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database
- noun The definition of the current MUD scenario. In MUD1,
the database (written in MUDDL) really is a database, but
MUD2's database (written in MUDDLE) looks like a proper
program. The text that comprises the database is read in by
another program (misleadingly referred to as the 'loader' or
'compiler') and interpreter-friendly intermediate code is
produced. Prior to 1991, this program was called 'dbase'; it's now the
equally confusing 'mcomp'. When MUD is
said to 'have a new database' it means that revisions to the
MUDDLE code have been made and the changes are about to take
effect. As a result, Strange Things may occur... See
definition language, DB,
version, Mist, Rock.
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