摘要：

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:"An online game is a video game played over a network on some form of computer, mobile device, or on avideo game console such as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This usually means the Internet or equivalenttechnology, but games can use a wide range of technologies. A recent expansion of online gaming hasreflected the overall expansion of computer networks from small local networks to the Internet and thegrowth of Internet access itself.

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