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 ;Hexadecimal (Hex): A numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
+;{{wp|Collision detection#Hitbox|Hitbox}}: The unseen boundaries of collision that encompass models and sprites in a video game. A hitbox usually correlates with the visible elements of a subject (i.e., character, object, enemy, etc.) but not always. Sometimes parts of a character's visible design are exempt from the boundaries of a hitbox to keep a game balanced, especially in fighting games or platformers with tactile elements. The collision boundaries of a character that denote where they can be damaged are sometimes differentiated as the '''hurtbox'''.
 ;{{wp|HTML}} (Hypertext Markup Language): A set of standards used to tag elements of a hypertext document (such as this wiki). It is regularly used for displaying pages and formatting on the World Wide Web.
 ;{{wp|HTTP}} (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): The standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the World Wide Web. Compare HTML.
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 ;[[MarioWiki:Redirects|Redirect]]: A page that is created with the purpose of leading users that search for the page to another page with a similar name.
 ;Remix: A type of music that recombines audio pieces from a recording to create an altered version of the song. '''Not to be confused with "[[#C|cover version]]."'''
-;ROM (read-only memory): Computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
+;{{wp|read-only memory|ROM}} (read-only memory): Computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
 ;RPG: Short for "role-playing game." Some examples are ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario]]''.
 ;Rubber band AI: A type of feature in racing games that prevents human players from getting too far ahead of CPU players, usually by enhancing the CPUs' abilities and/or limiting the human players' abilities.
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 ;[[MarioWiki:Userboxes|Userbox]]: A box that users are free to create and use to describe their likes, their dislikes, their favorites, and other pieces of information about themselves.
 ;Userbox tower: A user's unique tower of userboxes. Starts with the {{tem|userboxtop}} template and ends with the {{tem|userboxbottom}} template, with userboxes in between.
-;[[MarioWiki:Userspace|Userspace]]: Anything that belongs to a user, such as their signature, certain sub-pages, talk pages, and the userpage itself.
+;[[MarioWiki:Userspace|Userspace]]: Anything that belongs to a user, such as their signature, certain subpages, talk pages, and the user page itself.
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