Glossary

Terminology, nicknames and shorthand used in the Petz Community.

C

 * Crew: A person's personal Petz collection.

F

 * Frames: A common HTML feature on Petz sites that featured pages layered on top of each other with one usually serving as a navigation pane. Sometimes the user would get "stuck" in someone's frames and the frame would remain on top of their Web browser, so some sites offered an option to "break out" of frames.

H

 * Hex archive: A repository of a hexer's past and present designs for trading, etc.
 * Houla spots: Slightly darker spots than the fur around them, i.e. darker black spots on a black Dog.

M

 * Meezer: Siamese.
 * MPA: My Personal Adoption, someone's personal Petz being adopted out.

N

 * Non-OW: Non-OverWriting, a file with a different ID number than the one it was hexed from. The game recognizes it as a separate breed or object.

O

 * Oshie: Orange Shorthair.
 * OW: OverWriting, a file with the same ID number as the base file it was hexed from, thus replacing all of its modifying information in the game.

P

 * [The] PC: Petz Community.

S

 * Selfie: Eyelids the same color as the rest of the head/body.
 * Slothy: Eyes in the 120-129 (dusty) hex color range.

T

 * Tamsin: A Selective Breed that is essentially a Dalmatian with Mutt patches.

U

 * UFT: Up For Trade.
 * Unibreed: A  or   file that will run in Petz 3, Petz 4 and Petz 5.