WRAPAROUND

Wraparound

Wraparound, in video games, is a gameplay variation on the single-screen in which space is finite but unbounded; objects leaving one side of the screen immediately reappear on the opposite side, maintaining speed and trajectory. This is referred to as "wraparound", since the top and bottom of the screen wrap around to meet, as do the left and right sides . Some games wrap around in some directions but not others, such as games of the Civilization series that wrap around left to right, or east and west but the top and bottom remain edges representing the North and South Pole .

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wraparound

Noun

  1. A garment that is wrapped around the body and tied.
  2. A label or advertising display that wraps around a container.
  3. Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text on to the next line if it will not fit on the current one.
  4. wrapping of numerical value in case of underflow or overflow
    In C# the addition of integers is unchecked, so wraparound occurs if the resulting value is beyond the representable range.

Adjective

wraparound

  1. designed to be wrapped around the body and tied
  2. that extends around a corner or bend


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