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What does the word “atari” mean?

April 26, 2017Atari mean word

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What does the word “atari” mean?

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The word atari comes from the game of Go, perhaps the world oldest board game. Several early 80’s magazine references define atari as “you are about to be engulfed,” but the rec.games.go FAQ denotes that word in this way: atari : A group of stones is in atari if it has only one liberty left.