User:Ch4zm/Maps Revamp/Terminology

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"pattern" is currently the term we are using for the "stamp" patterns - small patterns in a text file, defined using circle-dot notation

• "pattern" refers to a particular arrangement of cells - one color or two colors.

• "stamp pattern" is a single pattern that can be stamped multiple times when making a map... it's a "unit" pattern

• "map pattern" is a composite pattern that composes multiple stamp patterns together into one map pattern

recursive definition: a map pattern is composed of other patterns... those patterns can be composed of still other patterns...