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	Computing: A New Tool for Fundamental Physics (1984)
		Computing is still not considered part of theoretical physics education, even though so many trained in physics go to computer-related jobs in industry.
		When computer programs are used in an exploratory fashion for fundamental research, the real time spent in their development and debugging is usually a thousand times larger than is taken for their final execution.
		Of course, using computers, unlike using mathematics, costs money: but it is essential to the advancement of theoretical physics that almost every theoretical physicist get a computer, to use interactively as an integral part of their research.
	www.stephenwolfram.com /publications/articles/computing/84-computing/1/text.html (2375 words)

	Blit (computer terminal) - Suprari (beta)
		In computing, the Blit is a programmable bitmap graphics terminal designed by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi of Bell Labs in 1982.
		Acting initially as a "glass Teletype" ASCII terminal, after logging into a Unix system a window manager could be downloaded, with each window attached as a separate pseudo-terminal on the host system (multiplexing the serial-line connection).
		The Blit was commercialized as the AT&T/Teletype model 5620, followed by models 630 and 730.
	www.suprari.com /wiki.php?page=Blit_(computer_terminal) (162 words)

	"Computer Association of California" Archive Document - (ae.3.1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Also, the TV Typewriter was not entirely usable as a terminal, because it was a paged display system; when you got to the end of one page, and that last character went up on the screen, you had only one-thirtieth of a second before the screen blanked and you saw the next [character].
		I asked Don, "Why did you do it this way if it's supposed to be a computer terminal?" and he said, "It isn't supposed to be a computer terminal, people just want to put up characters on their TV sets." And he was right.
		Eckert was a lifelong computer engineer, continuing in consulting work until shortly before his death; but his name is most often associated with his trailblazing work on problem solving in ballistics, between 1943 and 1946, which culminated in the creation of the ENIAC computer at the Moore School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania.
	www.vortex.com /comp-hist-california/ae.3.1 (17301 words)

	Blit - Computing Reference - eLook.org
		To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another part, particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen.
		Sometimes all-capitalised as "BLIT": an early experimental bit-mapped {terminal} designed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs, later commercialised as the AT&T 5620.
		(The folk etymology from "Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal" is incorrect.
	www.elook.org /computing/blit.htm (122 words)

	1980-1992
		Computing Science Staff are now under so much pressure from increased student numbers and the need to do well in research assessment that they have little time (and no obligation) to help their service colleagues.
		Although we did not dare, in the end, to move to fully distributed computing in the 1985 procurement, the seeds were already sown.
		Computing Science Teaching has been dominated by change, both in the subject matter we teach and in the types of courses and students.
	www.cs.newcastle.ac.uk /events/anniversaries/40th/webbook/transition (1822 words)

	The X Window System: Now Playing on Your Local X Terminal
		Some X terminals download the X server software from a host, while others run the X server software that is resident in ROM.
		X terminals have a small set of resident fonts but the rest are downloaded from the host.
		X terminals are a good choice for time-sharing systems, delivering X at an excellent price versus performance ratio chock full of many features.
	www.cactus.org /~gk4/papers/xterms.html (1811 words)

	B
		In the world of personal computing, bare metal programming (especially in sense 1 but sometimes also in sense 2) is often considered a Good Thing, or at least a necessary evil (because these machines have often been sufficiently slow and poorly designed to make it necessary; see ill-behaved).
		Most computer languages provide a kind of data called `integer', but such computer integers are usually very limited in size; usually they must be smaller than than 2^(31) (2,147,483,648) or (on a bitty box) 2^(15) (32,768).
		An FEP is a small computer necessary to enable an IBM mainframe to communicate beyond the limits of the dinosaur pen.
	www.th-soft.com /zzJargon/B.htm (13918 words)

	Smart terminal - Ursine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A terminal that has enough computing capability to render graphics or to offload some kind of front-end processing from the computer it talks to.
		Any terminal with an addressable cursor; the opposite of a glass tty.
		Today, a terminal with merely an addressable cursor, but with none of the more-powerful features mentioned in sense 1, is called a dumb terminal.
	ursine.dyndns.org /Smart_terminal (101 words)

	[No title]
		The doom of the bit-paired keyboard was the large-scale introduction of the computer terminal into the normal office environment, where out-and-out technophobes were expected to use the equipment.
		Computations so fiendishly subtle and complex that they could not be performed by machines.
		A computer; esp. in the construction `foo box' where foo is some functional qualifier, like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `UNIX box', `MS-DOS box', etc.) "We preprocess the data on UNIX boxes before handing it up to the mainframe." 2.
	www.mit.edu /afs/athena/contrib/emacs-contrib/info/jargon.info-4 (6907 words)

