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The Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS; Japanese: 第五世代コンピュータ, romanized: daigosedai konpyūta) was a 10-year initiative launched in 1982 by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to develop computers based on massively parallel computing and logic programming.
The 32-bit/64-bit era is most noted for the rise of fully 3D polygon games. While there were games prior that had used three-dimensional polygon environments, such as Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter in the arcades and Star Fox on the Super NES, it was in this era that many game designers began to move traditionally 2D and pseudo-3D genres into 3D on video game consoles.
The Kenbak-1 is considered by the Computer History Museum, [2] the Computer Museum of America [3] and the American Computer Museum [4] to be the world's first "personal computer", [5] invented by John Blankenbaker (born 1929) of Kenbak Corporation in 1970 and first sold in early 1971. [6]
Most notably, from 1982 to 1993, Japan [4] [5] put much research and money into their fifth-generation computer systems project, hoping to design a massive computer network of machines using these tools. However, as larger programs were built, the flaws of the approach became more apparent.
A&P. Perhaps one of the best-known defunct grocery store chains, A&P, or the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, traces its roots back to 1859, beginning as a mail-order tea business in New York ...
Add the tomatoes and zucchini and cook until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken broth, rice, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, and 1 cup of the cheese. Remove from heat and spoon the ...
Proprietary NeXT Laser Printer port (DE-9) Two RS-423 serial ports (Mini-DIN 8) 10BASE-T and 10BASE-2 Ethernet; Media: 3.5 in 2.88 MB floppy disk drive; Storage: hard disk from 105 MB, 250 MB, 340 MB, 400 MB to 4 GB (Larger sizes may work but the OS cannot use partitions larger than 4 GB) Operating System: NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP.
If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...