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A Metafile for efficient sequential and random display of graphics

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Theodore N. ReedAuthors Info & Claims

SIGGRAPH '82: Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

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https://doi.org/10.1145/800064.801258

Published: 01 July 1982 Publication History

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Graphics metafiles have been in use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory since early 1977. The first metafile format was defined in 1976 and has been updated several times to allow efficient graphics support in the Los Alamos computing environment. History and current applications of the Common Graphics System (CGS) Metafile are given. Design objectives, details of the format, and random access extensions incorporated in the Metafile are described.

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A Metafile for efficient sequential and random display of graphics
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Architectures
    1. Other architectures
      1. Special purpose systems
2. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces

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SIGGRAPH '82: Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

July 1982

333 pages

ISBN:0897910761

DOI:10.1145/800064

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ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Volume 16, Issue 3
July 1982
308 pages
ISSN:0097-8930
DOI:10.1145/965145
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Fowler JMcGrowen AMichael G(1988)Design and implementation of a supercomputer frame buffer systemProceedings of the 1988 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing10.5555/62972.62992(140-147)Online publication date: 1-Nov-1988
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/62972.62992
Phillips R(1988)A scientific visualization workbenchProceedings. SUPERCOMPUTING '8810.1109/SUPERC.1988.44648(148-155)Online publication date: 1988
https://doi.org/10.1109/SUPERC.1988.44648
Fowler JMcGowen M(1988)Design and implementation of a supercomputer frame buffer systemProceedings. SUPERCOMPUTING '8810.1109/SUPERC.1988.44647(140-147)Online publication date: 1988
https://doi.org/10.1109/SUPERC.1988.44647
Reed T(1988)After Ten Years of Metafiles Where Does the CGM Fit?CGM in the Real World10.1007/978-3-642-73629-2_3(15-22)Online publication date: 1988
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Owen J(1986)Computer graphics and CAD literature—A keyword-indexed bibliographyComputer Graphics Forum10.1111/j.1467-8659.1986.tb00304.x5:3(233-264)Online publication date: 1-Sep-1986
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Bergeron R(1984)Introduction to Computer Graphics (Part III)Eurographics Tutorials ’8310.1007/978-3-642-69906-1_3(43-72)Online publication date: 1984
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