	= B =
		In the world of personal computing, bare metal programming (especially in sense 1 but sometimes also in sense 2) is often considered a Good Thing, or at least a necessary evil (because these machines have often been sufficiently slow and poorly designed to make it necessary; see ill-behaved).
		Most computer languages provide a kind of data called `integer', but such computer integers are usually very limited in size; usually they must be smaller than than 2^(31) (2,147,483,648) or (on a bitty box) 2^(15) (32,768).
		An FEP is a small computer necessary to enable an IBM mainframe to communicate beyond the limits of the dinosaur pen.
	www.ctrl-c.liu.se /~ingvar/jargon/b.html (14221 words)

	Klass Of '99 - Spectrum Conversion. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I've (finally) fixed the "dirty" blit to only update the necessary parts of the screen, which speeds it up a bit (doesn't fix the slow scrolling though and I can't get a proper screen grab of it).
		I made the terminal the full text width of the original, but this practically negates the need to update the sprites at the sides and covers up the number of lines (or where they will go eventually)...
		Blitting the full screen wastes up to two frames (I guess) as you have to let the scanline pass you before you start to copy anything.
	www.jmk1.freeserve.co.uk /klassof.htm (3030 words)

	The MIT jargon file version 299 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Computers are much pickier and less flexible about spelling than humans; thus, hackers need to be very precise when talking about characters, and have developed a considerable amount of verbal shorthand for them.
		In the world of personal computing, bare metal programming (especially in sense 1 but sometimes also in sense 2) is often considered a Good Thing, or at least a necessary thing (because these machines have often been sufficiently slow and poorly designed to make it necessary; see ill-behaved).
		Most computer languages provide a kind of data called `integer', but such computer integers are usually very limited in size; usually they must be smaller than than 2^(31) (2,147,483,648) or (on a losing bitty box) 2^(15) (32,768).
	people.ssh.fi /tri/misc/mit_jargon.html (16533 words)

	Blit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		''' Bit blit ''' (''Bit Block Transfer'', ''BitBLT'', ''blitting'' etc.) is a computer graphics operation in which two bitmap patterns are combined into one.
		'''BLIT''' is a short story by '' David Langford ''.
		The ''' Blit s''' are one of the indigenous people s of South Mindanao (one of their immediate tribal neighbors is the Tboli).
	goc.subdomain.de /Blit (100 words)

	intelligent terminal from FOLDOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An intelligent terminal may have enough computing capability to draw graphics or to offload some kind of front-end processing from the computer it talks to.
		Today, a terminal with merely an addressable cursor, but with none of the more-powerful features mentioned above, is called a dumb terminal.
		There is a classic quote from Rob Pike (inventor of the blit terminal): "A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate".
	www.instantweb.com /foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=smart+terminal (280 words)

	[No title]
		In the world of personal computing, bare metal programming (especially in sense 1 but sometimes also in sense 2) is often considered a [1108]Good Thing, or at least a necessary evil (because these machines have often been sufficiently slow and poorly designed to make it necessary; see [1109]ill-behaved).
		The garbage one gets a terminal (or terminal emulator) when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (esp. line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection.
		Most computer languages provide a kind of data called `integer', but such computer integers are usually very limited in size; usually they must be smaller than 2^(31) (2,147,483,648) or (on a [1344]bitty box) 2^(15) (32,768).
	www.datacrunch.net /jargon/topb.asp (16044 words)

	Blit information online from thingsthatstartwithb.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Computer term of BLit in the Computing Dictionary and Thesaurus.
		BLit · blood brother · blithe · blood cell · blither · blood clot · blithesome · blood count · BLitt · bloodcurdling · blitz · blood doping...
		Blit Wizbok is the official spokesperson for CyberQuest 2004.
	www.thingsthatstartwithb.com /blit.html (1756 words)

	Eric Smith's Retrocomputing page
		Jim's Computer Garage I/O device page has scans of the manual.
		A hand-held computer with a 6502 processor (NMOS!), 4K of RAM, three slots for plug-in ROMs, and an expansion port.
		Museum of the Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia
	www.brouhaha.com /~eric/retrocomputing (3195 words)

	[No title]
		The development tools for the Blit are still found under /usr/jerq or /u/jerq on some of the systems that still support them.
		All this was for the BLIT (aka the Jerq), incidentally, not the 5620.
		Although these are good, rugged terminals, they are rather undesirable today because of their age and non-standard keyboard.
	www.cs.utk.edu /~shuford/terminal/att_5620_faq.txt (3878 words)

