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1988 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

CGM Concepts and Purposes

Authors : Dr. David B. Arnold, Dr. Peter R. Bono

Published in: CGM and CGI

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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As we explained in Chap. 1, to exchange pictures among diverse applications and across separate programming environments, information can be captured at an interface and placed in a graphical metafile, a formatted disk or magnetic tape file containing graphical commands and data. These files can be transmitted over telephone lines and computer networks to be stored and processed at remote sites or reused locally as a library of predefined pictures.

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Title
CGM Concepts and Purposes
Authors
Dr. David B. Arnold
Dr. Peter R. Bono
Copyright Year
1988
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
CGM and CGI

Print ISBN: 978-3-540-18950-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-61378-4

Copyright Year: 1988

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61378-4_12