GRAPHICS

Abstract

The objective the Graphics program at Lincoln Laboratory is the development of computer hardware and programs which will enable users to work on-line in an interactive mode employing graphical techniques for the input, manipulation and representation of graphical data. The work includes the investigation of problems related to using a time-shared computer, such as TX-2, for graphics, and the design of general-purpose system programs to provide graphics capability for a variety of scientific, military and control problems. During the last reporting period, the following has been accomplished: A general-purpose fron-tend system has been designed based on the VITAL system. VITAL itself has been expanded to allow a compiler to control the scanning of a source program and outputting of messages. An ALGOL-like language, LABGOL, has been implemented; with the additon of means for building and manipulating a store of explicit relations between objects and their attributes, a new language, LEAP, has also been specified. The new hybrid conic generator has been operated successfully on-line.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653191

Entities

People

  • Jack I. Raffel

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Character Generators
  • Compilers
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Display Systems
  • Generators
  • Graphics
  • Language
  • Remote Terminals
  • Research Facilities
  • Scanning
  • System Software
  • Terminals

Readers

  • Computer Science.