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Glossary part 15

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OMNI theater:
RT: projection TV
RT: virtual reality






































































































open house:
RT: Sterling Men's Weekend




































































































opera:
RT: Broadway RT: Gilbert and Sullivan
RT: Beethoven Symphony No. 9






































































































orange and white:
RT: Fifth Element RT: orange and yellow






































































































orange and yellow:
RT: yellow, gray and black RT: ZOOM
RT: orange and white






































































































OTTers:
RT: xkcd RT: Jonathan Coulton






































































































Oxford University:
RT: Cambridge University RT: England
RT: Harvard University
RT: Oxford English Dictionary






































































































Oxford English Dictionary:
RT: etymology RT: Oxford University






































































































PADD:
WT: Star Trek WT: Dators






































































































Panspermia:
RT: Cosmos




































































































pantomime:
RT: acting skill




































































































parallel processing:
RT: APL RT: distributed parallel systems NT: SIMD
RT: many-core microcomputers
NT: physical parallel computing
RT: supercomputers
RT: split-merge






































































































parallel programming:
RT: SIMD RT: many-core microcomputers
RT: hypercube






































































































Pascal's wager:
RT: Roko's Basilisk RT: Newcomb's paradox
WT: two-player binary decision games






































































































PDAs:
NT: Apple Newton WT: Dators
NT: Pilot






































































































Philip Glass:
RT: Einstein on the Beach
RT: John Cage
RT: minimalism






































































































philosophy:
RT: anthropics RT: theology




































































































Phi Tau:
RT: Dartmouth College RT: Alpha Theta
WT: Dartmouth Fraternities
RT: sink night






































































































phonetics:
RT: language evolution




































































































physical parallel computing:
NT: DNA computing NT: card computer WT: parallel processing






































































































physical reality:
RT: black (color) WT: 5 levels of reality






































































































piano:
RT: Beethoven RT: harpsichord
RT: Mozart






































































































Pilot:
WT: PDAs




































































































pipelined ALU:
RT: supercomputers RT: PowerPC






































































































Pixar:
RT: Luxo Junior RT: Steve Jobs




































































































places I've performed:
NT: Symphony Hall Boston RT: my performances
NT: Jordan Hall Boston
NT: MIT






































































































planetarium:
RT: Boston Museum of Science




































































































playing cards:
RT: tarot RT: contract bridge RT: index cards
RT: gambling


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Planiverse:
RT: Flatland RT: A. K. Dewdney
WT: books I am mentioned in
RT: two-dimensional technology



RT: cults




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