Online Computer Terms Dictionary - G

games

<games> "The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted." -- Bertrand Russell.

Here are some games-related pages on the Web: Imperial Nomic, Thoth's games and recreations page, Games Domain, Zarf's List of Games on the Web, Dave's list of pointers to games resources, Collaborative Fiction.

See also 3DO, ADL, ADVENT, ADVSYS, alpha/beta pruning, Amiga, CHIP-8, Core Wars, DROOL, empire, I see no X here., Infocom, Inglish, initgame, life, minimax, moria, mudhead, multi-user Dimension, nethack, ogg, plugh, rogue, SPACEWAR, virtual reality, wizard mode, wumpus, xyzzy, ZIL, zorkmid.

See also game theory.

(1996-03-03)

game tree

<games> A tree representing contingencies in a game. Each node in a game tree represents a possible position (e.g., possible configuration of pieces on a chessboard) in the game, and each branching ("edge" in graph terms) represents a possible move.

(1998-11-14)