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Pure Data: Language features, Similarities to Max & Overview

Pure Data (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open-source project with a large developer base working on new extensions. It is released under BSD-3-Clause. It runs on Linux, MacOS, iOS…

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Pure Data topic overview

The analysis highlights Language features, Similarities to Max and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Pure Data.

Related topics
56
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
61
Extracted relationships
37
Related term clusters
26
Bridge connections
61

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 18 topics
Language features · 17 topics
Similarities to Max · 15 topics
Projects using Pure Data · 4 topics
Code examples · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

License
BSD-3-Clause
Original author
Miller Puckette
Repository
github.com/pure-data/pure-data
Stable release
0.55-2 / November 18, 2024; 21 months ago (2024-11-18)
Type
Visual programming language

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Overview

Similarities to Max

Language features

Projects using Pure Data

Code examples

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Pure Data connects Entity context

The extracted context around Pure Data shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Pure Data → API, Ariel ISPW, CPU, Dataflow, David Zicarelli's MSP, DSP, In Pure Data, Like Max, Lua, Max, Max/FTS, Modular, Pd, Python, Scheme, Tcl, Unlike Another extracted example is Pure Data → Filters, Hello, Hz, In Pd, Patch, Pd, Reverberation. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Pure Data

Top relations

related to Similarities to Max · 17
Pure Data → API, Ariel ISPW, CPU, Dataflow, David Zicarelli's MSP, DSP, In Pure Data, Like Max, Lua, Max, Max/FTS, Modular, Pd, Python, Scheme, Tcl, Unlike
related to Code examples · 7
Pure Data → Filters, Hello, Hz, In Pd, Patch, Pd, Reverberation
related to Projects using Pure Data · 7
Pure Data → EA, EA Spore, EAPd, Electronic Arts, Pd, Reactable, RjDj
License · 1
Pure Data → BSD-3-Clause
Original author · 1
Pure Data → Miller Puckette
Repository · 1
Pure Data → github.com/pure-data/pure-data
Stable release · 1
Pure Data → 0.55-2 / November 18, 2024; 21 months ago (2024-11-18)
Type · 1
Pure Data → Visual programming language
Website · 1
Pure Data → puredata.info

Important terminology

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Important terminology

pd data pure music max language audio isbn programming used computer puckette patch international objects like program control environment designed

Pure Data relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 37 structured relationships around Pure Data. Examples in this analysis include Pure Data → License → BSD-3-Clause and Pure Data → Original author → Miller Puckette. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pure DataLicenseBSD-3-Clause1.00infobox
Pure DataOriginal authorMiller Puckette1.00infobox
Pure DataRepositorygithub.com/pure-data/pure-data1.00infobox
Pure DataStable release0.55-2 / November 18, 2024; 21 months ago (2024-11-18)1.00infobox
Pure DataTypeVisual programming language1.00infobox
Pure DataWebsitepuredata.info1.00infobox
Pure Datarelated to Code examplesHello0.60section
Pure Datarelated to Code examplesPd0.60section
Pure Datarelated to Code examplesPatch0.60section
Pure Datarelated to Code examplesReverberation0.60section
Pure Datarelated to Code examplesFilters0.60section
Pure Datarelated to Code examplesHz0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Pure Data bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Pure, Pd and Visual. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Pure Data
    • Pure
    • Pd
    • Visual
    • Graphical
    • Programming
    • Control
    • Language
    • Like
    • Multimedia
    • Miller
    • Used
    • Code
  • pure data
    • Pure
    • Pd
    • Visual
    • Graphical
    • Language
    • Structures
    • Audio
    • Programming
    • Control
    • Like
    • Multimedia
    • Miller
  • visual programming language
    • Language
    • Programming
    • Miller
    • Code
    • Patches
    • Max
    • Puckette
    • Bsd-3-clause
    • Patch
    • Pd
    • Pure
    • Also
  • max
    • Original
    • Software
    • Code
    • Environment
    • Audio
    • Processing
    • Like
    • Objects
    • Pd
    • Programming
    • Used
    • Bsd-3-clause
  • pure data packet
    • Pure
    • Pd
    • Visual
    • Graphical
    • Language
    • Structures
    • Audio
    • Programming
    • Control
    • Like
    • Multimedia
    • Miller
  • data structures
    • Graphical
    • Pure
    • Pd
    • Language
    • Structures
    • Visual
    • Audio
    • Control
    • Like
    • Programming
    • Used
    • Flow
  • similarities to max
    • Original
    • Software
    • Code
    • Environment
    • Audio
    • Processing
    • Like
    • Objects
    • Pd
    • Programming
    • Used
    • Bsd-3-clause
  • language features
    • Programming
    • Miller
    • Max
    • Puckette
    • Pd
    • Original
    • Also
    • Visual
    • Code
    • Program
    • Like
    • Pure

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Pure Data, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Pure Data with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Pure Data — Overview · splits 43 ⟂ 19
Pure Data — Language features · splits 44 ⟂ 18
Pure Data — Similarities to Max · splits 46 ⟂ 16
Pure Data — Projects using Pure Data · splits 57 ⟂ 5
Pure Data — Code examples · splits 59 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Pure Data

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples37
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Pure Data to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Language features, Similarities to Max & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Pure Data · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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