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'''몹'''(mob)은 모바일(mobile) 또는 모바일 오브젝트(mobile object)의 줄임말로,{{R|bartle-origin|shahromine|netgames|ywwr}} MMORPG 또는 MUD와 같은 비디오 게임에서 컴퓨터로 제어되는 [[NPC]](Non-Player Character)이다.{{R|bartle-origin|netgames}} 상황에 따라 게임의 이러한 모든 캐릭터는 "폭도"로 간주되거나 용어 사용이 적대적인 NPC 및 공격에 취약한 NPC로 제한될 수 있다.{{R|wi-mob}}

대부분의 최신 그래픽 게임에서 "몹"은 대화에 참여하거나 아이템을 판매하는 NPC 또는 공격할 수 없는 NPC를 제외하고 플레이어가 사냥하고 죽일 것으로 예상되는 일반 괴물 NPC를 구체적으로 지칭하는 데 사용될 수 있다.{{R|wi-mob}} "네임드 몹"(named mob)은 일반적인 유형("고블린", "시민" 등)으로 언급되지 않고 고유한 이름을 가짐으로써 구별된다. 대부분의 몹은 일반적인 공격이나 이동 프로그래밍 외에는 복잡한 행동을 할 수 없는 몹이다.

== 각주 ==
{{각주|30em|refs=
<ref name="bartle-origin">{{서적 인용
 | last = Bartle | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Bartle
 | title = [[Designing Virtual Worlds]]
 | publisher = New Riders
 | year = 2003
 | isbn = 0-13-101816-7
 | pages = 102
 | quote = What's more of an issue is the presence in the virtual world of virtual creatures.  These are commonly known as ''mobiles''<sup>30</sup> (''mobs'' for short), and they represent the monsters and non-player characters who inhabit the virtual world. [...] <sup>30</sup>From ''MUD1'', "mobile objects."  I called them that because creatures moving in a controlled but unpredictable way are like the kind of "mobiles" that hang from ceilings.  Well, I was in kind of a hurry...
}}</ref>
<ref name="shahromine">{{서적 인용
 | last1 = Shah | first1 = Rawn
 | last2 = Romine | first2 = James
 | year = 1995
 | title = Playing MUDs on the Internet
 | url = https://archive.org/details/playingmudsonint0000shah | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 | isbn = 0-471-11633-5
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/playingmudsonint0000shah/page/93 93]–94
 | quote = One of the major types of objects that you will encounter on a Mud is the ''mobile''.  A ''mob'' (pronounced MOHb, not MAWb), or mobile, is a computer controlled creature. [...] If a mob is not friendly, it is known as an ''agg'' or ''aggressive'' mobile.  It will hit you at the first opportunity, even the instant you walk into a room.  A majority of Muds have ''dumb'' mobs.  A dumb mob will fight you until you kill it or flee from it.
}}</ref>
<ref name="netgames">{{서적 인용
 | last1 = Maloni
 | first1 = Kelly
 | last2 = Baker
 | first2 = Derek
 | last3 = Wice
 | first3 = Nathaniel
 | year = 1994
 | title = Net Games
 | publisher = Random House / Michael Wolff & Company, Inc.
 | isbn = 0-679-75592-6
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/netgamesyourguid00malo/page/213 213]
 | quote = '''mob or mobile''' ..... a monster in the game
 | url-access = registration
 | url = https://archive.org/details/netgamesyourguid00malo/page/213
 }}</ref>
<ref name="ywwr">{{서적 인용
 | last1 = Towers | first1 = J. Tarin
 | last2 = Badertscher | first2 = Ken
 | last3 = Cunningham | first3 = Wayne
 | last4 = Buskirk | first4 = Laura
 | title = Yahoo! Wild Web Rides
 | publisher = IDG Books Worldwide Inc.
 | year = 1996
 | isbn = 0-7645-7003-X
 | pages = 140
 | quote = '''mob''' = mobile (This is jargon for a monster or creature.)
}}</ref>
<ref name="wi-mob">{{웹 인용
 | last = Hecht
 | first = Eliah
 | url = http://www.wow.com/2007/02/20/the-compleat-wow-abbreviations/
 | title = The compleat WoW abbreviations
 | work = WoW Insider
 | date = 2007-02-20
 | access-date = 2010-03-25
 | quote = Mob: Short for "mobile" (derived from MUDs, where any NPC was either a stationary shopkeeper or mobile; see WoWWiki), this refers in WoW to NPCs, primarily NPCs that are meant to be killed.
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090831112100/http://www.wow.com/2007/02/20/the-compleat-wow-abbreviations
 | archive-date = 2009-08-31
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
}}

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