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 ;Automatic level: In games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, an automatic level is a level that can be successfully completed without any input from the player. Although this type of level mainly appears in ROM hacks and ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' user levels, some of ''Super Mario Maker''{{'}}s pre-built courses are designed in this fashion.
 ;[[MarioWiki:Autopatrolled users|Autopatrolled users]]: Former admins and trusted users whose edits are automatically verified by the software. Their edits are not flagged and do not require being manually patrolled by the administrators.
-;Auto-scrolling level: In games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, a level where the screen scrolls automatically regardless of the player's input or position on the screen.
+;Auto-scrolling level or autoscrolling level: In games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, a level where the screen scrolls automatically regardless of the player's input or position on the screen.
 ;Avatar: A design that users use to represent themselves online. On [[#F|forums]], avatars are simply the pictures or icons that users display on their profiles.
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 ;Hexadecimal (Hex): A numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
+;{{wp|Collision detection#Hitbox|Hitbox}}: The unseen boundaries of collision that encompass models and sprites in a video game. A hitbox usually correlates with the visible elements of a subject (i.e., character, object, enemy, etc.) but not always. Sometimes parts of a character's visible design are exempt from the boundaries of a hitbox to keep a game balanced, especially in fighting games or platformers with tactile elements. The collision boundaries of a character that denote where they can be damaged are sometimes differentiated as the '''hurtbox'''.
 ;{{wp|HTML}} (Hypertext Markup Language): A set of standards used to tag elements of a hypertext document (such as this wiki). It is regularly used for displaying pages and formatting on the World Wide Web.
 ;{{wp|HTTP}} (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): The standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. Compare HTML.
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 ;[[MarioWiki:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance|NIWA]] (Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance): A network of independent wikis striving to chronicle the many diverse video game universes created by Nintendo.
 ;{{wp|non-player character|NPC}}: Abbreviation for "non-playable character" or "non-player character." Refers to any character in a video game that cannot be used by the player. Some examples are [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
-;NSFW: Abbreviation for "Not Safe for Work." It usually refers to something with swearing, gore, sexual references, drugs, nudity, etc.
+;{{wp|Not safe for work|NSFW}}: Abbreviation for "not safe for work." It usually refers to something with swearing, gore, sexual references, drugs, nudity, etc.
 ;{{wp|NTSC}} (National Television System Committee): On this wiki, the abbreviation denotes generally the North and South American versions of games for the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, or Wii but can also include South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. These versions come into play mainly for region locking, although minor gameplay and localization differences may exist between NTSC and PAL, its European/Australian counterpart, versions. Two sub-abbreviations exist, NTSC-U and NTSC-J, which denote ''only'' the American/Canadian versions ''or'' the Japanese versions, respectively.
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 ==R==
-;RAM (random-access memory): The main memory of a computer, in which data can be stored or retrieved from all locations at the same (usually very high) speed.
+;{{wp|random-access memory|RAM}} (random-access memory): The main memory of a computer, in which data can be stored or retrieved from all locations at the same (usually very high) speed.
 ;Recovery: The act of regaining one's health, usually through restorative items, such as [[coin]]s or [[Mushroom]]s. Alternate methods include visiting [[Toad House]]s or [[inn]]s. In the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' games, the term refers to either reducing one's damage percentage or returning to the stage after being attacked or falling.
 ;[[MarioWiki:Redirects|Redirect]]: A page that is created with the purpose of leading users that search for the page to another page with a similar name.
 ;Remix: A type of music that recombines audio pieces from a recording to create an altered version of the song. '''Not to be confused with "[[#C|cover version]]."'''
-;ROM (read-only memory): Computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
+;{{wp|read-only memory|ROM}} (read-only memory): Computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
 ;RPG: Short for "role-playing game." Some examples are ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
 ;Rubber band AI: A type of feature in racing games that prevents human players from getting too far ahead of CPU players, usually by enhancing the CPUs' abilities and/or limiting the human players' abilities.
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 ;[[mb:|Super Mario Boards]]: A [[#F|forum]] where users can discuss just about anything, although much of the content is focused on the [[#M|Marioverse]]. There are also [[#B|board]]s to discuss wiki-related matters, such as the [[#W|Wiki Collaborations]] board.
 ;{{wp|Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG}} (Scalable Vector Graphics): A file type that, unlike raster formats (PNG, JPEG, GIF), is comprised of vectors (shapes) rather than pixels. This means that the image retains the same quality for any size, even when displayed many times greater than the original size.
-;[[MarioWiki:Administrators|Sysops]] (system operators): Another name for [[#A|administrators]].
+;[[MarioWiki:Administrators|Sysops]] (system operators): Another name for "[[#A|administrators]]."
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 ==U==
-;{{wp|unlockable (gaming)|Unlockable}}: Pertaining to a character, gameplay mode, item, or other element of a video game that can be accessed only after the player completes a certain task in the game.
+;Unlockable: Pertaining to a character, gameplay mode, item, or other element of a video game that can be accessed only after a certain task in the game is completed.
 ;[[MarioWiki:Userboxes|Userbox]]: A box that users are free to create and use to describe their likes, their dislikes, their favorites, and other pieces of information about themselves.
 ;Userbox tower: A user's unique tower of userboxes. Starts with the {{tem|userboxtop}} template and ends with the {{tem|userboxbottom}} template, with userboxes in between.
-;[[MarioWiki:Userspace|Userspace]]: Anything that belongs to a user, such as their signature, certain sub-pages, talk pages, and the userpage itself.
+;[[MarioWiki:Userspace|Userspace]]: Anything that belongs to a user, such as their signature, certain subpages, talk pages, and the user page itself.
 ==V==
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 ==W==
-;{{wp|Wiki}}: Software that allows users to create, edit, and link webpages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.
+;{{wp|Wiki}}: A type of website that allows users to create, edit, and link webpages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.
 ;Wiki staff: Umbrella term for the wiki [[MarioWiki:Patrollers|patrollers]], [[MarioWiki:Administrators|administrators]], [[MarioWiki:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]], and [[MarioWiki:Proprietor|proprietor]] who all help to run the Super Mario Wiki.
 ;[[mb:forums/57|Wiki Collaborations]]: A [[#F|forum]] board where wiki editors can collaborate on projects and discuss wiki matters.
-;{{wp|World Wide Web}} (www): The complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP. The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet.
+;{{wp|World Wide Web}} (WWW): The complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet and are made available by the protocol known as HTTP. The World Wide Web makes up a large part of the Internet.
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