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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

on a computer's role and particular operation. It is named a shell because it is the outermost layer around the operating system. Operating systems provide...

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

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...

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

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

Computer security, cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks...

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

A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or...

freedesktop.org media type for directories within many Unix systems – including but not limited to systems using GNOME, KDE Plasma 5, or ROX Desktop as the desktop...

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

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

A cuckoo's egg is a metaphor for brood parasitism, where a parasitic bird deposits its egg into a host's nest, which then incubates and feeds the chick...

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....

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...

system failures and/or software vulnerabilities from spreading. The sandbox metaphor derives from the concept of a child's sandbox—a play area where kids can...

such dynamical systems, rendering long-term prediction of their behavior impossible in general. This can happen even though these systems are deterministic...

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...

Bernard (1988). "Attribute Grammars: Definitions, Systems and Bibliography. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 323. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9780387500560...

Convergent Technologies NGEN computer system (1984) Metaphor Computer Systems workstation (1984) AT&T UNIX PC computer (1985) AT&T Personal Terminal 510 (1985)...