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Today multimedia might be defined as the seamless digital integration of text, graphics, animation, audio, still images and motion video in a way that provides individual users with high levels of control and interaction. The evolution of Multimedia is a story of the emergence and convergence of these technologies.

Rumors of "The Peanut" started in 1983. When it was finally announced November 1st, 1983 it was named "PCjr", model number 4860. Two models were available: Model 4860-004, featuring an Intel 8088, 64KB of memory Model 4860-067, featuring an Intel 8088, 128KB of memory, and 360KB 5 1/4 inch diskette drive

There are several uses of the term “virtual machine”. In general they seem to describe a program that behaves somehow as a machine. The “Java Virtual Machine” is such a usage. I want to tell here about a narrower earlier kind of virtual machine that was once better known among programmers. (As of 2006 the original idea has become better known again.)

First Generation (1945-1956) The abacus, which emerged about 5,000 years ago in Asia Minor and is still in use today, may be considered the first computer. With the onset of the Second World War, governments sought to develop computers to exploit their potential strategic importance. This increased funding for computer development projects hastened technical progress. By 1941 German engineer Konrad Zuse had developed a computer, the Z3, to design airplanes and missiles. The Allied forces, however, made greater strides in developing powerful computers. In 1943, the British completed a secret code-breaking computer called Colossus to decode German messages. The Colossus's impact on the development of the computer industry was rather limited for two important reasons. First, Colossus was not a general-purpose computer; it was only designed to decode secret messages. Second, the existence of the machine was kept secret until decades after the war.

Java (with a capital J) is a high-level, third generation programming language, like C, Fortran, Smalltalk, Perl, and many others. You can use Java to write computer applications that crunch numbers, process words, play games, store data or do any of the thousands of other things computer software can do.

The "vocabulary" of instructions which any particular microprocessor chip possesses is specific to that model of chip. An Intel 80386, for example, uses a completely different set of binary codes than a Motorola 68020, for designating equivalent functions. Unfortunately, there are no standards in place for microprocessor instructions. This makes programming at the very lowest level very confusing and specialized.

haXe (pronounced as hex) is an open source programming language While most other languages are bound to their own platform (Java to the JVM, C# to .Net, ActionScript to the Flash Player), haXe is a multiplatform language.

Visual Objects 2.8 is a fully object-oriented application development system that allows you to quickly and easily create sophisticated applications that run under Microsoft Windows and Windows NT. Its power and flexibility offer new opportunities and technology to application developers of all levels and backgrounds.

Contents Background and Motivation Introduction to Prolog Prolog as a Procedural Programming Language Assign-once Variables Nondeterminism Prolog execution as the execution of multiple machines Executing Programs in XSB The Scheduling of Machine Execution in Prolog Grammars in Prolog Prolog as a Database Query Langauge Deductive Databases Summary

XSB is a Logic Programming and Deductive Database system for Unix and Windows. It is being developed at a number of institutions, including the Computer Science Department of Stony Brook University, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, XSB, Inc, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Uppsala Universitet.