EveryBody at Ao is proud of their avtars ....but do u know whats the origin of avtar
In Sanskrit AVTAR= incarnation.
yup Avtar is the exact sanskrit word now extensively used in Hindi lang too.
Just for Some Chit-Chat.
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EveryBody at Ao is proud of their avtars ....but do u know whats the origin of avtar
In Sanskrit AVTAR= incarnation.
yup Avtar is the exact sanskrit word now extensively used in Hindi lang too.
Just for Some Chit-Chat.
Interesting
Except we use Avatar, not avtar. But that is the origin of it. Your avatar is your online pressence, or incarnation.
I'm fascinated...
hehehe
my mistake souleman actualy its avatar in sanskrit too....................
An episode of the X Files is 'Avatar',
Season 3, Episode 21.
However, it has no connection with the Internet... Assistant Director Skinner wakes up with a dead woman in his bed, and Mulder & Scully find out that she was a prostitute who had been hired by a man who attempts to kill Skinner's wife (Or something like that).
(Ya know, just usual kind of stuff to happen to an FBI employee)
I knew this....btw did u know that the Root account in some systems are often called Avetar for security reasons.... :)
Avetar means a (re-)incarnated deiety (I hope that's right).
awww well, I may havge it wrrong... :)
- Noia
http://abacus.best.vwh.net/oro/ouroboros.html <---the description of the ouroboros...
the (current) visual avatar is the yin-yang ...ties in closely with the ouroboros...
anyways...
Ouroboros
avatar n. Syn.
[in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of a god] 1. Among people working on virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. The term is sometimes used on MUDs. 2. [CMU, Tektronix] root, superuser. There are quite a few Unix machines on which the name of the superuser account is `avatar' rather than `root'. This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who found the terms `root' and `superuser' unimaginative, and thought `avatar' might better impress people with the responsibility they were accepting
Taken from the Jargon Lexicon of Tuxedo.Org, I think this pretty much describes what an avatar is ;)
Drats! Acid you beat me to the punch.
hehe. :)
Any Role Players around?
Anyone has the book "Faiths & Avatars" of AD&D?
Avatars are sometimes incarnations of gods & goddesses in our world, and sometimes just their chosen champions that walk the earth...
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My sarcasm meter is detecting abnormally high readings around the area of this post.... :airoff:
I found this in Ralph Brown Listings
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AVATAR
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(Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator) A
set of control codes which may be used to affect the output of
characters to the screen on systems equipped with an appropriate
driver. Similar in intent to ANSI sequences, AVATAR has shorter
command sequences and provides additional PC-specific functionality.
AVATAR is primarily used by the Opus and Maximus bulletin board systems
(it was designed by one of the developers of the Opus system).
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:D
Interesting... ;)
Remote_Access_
Hmm...
:)
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i think that in greek mythology they use avatar (maybe not the exact word) to mean a god in human form, or a god that has come down to earth.Quote:
Originally posted here by coolnads
EveryBody at Ao is proud of their avtars ....but do u know whats the origin of avtar
In Sanskrit AVTAR= incarnation.
yup Avtar is the exact sanskrit word now extensively used in Hindi lang too.
Just for Some Chit-Chat.
I did know this, but this is the first time I've heard it outside of movies/books.Quote:
Originally posted here by Noia
I knew this....btw did u know that the Root account in some systems are often called Avetar for security reasons.... :)
And I thought ICON was fascinating!
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