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Sketchpad

Sketchpad (a.k.a. Robot Draftsman) is a computer program written by Ivan Sutherland in 1963 in the course of his PhD thesis, for which he received the Turing Award in 1988, and the Kyoto Prize in 2012. It pioneered human–computer interaction (HCI), and is considered the ancestor of modern computer-aided design (CAD) programs and as a major breakthrough…

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Available in
English
Developer
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Operating system
none
Original author
Ivan Sutherland
Platform
Lincoln TX-2
Release
1963; 63 years ago (1963)

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Sketchpad

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples113
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Sketchpad

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related to Bibliography · 61
Sketchpad → ACI, AFIPS, Alan, Alan Kay, Alan Kay's, April, Archive, Archived, CAD, California, CAM, Computer Sketchpad, Coons, David Carroll, December, Design World, Doing, Dr, England, Evan
related to External links · 30
Sketchpad → April, Archived, Association, Computer Sketchpad, Computing Machinery, Coons, Defense Technical Information Center, Fitch, Ivan Edward, Ivan Sutherland, January, John, Johnson, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln Laboratory, Man-Machine Graphical Communication System, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
related to Hardware · 7
Sketchpad → Massachusetts Institute, MIT, MIT Lincoln Laboratory TX-2, Of, Technology, The, To
related to Publications · 5
Sketchpad → Computer-Aided Design, Man-Machine Graphical Communication System, MIT, Sutherland's Ph, The Sketchpad
related to Software · 2
Sketchpad → The, When
Available in · 1
Sketchpad → English
Developer · 1
Sketchpad → MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Operating system · 1
Sketchpad → none
Original author · 1
Sketchpad → Ivan Sutherland
Platform · 1
Sketchpad → Lincoln TX-2

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sutherland computer ivan graphical program mit video cad via system thesis user lincoln laboratory phd technical man-machine communication kay alan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SketchpadAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
SketchpadDeveloperMIT Lincoln Laboratory1.00infobox
SketchpadOperating systemnone1.00infobox
SketchpadOriginal authorIvan Sutherland1.00infobox
SketchpadPlatformLincoln TX-21.00infobox
SketchpadRelease1963; 63 years ago (1963)1.00infobox
SketchpadTypeanimation, drawing, drafting, CAD1.00infobox
SketchpadWritten inTX-2 assembly language1.00infobox
Sketchpadrelated to BibliographyCoons0.60section
Sketchpadrelated to BibliographySteven0.60section
Sketchpadrelated to BibliographyFitch0.60section
Sketchpadrelated to BibliographyJohn0.60section

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