Metaphor Computer Systems (1982–1994) was an American computer company that created an advanced workstation, database gateway, unique graphical office...

interfaces to help users interact more easily with the computer. The desktop metaphor treats the computer monitor as if it is the top of the user's desk, upon...

Such systems may constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers...

a short story by Budge Wilson Metaphor (designers), a London-based design firm founded in 2000 Metaphor Computer Systems, producer of an advanced combined...

units of the computer. A small group from PARC led by David Liddle and Charles Irby formed Metaphor Computer Systems. Metaphor Computer Systems extended the...

benefits of implementing metaphors in computer systems as well as what makes a metaphor most effective.[citation needed] Human–computer interaction Skeuomorph...

computer metaphor draws an analogy between the mind as software and the brain as hardware, CTM is the claim that the mind is a computational system....

introduces the DBC/1012 database computer specifically designed for decision support. 1984 – Metaphor Computer Systems, founded by David Liddle and Don...

an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user...

windows. Kimball then became vice president of applications at Metaphor Computer Systems, a decision support software and services provider. He developed...

Windows, Atari ST, BTRON from TRON Project, Amiga, Elixir Desktop, Metaphor Computer Systems, Interleaf, OS/2, OPEN LOOK (co-developed by Xerox), SunView,...

connect to the Metaphor Computer Systems workstation developed by David Liddle and Donald Massaro, former Xerox PARC engineers. The Metaphor's keyboard was...

development of the Xerox Star computer system. In 1982 he co-founded Metaphor Computer Systems. He has served on the board of many corporations. He was chair...

information such as viruses and pop-up ads. Designers of computer systems often use spatial metaphors as a way of controlling the complexity of interfaces...

management systems have faced a massive growth in usage due to the emphasis on remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learning management systems were...

p. 1. Cirrus (...) will go head-to-head with Paradox and Metaphor Computer Systems' Metaphor program. Cringely, Robert X. (November 4, 1991). "Whatever...

to the WIMP desktop metaphor interface for which mice were originally designed, and to their own tabletop game origins, computer strategy games are most...

"Blackboard Systems" (PDF). AI Expert. 6 (9): 40–47. * Nii, H. Penny (1986). Blackboard Systems (PDF) (Technical report). Department of Computer Science,...

areas are then said to be "infected" with a computer virus, a metaphor derived from biological viruses. Computer viruses generally require a host program...

within the field of information security. It focuses on protecting computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information...

An operating system shell is a computer program that provides relatively broad and direct access to the system on which it runs. The term shell refers...

metonymy, synecdoche, and metaphor. An example of metaphorical representation characterizes all the major desktop-based computer systems including the desktop...

result was Structured English QUEry Language or SEQUEL. IBM bought Metaphor Computer Systems to utilize their GUI interface and encapsulating SQL platform...

He co-founded Metaphor Computer Systems and led the design of its products. Irby earned a Bachelor's in Physics and a Master's in Computer Science from...

development of future computer systems. The Alto was designed for an operating system based on a GUI, later using the desktop metaphor. The first machines...

Mac operating systems were developed by Apple Inc. in a succession of two major series. In 1984, Apple debuted the operating system that is now known...

Systems theory is the transdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or artificial...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities...

server who decides which applications are on top. A windowing system enables the computer user to work with several programs at the same time. Each program...

(ex. lightpen 1963, mice 1968) Desktop metaphor (197x XEROX PARC) Windows-Paradigm Personal computer CSCW: Computer Supported Collaborative (or Cooperative)...