refactor: expand and tidy the glossary#1274
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The glossary has been the same for a while and it's missing most of the words people actually run into when they start scripting. Nothing in it explains what a callback or native is, or i.e. what sync means.
So this PR aims to add the missing terms and tries to group things by topic: Scripting, Tools, Networking, Entities, Gamemode types. The reason for the headers is because the additions I made turned it into one long alphabet-soup table, which was a bit hard to read.
New additions: Native, Callback, Component, AMX, Tick, Client, Server, Sync, Desync, Ping, NPC, Actor, Cops and Robbers, Derby / Sumo, Survival, Freeroam.
I primarily looked in #pawn-help on Discord and added questions that often appear, i.e. actors vs npcs, what are components, etc. The rest I've filled in to the best of my knowledge, but would love if somebody else can cross check to make sure it's properly explained, especially the networking area.
I also rewrote a few things in the existing rows:
Let me know what you guys think or if you guys have any suggestions/feedback.