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| x Planned |
A state of progress in which intentions are stated but not implemented.
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| x In work |
A state of progress in which actions are currently being taken to achieve a planned outcome.
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| x Complete |
A state of progress in which the planned product has been delivered.
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| x Geographic Information System |
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A geographic information system (GIS), or geographical information system captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that is linked to location. Technically, a GIS is a system which includes mapping software and its application to remote...
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| x Federal geographic data committee |
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is a United States government committee which promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. Its 19 members are representatives from the...
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| x Metadata |
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Metadata (meta data, or sometimes metainformation) is "data about data", of any sort in any media. Metadata is text, voice, or image that describes what the audience wants or needs to see or experience. The audience could be a person, group, or...
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Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
Paper is a...
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| x Stable-base material |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
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| x Microfiche |
Microfiche is one of the most compact analog storage media in common use. It is normally used to provide a comprehensive research library in institutions (such as small college libraries) that could not otherwise afford the floor space. It was...
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| x Microfilm |
Microfilm is an analog storage medium for any type of paper documents, typically book, periodical, legal documents and engineering drawings. The film itself is a silver halide based film which once exposed is developed using a photographic process. ...
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| x Compact Cassette |
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The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. Although originally designed for dictation, improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant...
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Filmstrips were a common form of instructional multimedia used by instructors in primary and secondary (K-12) schools. Often entertaining, filmstrips were popular with students and teachers because they provided an easy and inexpensive way to...
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| x Reversal film |
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In photography, a reversal film is a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base. The film is processed to produce transparencies, in contrast with negative and print. Reversal film is produced in various sizes,...
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| x Videocassette |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
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| x Videodisc |
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Videodisc (or video disc) is a general term for a laser- or stylus-readable random-access circular disc that contains both audio and video signals recorded in an analog form. Typically, it is a reference to any such media that predates the...
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| x Videotape |
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Videotape is a means of recording images and sound on to magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. Videotapes are also used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram. In most cases, a helical scan video...
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| x Physical data model |
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A physical data model (a.k.a. database design) is a representation of a data design which takes into account the facilities and constraints of a given database management system. In the lifecycle of a project it is typically derived from a logical...
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| x Computer program |
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Computer programs (also software programs, or just programs) are instructions for a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that...
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| x Compact Disc |
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A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store sound recordings exclusively, but later it also allowed the preservation of other types of data. Audio CDs have been commercially...
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| x Cartridge tape |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm
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| x Magnetic tape |
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Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording generally consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long and narrow strip of plastic. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for recording audio or video or for computer data...
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| x Online |
In general, something is said to be online if it is connected to some larger network or system (which is implicitly the "line", though this interpretation is often useless). Several more specific meanings exist:
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| x CD-ROM |
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CD-ROM (pronounced /ˌsiːˌdiːˈrɒm/, an initialism of "compact disc read-only memory") is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback, the 1985 “Yellow Book” standard...
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| x Electronic bulletin board |
Listed as a type of FGDC source media here: http://www.fgdc.gov/csdgmgraphical/dataq/lineage/sinfo/type.htm. Might be equivalent to "Internet forum".
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| x E-mail |
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Electronic mail, often abbreviated as email, e.mail or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages, designed primarily for human use. E-mail systems are based on a store-and-forward model in which e-mail computer server systems accept,...
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| x Point |
In geometry, topology and related branches of mathematics a spatial point describes a specific object within a given space that consists of neither volume, area, length, nor any other higher dimensional analogue. Thus, a point is a 0-dimensional...
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| x Label point | ||
| x Area point | ||
| x Planar graph node | ||
| x Network node | ||
| x string |
In mathematics, a string is a sequence of symbols that are chosen from a set or alphabet.
In computer programming, a string is, essentially, a sequence of characters. A string is generally understood as a data type storing a sequence of data values,...
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| x Area chain | ||
| x Elliptical arc | ||
| x Uniform B-spline | ||
| x Piecewise Bezier | ||
| x Ring with mixed composition | ||
| x Ring composed of strings | ||
| x Ring composed of chains | ||
| x Ring composed of arcs | ||
| x G-polygon | ||
| x GT-polygon composed of rings | ||
| x GT-polygon composed of chains | ||
| x Universe polygon composed of rings | ||
| x Universe polygon composed of chains | ||
| x Void polygon composed of rings | ||
| x Void polygon composed of chains | ||
| x Planar graph network chain | ||
| x Nonplanar graph network chain | ||
| x Three point center circular arc | ||
| x Node |
A node is an abstract basic unit used to build linked data structures such as trees, linked lists, and computer-based representations of graphs. Each node contains some data and possibly links to other nodes. Links between nodes are often...
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| x Edge |
In geometry, an edge is a one-dimensional line segment joining two zero-dimensional vertices in a polygon. Thus applied, an edge is a connector for a one-dimensional line segment and two zero-dimensional objects.
A planar closed sequence of edges...
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| x Face |
In geometry, a face of a polyhedron is any of the polygons that make up its boundaries. For example, any of the squares that bound a cube is a face of the cube. The suffix -hedron is derived from the Greek word hedra which means face.
The (two...
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| x Text |
Text may refer to:
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| x Vector graphics |
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Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics.
Vector graphics formats are complementary to...
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| x Raster graphics |
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In computer graphics, a raster graphics image or bitmap is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium. Raster images are stored in image files with...
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In digital imaging, a pixel (or picture element) is the smallest item of information in an image. Pixels are normally arranged in a 2-dimensional grid, and are often represented using dots or squares. Each pixel is a sample of an original image,...
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| x Grid cell topology |
The grid cell topology is studied in digital topology as part of the theoretical basis for (low-level) algorithms in computer image analysis or computer graphics.
The elements of the n-dimensional grid cell topology (n ≥ 1) are all n-dimensional...
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