Avatar: Definition (from the dictionary wot I just located)
1. Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
2006-09-26 03:52:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Definition No. 2 is exactly right. For a lot of us, I'm sure the avatar is a personifcation of who we really are. Take mine, for example. I'm all puckered up and ready to plant a big one on ya!
2006-09-26 17:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by S&S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some more definitions:
(1) A virtual representation of the player in a game.
(2) A common name for the superuser account on UNIX systems. The other common name is root.
Also,
Among people working on virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an avatar (sometimes AV, av, or avvie) is an icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. The term is sometimes used on MUDs, in computer role-playing games, and shared non-gaming universes such as Active Worlds, Entropia Universe, There, Second Life, Virtual World of Kaneva and The Palace.
2006-09-26 11:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by no one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But for some of us, my darling Ichi, the second definition fits quite well. Or at least it used to, and now we're just winging it ;)
2006-09-26 11:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look their just computer wizards and the name sounded cool, I beat you a buck they didn't even think of it beyond hearing the name once, trying to make a cool site.
2006-09-26 10:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
call me uneducated, but until now, I didn't know the meaning.
2006-09-26 10:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by munesliver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
number one is my best guess.
2006-09-26 10:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by vivalastyle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