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• bamf /bamf/ 1. [from X-Men comics; originally "bampf"] interj.
  Notional sound made by a person or object teleporting in or out of the hearer's vicinity....
• virtual reality: n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact with the simulation.
  See {cyberspace}. 2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and `true confessions' magazines....
• jack in: v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or {BBS}, esp.
  for purposes of entering a {virtual reality} simulation such as a {MUD} or {IRC} (leaving is "jacking out")....
• virtual reality n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact with the simulation.
  See cyberspace. 2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and `true confessions' magazines....
• virtual: [via the technical term `virtual memory', prob.
  from the term `virtual image' in optics] adj. 1....
• cyberspace: /si:'ber-spays/ n. 1. Notional `information-space' loaded with visual cues and navigable with brain-computer interfaces called `cyberspace decks'
  a characteristic prop of {cyberpunk} SF. At the time of this writing (mid-1991), serious efforts to construct {virtual reality} interfaces modeled explicitly on Gibsonian cyberspace are already under way, using more conventional devices such as glove sensors and binocular TV headsets....
• jack in v. To log on to a machine or connect to a network or BBS, esp.
  for purposes of entering a virtual reality simulation such as a MUD or IRC (leaving is "jacking out")....
• ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
• VR: // [MUD] n. On-line abbrev for {virtual reality}, as opposed to {RL}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...