Computer Space is a 1971 space combat arcade video game. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in partnership as Syzygy Engineering, it was the first...
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In computer science, a state space is a discrete space representing the set of all possible configurations of a system. It is a useful abstraction for...
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Whitespace character (redirect from White space (computer science))
white space when text is rendered for display by a computer. For example, a space character (U+0020 SPACE, ASCII 32) represents blank space such as...
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1971 in video games (section Computer)
of Computer Space by Nutting Associates and Galaxy Game by Mini-Computer Applications. The majority of digital games remained on mainframe computers and...
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Early history of video games (redirect from First computer game)
arcade game Galaxy Game and the release of the first arcade video game Computer Space, and then in 1972 with the release of the immensely successful arcade...
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Spacewar! (redirect from Space Wars PDP1)
games, such as the first commercial arcade video games, Galaxy Game and Computer Space (both from 1971), and later games such as Asteroids (1979). In 2007...
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Computer Space forum is a yearly computer art festival, organized by the Student Computer Art Society (SCAS) in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's one of the oldest...
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In computer science, binary space partitioning (BSP) is a method for space partitioning which recursively subdivides a Euclidean space into two convex...
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Ted Dabney (section Career in the computer industry)
developing the basics of video circuitry principles that were used for Computer Space and later Pong, one of the first and most successful arcade games. Dabney...
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Fragmentation (computing) (redirect from Slack space)
involves the distribution of data in to smaller pieces which storage space, such as computer memory or a hard drive, is used inefficiently, reducing capacity...
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Video game (redirect from Computer games)
mainframe computers. The first consumer video game was the arcade video game Computer Space in 1971, which took inspiration from the earlier 1962 computer game...
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electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs, which enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system...
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earliest video game consoles and personal computers. Notable games released in the 1970s included Computer Space, The Oregon Trail, Pong, Maze, Tank, Colossal...
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Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.: 3 ...
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modern computer operating system usually uses virtual memory to provide separate address spaces or regions of a single address space, called user space and...
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History of video games (redirect from Timeline of computer and video games)
console was the Magnavox Odyssey, and the first arcade video games were Computer Space and Pong. After its home console conversions, numerous companies sprang...
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1970 in video games (section Computer)
in development, the game which would become Computer Space began development in this period. In computer games, BASIC games written by high school and...
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first commercial video game, Computer Space. The first North American Computer Chess Championship is held. 1971 – Computer Space and Galaxy Game are released...
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In information technology and computer science, a system is described as stateful if it is designed to remember preceding events or user interactions;...
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Space from 1997 to 2019 Space (Latin American TV channel) Space TV, an Azerbaijani television channel Space (video game), a computer role-playing game series...
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the first arcade video games; the first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space, was released in November 1971 by Atari founders Nolan Bushnell and...
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A space–time trade-off, also known as time–memory trade-off or the algorithmic space-time continuum in computer science is a case where an algorithm or...
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A computer file is a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename. Just as words can be written on paper...
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HAL 9000 (redirect from Heuristically programmed algorithmic computer 9000)
antagonist in the Space Odyssey series. First appearing in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) is a sentient...
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advanced sector of the video game industry. The first arcade game, Computer Space, was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the founders of Atari...
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Computational complexity (section Space)
constant amount of time on a given computer and change only by a constant factor when run on a different computer. Space complexity is generally expressed...
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soundbar externally. Laptop computers have built-in integrated speakers, usually small and of restricted sound quality to conserve space. PC speaker Loudspeaker...
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moving images, while computer animation only refers to moving images. Modern computer animation usually uses 3D computer graphics. Computer animation is a digital...
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the original concept when he developed the first arcade video game, Computer Space (1971). Technical limitations made it difficult to adapt the early mainframe...
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A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display, support electronics...
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