Here is an explanation of some of the terms and slang you will find in AW. Some are also used in chatrooms across the internet.

AW - Abbreviation for ActiveWorlds. It also is the world name of Alphaworld, the main building world for citizens. Tourists can also visit Alphaworld, but they cannot build.

AFK - Abbreviation for "away from keyboard".

LOL - Abbreviation for "Laughing out loud".

ROFL - Abbreviation for "Rolling on the floor laughing".

BRB - Abbreviation for "Be right back"

WB - Abbreviation for "welcome back".

TY - Abbreviation for "thank you".

W/E - Abbreviation for "whatever".

:) - A smiley face. Turn your head sideways to see.

citizen - A registered user of ActiveWorlds. Citizens have protected building.

tourist - A nonregistered user of ActiveWorlds. Tourists building is not protected and tourists have grey chat.

world - AW doesn't have chatrooms, but rather different "worlds" with different features and environments.

bot - A bot is a program that can connect to AW. Only citizens use bots. Bots may be used for a variety of purposes, from chat to monitoring worlds.

AWI - ActiveWorlds, Inc. This is the company that owns and manages ActiveWorlds.

Gatekeeper - A Gatekeeper is a person who moderates the default world for AW, AWGate. You might have met one the first time you came to AW.

Peacekeeper - A Peacekeeper maintains order in the AW universe in all of the AWI owned and some private worlds.

telegram - Messages that citizens can send each other. Tourists don't have this ability.

Building Inspector - A component of the AW browser that monitors building and prevents people from building past the cell limit or encroaching.

Cell Limit - The maximum number of information (objects, action commands, descriptions) that can be stored in a cell.

Cell - A division of a world. Each cell takes up 1 coordinate by 1 coordinate. Press F10 to see.

Immigration Officer - A component of the AW browser that sends messages to users such as welcome messages.

building - The act of adding and changing objects in a world.

caretaker - The manager of a world. They can set the world attributes, modify ejections, etc.

PS (bolds) - Public Speaker right. Usually given to officials of a world, it permits them to stand out in chat and to hear chat from a longer range.

eject - The act of booting someone out of a world. Usually only done to maintain order and stop troublemaking.

[Customs Aide] - A bot (not a human) found in some AWI worlds that monitors chat.

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