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multi-user dungeon

multi-user dungeon noun: a text-based online game in which players enter instructions on a command line to jointly engage in role-playing.

Noun

multi-user dungeon (plural multi-user dungeons)

  1. A text-based online game in which players enter instructions on a command line to jointly engage in role-playing.
  2. (dated) An early graphical massively multiplayer online game.

Synonyms of multi-user dungeon

Forms of multi-user dungeon

pluralmulti-user dungeons

Origin of multi-user dungeon

From the title of the genre-defining 1978 video game Multi-User Dungeon, which was itself named to suggest a "multi-user" game that was otherwise similar to Dungeon, an unauthorized DEC-10 port of Zork. The title was not intended to imply a dungeon setting or any association with Dungeons & Dragons.

Questions about multi-user dungeon

What does multi-user dungeon mean?
Multi-user dungeon means a text-based online game in which players enter instructions on a command line to jointly engage in role-playing.
What part of speech is multi-user dungeon?
Multi-user dungeon is a noun.
What is the plural of multi-user dungeon?
The plural of multi-user dungeon is multi-user dungeons.

Words near multi-user dungeon in the dictionary

  1. multi-tier
  2. multi-tool
  3. multi-tools
  4. multi-touch
  5. multi-user
  6. multi-user dungeon
  7. multi-user dungeons
  8. multi-valenced
  9. multi-vari chart
  10. multi-vari charts
  11. multi-voltage

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