Help:Common Terms
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Welcome! Common Terms will attempt to list and define frequently used terms and abbreviations on STOwiki that might not be familiar for those new to mmorpgs or wikis.
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- Camping
- Waiting near a respawn site in order to kill NPC's once they spawn.
- Critter
- An NPC/creature that is at a low level, and is not aggressive.
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- Devs
- Abbreviation for 'Developers' - In this case, Perpetual Entertainment.
- Disambiguation
- The process of resolving the conflict that occurs when articles about two or more different topics have the same natural title.
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- Griefers
- Intentionally rude players.
- Grinding
- To repetitively kill mobs in an area.
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- Instance
- A part of the virtual world that generates a new copy (an instance) for each new player or group of players that enters certain areas. This allows for less crowding and less lag in popular areas.
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- MediaWiki
- The software behind many wikis such as STOwiki itself and Wikipedia.
- MMOG
- Abbreviation for Massive Multiplayer Online Game.
- MMORPG
- Abbreviation for Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.
- MOB
- Moveable Object.
- Mob
- An NPC enemy.
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- NDA
- A non-disclosure agreement, or contract preventing information being leaked by testers to the public.
- NPC
- Non-player character.
- Related:PC
- Noob
- A relatively new player who is unfamiliar with basic game elements. Sometimes spelled n00b and is often used as a derogitory term.
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- P2P
- An abbreviation of 'Pay-to-Play' or 'Peer-to-Peer' depending on context.
- PE
- Perpetual Entertainment.
- PC
- Player character.
- Related:NPC
- Player Ship
- PvE
- Player versus Environment.
- PvP
- Player versus Player.
- Powergamer
- A person who will spend extreme lengths of time online in one period in order to gain a higher rank.
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- Redirect
- A page title which, when requested, sends the reader to another page which talks about the same subject but under a different title.
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- Sandbox
- A public page that any user can edit however they want. It's purpose is to help new users become familiar with Wiki Markup.
- SCMM
- An abbreviation for STOwiki Content Manager and Moderator.
- Spawn (point)
- An point or area where NPC's will reappear after they have been killed.
- STO
- Abbreviation for Star Trek: Online.
- Stubs
- Articles which does not cover enough information yet to be considered as a completed article.
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- Talk page
- A discussion page that is attached to every article. It can be accessed using the "discussion" tab
- TC/TS
- Temporary Commission/Temporary Ship
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- Vandalism
- Deliberate defacement of STOwiki pages. This can be by deleting text or writing nonsense, bad language etcetera. Vandalism can be reported at Help:Report Vandalism.
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- Wiki markup
- Code like HTML, but simplified and more convenient, for example '''bold''' instead of <b>bold</b>. It is the source code stored in the database and shown in the edit box.
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External Links
- Wikipedia Glossary contains more on wiki terms.
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