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Definition of avatar
avatar
noun
- an icon, pictorial, or 3D representation of a person online. In the online gaming community, for example, one's character as seen by other players is one's avatar. Origin: in Hindu mythology, an avatar is a physical incarnation of a deity on earth.
Her game avatar was getting its butt kicked.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jan 12 2003. Submitted by Ray G. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 12 2003.
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| Definitions include: a computer program that single-handedly or near single-handedly makes a computing platform popular. | |
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