	Some Bitblt references
		The overall style of Plan 9's graphics has its ancestry in the software for the Bell Labs' Blit terminal [1], although the implementation is quite different.
		%T Hardware/software trade-offs for bitmap graphics on the Blit %X The Blit is an experimental bitmap graphics terminal built for research into interactive computer graphics on the UNIX time-sharing system.
		Nevertheless, the graphics performance of the Blit is comparable or superior to some displays with special-purpose graphics hardware.
	verso.terzarima.net /plan9/soft/bitblt.html (471 words)

	High Density's Glossary of Internet Terms
		From 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. was the scheduled maintenance time for the computer, so every afternoonat 5 the computer would become unavailable, and over the intercom a voice would cry, "Now hear this: bounce, bounce!" followed by Brian McCune loudlybouncing a volleyball on the floor outside the offices of known volleyballers.
		Describes a primitive programming style, one in which the program mer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying na"ive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones.
		A Bus network is one in which all of the computers on the network are connected to the main wire of the network.
	www.high-density.com /glossary/glossary-b.htm (11676 words)

	blit
		2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: blit /blit/ vt 1.
		More generally, to perform some operation (such as toggling) on a large array of bits while moving them 2.
		Its creators liked to claim that Blit" stood for the Bacon, Lettuce, and Interactive Tomato.) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: blit /blit/ 1.
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/b/blit.html (355 words)

	B
		/n./ [IBM] The power switch on a computer, esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red.
		In an interesting instance of the cycle of reincarnation, this technique returned to use in the early 1990s on some RISC architectures because it consumes such an infinitesimal part of the processor that it actually makes sense not to have a UART.
		/adj./ Describes a primitive programming style, one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones.
	www.isri.unlv.edu /~slumos/jargon/B.html (15759 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Its format is number title filing date granting date assignee or owner inventor notes 3,879,722 Interactive input-output computer terminal with automatic relabeling of keyboard On-screen image is projected onto keyboard, which can provide useful information about what keys do what.
		Factors such as the rate of change of the actuation signal, position of the cursor on the display screen, voluntary control input from the operator, and conditions determined by application software may be used to vary these parameters.
		4,752,877 4,722,055 4,642,768 Patents on a computer system that calculates the amount required for one year at a particular college, informing parents how much to deposit to guarantee that a year's tuition, some years down the road, will be covered.
	cyberside.dyn.ee /textfiles/law/softpat.txt (8198 words)

	[SunRescue] More computer room pics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I've still got mine, along with it's big brother the 3B2/600 and the funky 'blit' terminal.
		Steve -----Original Message----- From: jwbirdsa at picarefy.picarefy.com [mailto: jwbirdsa at picarefy.picarefy.com ] Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 7:11 PM To: rescue at sunhelp.org Subject: [SunRescue] More computer room pics It's been a while since anybody offered pictures of their computer room, and I just got a digital camera, so I figure it's my turn.
		You can check it out at www.picarefy.com/~jwbirdsa/the_borg (the Borg being the large wooden shelving structure that has assimilated most of the room), prominently featuring a lot of old Sun hardware.
	www.sunhelp.org /pipermail/rescue/2000-September/012641.html (177 words)

	Hacking > The New Hacker's Dictionary > The Jargon Lexicon > B
		A worthy companion to INTERCAL ; a computer language family which escapes the quotidian limitation of linear control flow and embraces program counters flying through multiple dimensions with exotic topologies.
		Most computer languages provide a kind of data called `integer', but such computer integers are usually very limited in size; usually they must be smaller than 2^(31) (2,147,483,648) or (on a bitty box) 2^(15) (32,768).
		Teletype's was not the weirdest variant of the QWERTY layout widely seen, by the way; that prize should probably go to one of several (differing) arrangements on IBM's even clunkier 026 and 029 card punches.
	www.hacking.teleactivities.net /dictionary/jargon/b.htm (11293 words)

	blit - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "blit" is defined.
		B.Lit : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
		BLit : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=blit (113 words)

	The DUMONTICON -- blit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		" The storage all o cat or pick s t h ro u g h the table and cop ie s the good part s up int o high memory, and then blit s it all back down again.
		All - capital i z ed as ` BLIT ' an earl y e xp er im en tal bit - map p ed terminal design ed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs, later commercial i z ed as the A T & T 5620.
		baud, bitblt, blit, blitter, blt, issue with six sigma, it's great that gwb, man, an all-nighter, part that really sucks, shock and awe, smart terminal3, smash case, that argv
	tastytronic.net /dumonticon/317830939 (208 words)

	Computer Diverse A
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		Ein IBM 3250 Hard- und Softwarekompatibles Grafik Terminal des deutschen Herstellers Adage, vorgestellt Ende Oktober 1978.
		Dieser Computer aus dem unbekannten Haus Aval erschien 1983 mit Thermodrucker und Monitor.
	computer-modell-katalog.de /adiv.htm (1617 words)

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