Comsat

[Michiko]

(1) a structure you build in [the strategy] game Starcraft (communications satellite) that allows a player on one side to have a small portion of a darkened map location to be revealed for a time period; (2) to spy over a LAN game; (3) a cheating tactic employed during network or LAN game sessions; ([3b]) to clandestinely peek or have a friend peek over the shoulders of another player during a LAN game (especially in an internet/network gaming setup), usually to reveal the enemy players location--such as the position of a hidden colony in strategy-type games or ones map location in a game such as Counterstrike--to gain [unfair advantage].

[Raeanne Dimick]

(in the US) the Communications Satellite Corporation, a private corporation authorized by Congress to develop commercial communications satellite systems.