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rubberbanding
[ ruhb-er-ban-ding ]
noun
- (in online video games) the backward popping of characters in motion to their recently occupied spaces that results from high latency in the network connection.
- an aspect of game design that restrains the margin between the winning and losing players, either by awarding bonuses to the weakest player or handicapping the player in first place.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rubberbanding1
1995–2000; by analogy to the stretching and contracting of a rubber band ( def )
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