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  2. MAME - Wikipedia

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    MAME emulates well over a thousand different arcade system boards, a majority of which are completely undocumented and custom designed to run either a single game or a very small number of them. The approach MAME takes with regards to accuracy is an incremental one; systems are emulated as accurately as they reasonably can be.

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CAD—Computer-aided design; CAE—Computer-aided engineering; CAID—Computer-aided industrial design; CAI—Computer-aided instruction; CAM—Computer-aided manufacturing; CAP—Consistency availability partition tolerance (theorem) CAPTCHA—Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart; CAT—Computer-aided ...

  4. Multi Emulator Super System - Wikipedia

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    Multi Emulator Super System (MESS) was an emulator for various consoles and computer systems, based on the MAME core. It used to be a standalone program (which has since been discontinued), but is now integrated into MAME (which is actively developed). MESS emulated portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms, and calculators. The ...

  5. List of information technology initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Personal computer (host) Hardware PIM: Personal information manager Software category PCM: Pulse-code modulation Physical layer ITU-T G.711: PDU: Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.) Multiple layers Fed Std 1037C: POP3: Post Office Protocol, version 3 Application layer RFC 1939 POP: Point of presence Telecom Telecom ...

  6. List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia

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    It relates to both computer hardware and computer software. Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles (programming language source code into the computer's machine language). However, there are other terms with less obvious origins ...

  7. Nicola Salmoria - Wikipedia

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    Before his fame as the author of MAME, he was active in the Amiga software development scene, producing utility programs such as NewIcons. He has defeated numerous encryption algorithms , including the CPS-2 program ROM encryption (together with Andreas Naive), the Kabuki (sound) program ROM encryption and the graphics ROM encryption in the ...

  8. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    Also simply application or app. Computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Common examples of applications include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, aeronautical flight simulators, console games, and photo editors. This contrasts with system software, which is ...

  9. List of computer scientists - Wikipedia

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    Maurice Nivat – theoretical computer science, Theoretical Computer Science journal, ALGOL, IFIP WG 2.1 member; Jerre Noe – computerized banking; Peter Nordin – artificial intelligence, genetic programming, evolutionary robotics; Donald Norman – user interfaces, usability; Peter Norvig – artificial intelligence, Director of Research at ...