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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>moria</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="Moores-Law.html" title="Moore's Law"/><link rel="next" href="MOTAS.html" title="MOTAS"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">moria</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Moores-Law.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="MOTAS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="moria"/><dt xmlns="" id="moria"><b>moria</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mor´ee·@/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Like <a href="../N/nethack.html"><i class="glossterm">nethack</i></a> and
<a href="../R/rogue.html"><i class="glossterm">rogue</i></a>, one of the large PD Dungeons-and-Dragons-like
simulation games, available for a wide range of machines and operating
systems. The name is from Tolkien's Mines of Moria; compare
<a href="../E/elder-days.html"><i class="glossterm">elder days</i></a>, <a href="../E/elvish.html"><i class="glossterm">elvish</i></a>. The game
is extremely addictive and a major consumer of time better used for
hacking. See also <a href="../N/nethack.html"><i class="glossterm">nethack</i></a>,
<a href="../R/rogue.html"><i class="glossterm">rogue</i></a>, <a href="../A/Angband.html"><i class="glossterm">Angband</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Moores-Law.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="MOTAS.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Moore's Law </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> MOTAS</td></tr></table></div></body></html>