Electronica

Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, drum and bass, jungle, and industrial dance, among others. It has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles intended not just for dancing but also concentrated listening.

Regional definitions

In North America, in the late 1990s, the mainstream music industry adopted and to some extent manufactured electronica as an umbrella term encompassing styles such as techno, big beat, drum and bass, trip hop, downtempo, and ambient, regardless of whether it was curated by indie labels catering to the "underground" nightclub and rave scenes, or licensed by major labels and marketed to mainstream audiences as a commercially viable alternative to alternative rock music. By the late 2000s, however, the industry abandoned electronica in favor of electronic dance music (EDM), a term with roots in academia and an increasing association with outdoor music festivals and relatively mainstream, post-rave electro house and dubstep music. Nevertheless, the U.S.-based AllMusic still categorises electronica as a top-level genre, stating that it includes danceable grooves, as well as music for headphones and chillout areas.

Electronica (trade fair)

electronica is a trade fair for the electronics industry. The exhibitors who participate in it present electronic components, systems, applications and services.

About the fair

Organized by Messe München, electronica has been held at the Messe München trade-fair center every other year in November (alternating with productronica) since 1964. In 2014, electronica took place from November 11 – 14.
With 135,000 m² of gross exhibition space, 2,725 exhibitors from 50 countries and 73,000 visitors (figures from 2014), electronica is one of the largest trade fairs in Munich and a leading international trade fair for the electronics industry. The share of trade visitors at electronica is 99 percent. The next electronica takes place in Munich from November 8 – 11, 2016.
The trade fair addresses international manufacturers and service providers, specialized in the development, quality control, repair and maintenance of electronic assemblies, equipment and machines. Accordingly the fair’s visitors are electronic and software developers, designers of electronic circuits and products as well as executives and employees in sales, procurement and research & development.
electronica’s interdisciplinary exhibition themes are reflected in the fair’s breakdown of exhibits according to halls:

Electronika 60

The Electronika 60 (Russian: Электроника 60) was a terminal computer made in the Soviet Union by Electronika in Voronezh. It was a clone of an LSI-11 (made by the Digital Equipment Corporation).

The Electronika 60 CPU was a rack-mount unit that served as a part of computing complex also comprising a 15IE-00-013 terminal and I/O devices. The main logic unit is located on the M2 CPU board.

M2 CPU Technical Characteristics:

The original implementation of Tetris was written for the Electronika 60 by Alexey Pajitnov. As the Elektra 60 has no graphics capability, text was used to form the blocks.

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