4. MUDs and MOOs

4.1 What is a MUD ?

• Many persons can connect simultaneously to a server.

• The MUD has a spatial organization, e.g. people interact with people or objects primarily within "rooms".

• Within a MOO, many real time communication actions exist, like "saying" or "emoting" things publically to the persons in a "room", paging people elsewhere, "whispering" messages, using a "CB" channel, etc.

• Asynchronous communication tools include internal e-mail, Newsgroups, News papers, tutorial rooms, "notice boards", etc.

• MOOs are extensible, and most imaginable (text-based) objects and features can be programmed.

• Moos also can be used as backend for various network services. A good example are http servers.

Generated with Harlequin WebMaker