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Actual Karma is defined as "The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.". In hinduism there is this concept which says that whatever a person does is recorded and sum total will reflect in your next life.

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Karma simply means "duty". Every other meaning is a derivative of this fundamental definition of Karma.

From that perspective, using the word Karma with a number is utterly meningless :-)

Of course, karma is a mainstream word now even in the English language. Yet "karma"'s understanding as a reputation system is limited to the slashdot audience.

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