June 20, 2009
Sticky
This phrase was coined by (1) to describe a kind of computer. (2) was the first computer of this kind. The famous workstation (3) was also made to target this, eventually creating a huge computer company. The super-famous (4), which lead to a certain turtlenecked dude becoming famous, was also initially designed to be a computer of this kind.
What phrase?
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Answer:
- Dr. Raj Reddy
- The Perq workstation – a Zerox Alto clone
- A SUN-1 workstation
- The NEXT cube (of Steve Jobs’ fame).
2-4 were initially meant to be “3M computers”. The phrase, coined by 1, stood for a computer with at least at least a megabyte of memory, a megapixel display and a Million instructions per second or MIPS processing power.
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June 20th, 2009 at 9:07 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245532022 )
Personal Computer
June 20th, 2009 at 9:40 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245534037 )
3M computer.
June 20th, 2009 at 9:45 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245534346 )
Graphical User Interface?
Though I thought web server, at first.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:42 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245537750 )
3M
at least a megabyte of memory, a megapixel display and a Million instructions per second or MIPS processing power
June 20th, 2009 at 10:48 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245538134 )
3M computer / 3M workstation.
by “” Dabbala Rajagopal “Raj” Reddy “”
@ srikanth – Is this a proxy Gult Question?
June 21st, 2009 at 12:10 am, GMT +0000 ( 1245543047 )
GUI?
June 21st, 2009 at 3:41 am, GMT +0000 ( 1245555714 )
1- Raj Reddy
2-Perq work station
3- SUN workstation (Stanford University Network)
4- NeXT computer
June 21st, 2009 at 3:51 am, GMT +0000 ( 1245556280 )
3M – a megabyte of memory, a megapixel display and MIPS processing power
June 21st, 2009 at 5:03 am, GMT +0000 ( 1245560631 )
3M computer
June 21st, 2009 at 5:43 am, GMT +0000 ( 1245562991 )
The phrase is WIMP (Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing Device)
The dude is Merzouga Wilberts.
2. Xerox Alto
3. Sun Workstation
4. Apple Mac
June 21st, 2009 at 2:10 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245593450 )
the 3M Computer
1->Prof. Raj Reddy
2->PERC Workstation
3->SUN Workstation?
4->the first NeXT Computer ala Jobs
June 21st, 2009 at 5:26 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245605183 )
3M computer
June 21st, 2009 at 8:26 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245615988 )
The 3M computer proposed by Raj Reddy
June 21st, 2009 at 8:49 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245617366 )
GUI/Desktop Metaphor.
June 21st, 2009 at 10:47 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1245624445 )
ok wait.. is it WIMP? but that guy looks too indian to be Merzouga Wilberts..