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    Second Life provides a scripting programming language called the Linden Scripting Language (LSL) to fill in the gaps left by Second Life's simple physics engine. Rather than simulate every aspect of a car, a programmer creates a script that tells the car how it should move. This script can play sounds, turn the car and even detect collisions. For example, to add realism, a car script could prevent the car from turning when not in motion.

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    Textures are very important in Second Life. Without textures, every object in Second Life would appear in a single color. Textures are image files which can be used to “wrap” the geometric primitives (prims) used in Second Life . Since textures are images, they can add a great deal of realism to prims.