Word: design
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chips achieve their performance breakthroughs? In a word: RISC, for reduced instruction set computer. RISC is not a new technology, but a fresh approach to computing that challenges 25 years of semiconductor design. It focuses on a computer's most basic commands: the instructions that are embedded, or hard-wired, into the silicon circuitry of the machine's central processing unit. The first computers made do with a handful of primitive commands, such as LOAD, ADD and STORE, which programmers combined to perform complex tasks. Lacking a command to multiply 6 times 5, for example, they had to instruct their...
...best part of this play is the set, designed by Bill Clarke. Its stark cubelike structure, with a sloping floor forming a receding perspective, is complemented by a modern modular design. It could be a television set but it also has elements of a Japanese shadow box or a puppet...
...Director Kris Rondeau said, "The union won that date because of the outpouring of support from the other constituencies who make up the community, especially students. The University will be looking over it's shoulder to see whther or not the students are watching them as they continue to design the final stages of their anti-union campaign...
...Design...
...market has prompted manufacturers to design lightweight weapons with smaller grips, purses with built-in holsters and other accessories aimed at female buyers. Last month Shotgun News even sponsored a "gun and fashion show" in which scantily clad models demonstrated how a woman in a bikini can carry a concealed weapon (in her hairbow). A how-to video, A Woman's Guide to Firearms, released a year ago, has sold more than 8,000 copies...