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Tertiary term

game, console

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/14285 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A video game designed to run on a game console using an operating system, a central and graphics processing units, a television screen or similar audio-visual system and an input gaming device or controller, such as a joystick. Used by one or more players to control the action and repeat the same action game to improve their scores or play and accumulate credits.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

console game

Inverted term (International)

game, console

Alternative term(s)

video game cartridge

French

Term (International)

jeu sur console

Term gender (International)

masculine

Alternative term(s)

jeu de console

Note(s)

• Use for a game designed to be played through a game console; may also use a term from Data Processing Media to describe the format in which the game program is stored

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2023-04-24

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Avedon, Elliott M. n.d. “Television Gaming Consoles.” Elliott Avedon Virtual Museum of Games. Accessed June 9, 2022. http://healthy.uwaterloo.ca/museum/VirtualExhibits/electronic/console/index.html.
• Larousse. 1999. Petit Larousse des jeux : les règles de 500 jeux. Paris, FR: Le Grand livre du mois.
• Office québécois de la langue française. n.d. “jeu sur console.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed June 9, 2022. https://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8355782.
• Wikipedia. n.d. “Console Game.” Wikipedia. Accessed June 9, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_game.
• Wikipédia. n.d. “Console de jeux vidéo.” Wikipédia. Accessed June 9, 2022. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_de_jeux_vid%C3%A9o.

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