Editing City Series:Volume8b Chapter16 (section)

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'''Word Race origins and Types

The Word Races began as a technology known as an '''Extension Word Race''' which was created during NPC Body research. The idea was to '''apply something like a Message to the data used to create the Body in order to give it a stable and unique extension,''' which was likened to the concept of humanity’s different races.

Several ideas were proposed for how to determine Word Races:

'''–The language used to create the Body.

'''–The format of the subprograms and data used by the Body.

'''–The primary format used when interacting with other Bodies and Lives.

In the end, people were allowed to choose from any of those options when arriving in DT.

People would choose (or have chosen for them) the Word Race best suited for them and that would become a part of their name. This combined with the pseudonyms being used to create a unique form of expression where the people in DT use '''their pseudonym plus their Word Race Name''' in place of their real name.

This is especially common among the second and third generations born within DT when the Word Race system was already in place and with corporate workers, but that has led to frequent trouble when contacting the outside world.

However, since some nonhumans have a rule saying only their parents are allowed to know their true name, people born in DT have used that as precedent to gain authorization to ''continue using their pseudonym and Word Race name while staying outside the city'''.

There are a large number of Word Races, but they can generally be split into a few different categories.

*'''Text Data

Ex: Txt, Doc, Log.

Can read and produce text data quickly and accurately. These Word Races can only be held by humans and nonhumans with Lives data, so NPC Bodies cannot use them.

*'''Voice Data

Ex: Wav, Dat, Sn, Aud, Pmc.

Can rapidly create and receive detailed voice data as well as convert it into text data.

*'''Image Data

Ex: Gif, Jpg, Bmp, Png, Pdf, Pct.

Excels at image processing, image creation, and image extraction.

*'''System

Ex: Sys, Bat, Dll, Cnf, Exe.

Excels at creating programs and the understanding and control of program contents.

*'''Language 

Ex: Bas, C, Asb, Pas, Cob, For, Xc.

Each one excels at different things such as movement speed, movement options, data processing, data control, etc.


If necessary, these Word Race traits can be '''applied to your Lives''' when leaving the city, so they can be brought from the city to an extent.