ZORK


Meaning of ZORK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /zork/ n. ]

The second of the great early experiments in computer fantasy gaming; see ADVENT . Originally written on MIT-DM during 1977-1979, later distributed with BSD Unix (as a patched, sourceless RT-11 FORTRAN binary; see retrocomputing ) and commercialized as `The Zork Trilogy' by Infocom . The FORTRAN source was later rewritten for portability and released to Usenet under the name "Dungeon". Both FORTRAN "Dungeon" and translated C versions are available at many FTP sites. See also grue .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.