High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Xerox Alto was one of the first computers designed for individual use (though not as a home computer), making it arguably what is now called a personal computer. It was developed at Xerox PARC in 1973. It was the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xetec was founded in 1983 by Jon Flickinger, and was located in Salina, Kansas, United States. Before closing in 1995, the company produced many third-party products for the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Amiga, Macintosh, Atari ST and PC computers.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! XEvil is a free software side-scrolling computer game developed by Steve Hardt at M.I.T. The game is a free-for-all deathmatch that pits any player against another player or a computer player. The game has also been noted as "One of the most graphically violent games ever made," leading to some controversy due over its offensiveness.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! xG Technology, Inc. is developer of technology for wireless communications. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida with engineering facilities located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is incorporated under the laws of Delaware. xG is a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange`s Alternative Investment Market. Its stock symbol is XGT.L.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XGP (Extreme Game Player) was a concept portable video game system created by the Korean company GamePark as the follow-up to its GP32 handheld. Initially announced in 2005, the XGP was finally announced in March 2006 along with the release of the similar XGP Mini and the XGP Kids. The company went bankrupt before releasing any of the models.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XH-A1S is a digital video camera manufactured by Canon. The XH-A1S is an updated version of Canon’s XH-A1, and a newer version of the Canon GL2. It is generally used for independent filmmakers. It is one of the top Prosumer Camcorders in the market today.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! XHTML Mobile Profile (XHTML MP) is a hypertextual computer language standard designed specifically for mobile phones and other resource-constrained devices.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! XIII Century is a series of real-time tactics computer video games developed by Unicorn Studio. The series consists of the titles XIII Century: Death or Glory, its stand-alone expansion XIII Century: Blood of Europe, and a XIII Century: Gold release, which combines the two titles. The games are similar in interface and game play to those of the Total War series but feature a more complex battle mechanism, in which results are calculated for each individual soldier in the units and the corps mechanics are more realistic. The units possess different grades of AI (called "Self Control"), which give them the capability to evaluate the situation: a low-Self Control unit demands more management by...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In computer networking, xinetd, the eXtended InterNET Daemon, is an open-source super-server daemon which runs on many Unix-like systems and manages Internet-based connectivity. It offers a more secure extension to or version of inetd, the Internet daemon, thus most modern Linux distributions have switched to it.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Aztec religion, Xiuhcoatl was a mythological serpent, it was regarded as the spirit form of Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec fire deity, and was also an atlatl wielded by Huitzilopochtli. Xiuhcoatl is a Classical Nahuatl word that literally translates as "turquoise serpent"; it also carries the symbolic and descriptive meaning, "fire serpent".
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xixit is a falling-blocks puzzle video game for MS-DOS from 1995, in some ways similar to Tetris. The purpose is to earn points by lining up the colored gems, that come falling from the top of the playing field in sets of 3, in such a way that a 3 or more identical gems are lined up, in any direction.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In laptop computing, the XJACK is a type of extendable connector or antenna for a type II PC card, designed by the Megahertz subsidiary of 3Com. When not in use, the XJACK retracts into the PC card for storage.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! XLfit is a Microsoft Excel-based plug-in which allows curve fitting and statistical analysis. XLfit generates 2D and 3D graphs and analyses data sets produced by any type of research. XLfit’s curve fitting engine allows linear and non-linear curve fits, smoothing, statistics, weighting and error bars.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! XM Satellite Radio (XM) is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional traffic and weather channels and 23 play-by-play sports channels. XM channels are identified by Arbitron with the label "XM" (e.g. "XM32").
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM1156 Precision Guidance Kit is a U.S. Army program to develop a precision guidance system for existing 155 mm artillery shells. The prime contractor is Alliant Techsystems and the industry team includes Interstate Electronics Corporation.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The Armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System, also known as the Punisher, Individual Semiautomatic Air Burst System, and the Bowling Tube is an air burst grenade launcher derived from the XM29 OICW. It was fielded to soldiers serving in the War in Afghanistan and is projected to enter full-rate procurement in 2011.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM312 is a heavy machine gun derived from the XM307 25 mm autocannon and chambered for the .50 BMG cartridge. It was designed in response to a request by the U.S. military for a replacement for the aging M2HB heavy machine gun, and as a complement to the heavier XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) was a 120 mm laser-guided mortar round under development by Alliant Techsystems.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Non-Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS) was a self-contained missile launcher system that was under development by NETFIRES LLC, a partnership between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Each Container Launch Unit (CLU) holds 15 missiles, and a self-locating networked communications system. CLUs can be linked for coordinated launching, with the missiles fired and controlled remotely via autonomous vertical launch. The weapon is roughly 2 meters tall.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM800 Armored Reconnaissance Scout Vehicle, or ARSV, was an experimental scout vehicle developed by the US Army in the 1970s. It was part of a series of armored vehicles being designed by the Army to replace their existing armored personnel carriers, the M113 and M114, with vehicles with greatly improved fighting capabilities. While the MICV-65 program focused on troop carriers, a separate requirement for a scout vehicle led to the XM800. None of the vehicles from the MICV-65 project entered production, although they provided valuable experience that was used in the M2 Bradley.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The XM806 Lightweight .50 Caliber Machine Gun (LW50MG) is a .50 caliber heavy machine gun. The XM806 will weigh about 63 pounds (29 kg) less (49% lighter) and have 60% less recoil than the M2, and have a greater rate of fire than the failed previous attempt to replace the M2, the XM312. The XM806 does have a considerably slower rate of fire than the M2. The XM806 also has improvements to user safety and is easier to disassemble.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xmouse is a system of mouse control used instead of the standard system of selection on computers (most notably Windows and X11, where it is an option). Where normal mouse control uses single-click for selection and double-click to open/edit/etc, the xmouse system automatically selects objects after hovering the mouse over the object for a certain period of time (often one second). The context function, previously activated by double-clicking is activated by single-clicking. Double-clicking is made redundant by this system and is ignored. Operation of menus, text selection and other features remain unchanged.