https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/ 2026-05-13T08:51:00+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=terminology:citizen&rev=1511019290&do=diff A Citizen is a flesh-and-blood person connected to the internet (or capable of connecting to the internet, depending on conversation context). The term is used to differentiate them from Puppets and Denizens, and, together with latter, forms the definition of Netizen. minimal text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=terminology:denizen&rev=1511019290&do=diff A Denizen is a digitalised person. The term is used to differentiate them from Puppets and Citizens, and, together with latter, forms the definition of Netizen. Digital mind A Denizen's mind is not an understood construct, any more than a human being's mind is a fully understood construct - it is simply faithfully translated from a biological medium to a digital medium. As such, it takes skill and caution to tamper with it, though disconnected Denizen-brain is infinitely easier to reattach tha… text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=terminology:netizen&rev=1511019290&do=diff A Netizen forms the blanket-term for Denizens and Citizens and means 'human being encountered on the internet'. A few people use the term 'Netizen' synonymous with either term - either not acknowledging the humanity of Denizens or not acknowledging that Citizens belong into the internet to the same degree that Denizens can. In latter case, a Citizen is called text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=terminology:puppet&rev=1511019290&do=diff Puppets are avatared programs intended for human interaction. Typically, the term is applied exclusively to such programs: * found on the internet * mode of interaction is speech or gestures * avatar is recognisably a living entity Programmers may refer to entirely passive interactive items as Puppets, too, though those keen on unambiguous communication will avoid this. text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=terminology:simulation&rev=1511019290&do=diff A simulation is a distinguished sub-set of a server's immersive environment. Basically, just as a single server can run several websites in this day and age (e.g. Wildcard and Sehto both running on the same physical machine in different folders), a server serving immersive environments may have several wholly independent worlds available. text/html 2017-11-18T15:34:50+00:00 https://wildcard.thorngale.net/encyclopaedia/doku.php?id=terminology:visitor&rev=1511019290&do=diff Visitor is an alternate term for Citizen used almost exclusively by Denizens who consider them significantly more transient on the internet than Citizens perceive themselves. minimal