Item
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Template:Wiktionary Item is an individual thing, article, or unit included in a set, list, computation, or total, as (a) an entry or thing entered in an account or register; (b) a detail or category of expenditure; (c) a news story; (d) a member of a set of linguistic units.
This Latin fragment then became an English word in general use, for example, in computing.
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Other meanings
- In computer and video games, an item is an expression for the various objects and rewards collected by the game's characters for points or to improve their avatar's characteristics or status in the game. Common video game items include:
- 1-ups or continues, giving the player "extra lives" and allowing them to continue after getting killed
- Treasure such as coins, gems or jewelry. These are often used to determine the player's score or exchanged for other, better items.
- Medicine, food or energy containers, which give the player extra health or defensive ability.
- Several games have quest items (also known as plot items, or key items) required to complete the game.Template:Vocab-stub