Category:Tech Reference

= Technical Reference =

This is a set of software technical reference pages including term definitions and describing how the OpenSimulator works from invocation, initialization, main loop and various services.

= Glossary: What do all these terms mean? =


 * Terms and Definitions - Glossary defining common terms used by OpenSimulator developers

= OpenSimulator Primary Components =


 * OpenSim.cs - The main OpenSimulator source code file
 * OpenSim_SwInit - Initialization from Main
 * OpenSim_SwMainLoopl - After initialization, a main loop waits for connections or commands
 * OpenSim_SwRegionHandshake - How a client connects to the simulator
 * OpenSim_UserService - How the user server works
 * OpenSim_InterRegionCommunications - How the sim communicates with other sims
 * OpenSim_GridService - How the grid server works
 * OpenSim_AssetService - How the asset server works
 * OpenSim_SimService - How the simulator operates after a connection is made
 * Sim_Throttles - How the simulator handles throttling of packets

= Other Technical Reference Pages =