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/lib/tpl/wildcard/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:avatar&rev=1511019290&do=diff An avatar in the context of Wildcard's world is, on the most basic level, a visual, three-dimensional representation of something. Netizen use (See also: Web protocol) Immersive internet users typically set up a default avatar for themselves when browsing the 'net. If they don't supply one, it ends up being their 'offline-appearance' avatar, which is typically crafted by their client via the text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:evanescing&rev=1511019290&do=diff Evanescing is the formal term for what is usually (and near-exclusively) referred to as teleportation or linking in online circles, the act of abruptly moving from one place to another amongst online landscapes, available to both Citizens and Denizens. The word was initially chosen in homage to early internet habits of prepending text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:metadata&rev=1511019290&do=diff Metadata is a second layer of information available in the virtual world, augmenting the perceptive layer. Depending on visualisation options, it can either be tied into the perceptive layer from the person's perspective, or it can register as information that you're simply aware of text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:net-tools&rev=1511019290&do=diff Standard net tools are a few irrevocable abilities that each Netizen has access to by design - things a server cannot override: * exiting from a Fragment, server or network, or negotiating Following * altering one's default avatar * setting one's metadata preference * either blocking or receiving private messages one is the recipient of text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:neural-connector&rev=1511019290&do=diff Neural connectors are the primary 'first world' way for Citizens to connect to the internet. They're lightweight gadgets that attach with minimal discomfort to one of your temples and electromagnetically interact with your brain. Needless to say, some people are freaked out by this, and prefer either pod connections, which are full-body tanks you submerge yourself into that tries to simulate your senses externally, or headsets (though headsets will always be considered an indicator that you're … text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:web-access-control&rev=1511019290&do=diff Access control on the web is quite varied, but the most common form of it comes in the form of role-based access list. In brief, every identified user may be given any number of usergroups and any number of user-individual access rights. The usergroups can be given any number of access rights. Usergroups are always additive - if usergroup A has the rights X and Y and usergroup B has the rights X and Z, a user in both usergroup A and B will have the rights X, Y and Z. Every text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=technology:web-protocol&rev=1511019290&do=diff The online world is chiefly realised through the immersive internet protocol. Connection and avatar The basic protocol begins with a handshake. It requires a handle from the client, a client software identifier, the protocol version used by the client and the IP of the server, along with the name of the requested resource (latter quite akin to HTTP).