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Foil 98 Educational Glossary VII

From General NPAC Foils-B starting June97(PowerPoint) General Research -- June-December 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox
Shared Display technology replicates "portions of a frame-buffer" from one machine onto all machines sharing view
Shared Event approach to collaboration only shares the information (parameter changes, mouse movements) needed to specify an application
  • User is free to only share some events allowing others to be customized separately on each shared instance
Microsoft NetMeeting is a well-known shared display PC technology
  • Incorporated as one possible application in Tango

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