Gaming Glossary

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Lag:

Used to describe the state of having a high latency. When you did something wrong in a game, just blame it on lag.

LAN:

Short for "Local Area Network." A communications network that serves users within a relatively small area. Most LANs serve just one building or a group of buildings. A LAN's servers run the programs and hold the data that all users on the LAN share. The users' individual PCs are workstations (clients) which access the serves as needed.

Latency:

The time it takes to transmit data from the player's machine to the server and back.

Llama:

It's a lame player.

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