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scorebox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From score + box.

Meanings

1. An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard
2. A box overlaid on the screen to display the player's score.
   • Recall that our arcade game is to have a scorebox that knows how to increase itself, and observe that this implies there is a score. 2001, Matt Neuburg, REALbasic: the definitive guide, page 64:
   • Video games are notorious for having relatively unchanging areas on the screen (ie the scorebox), which can quickly be burned into the screen. 1994, Coyt D Watters, “Projection TVs and SEGA”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet):

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