• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      There was an early trend of giving tech stuff fantasy terms, too. Programs that do something for the user being wizards and programs that do things when triggered being daemons, for instance.

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        8 months ago

        Player characters and profile pictures are called “avatars” after Hindu mythology. It is the physical embodiment of a divine being on a lesser plane.