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14 Cards in this Set
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SUN
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A powerful provider of graphics workstations in the 1980s and 90s.
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CAD
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Computer Aided Design
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software
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Any set of machine-readable instructions that directs a computer's processor to perform specific operations.
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CSIRAC
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Australia's first digital computer, and the fifth stored program computer in the world.
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Synthpop
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Pop music in which the principal instrument is an electronic synthesizer.
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MUSIC
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The synthesis program Mathews demonstrated in 1957 with a 17-second composition.
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Groove
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A system used throughout the 1970s for creating
and manipulating music, |
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Radio Baton
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a device for conducting MIDI music files.
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AARON
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a robotic arm and software system created by Harold Cohen
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Sketchpad
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An early drawing application created by Ivan Sutherland
-Used in drafting programs - and for engineering drawings |
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DAC-1
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used an IBM 7090 mainframe computer with a specialized graphics console. Users, drawing with a light pen, could create, rotate, and manipulate images.
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Max Mathews
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was possibly the first man ever to record and play back music on his computer
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1980s music
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techno music hit the pop nation
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Stanford University Network
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in 1982, they produced graphical workstations that became the industry benchmark in the1980s.
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