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HYPEROBJECT [2 records]

Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Global warming is perhaps the most dramatic example of "hyperobjects" - entities of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that they defeat traditional ideas about what a thing is in the first place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía (Generalidades)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

El término hiperobjeto fue planteado por Timothy Morton en el libro Pensamiento ecológico, y se refiere a cosas (objetos) que son tan grandes (o complejas) que se precisa distancia para poder verlas (o comprenderlas); una distancia que permita no solo perspectivas, sino también, y ante todo, información.

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Record 2 2007-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A coded representation of a finite, independent, self-defining entity that can be manipulated as a whole by applications and interchanged as one unit.

OBS

Examples: A menu, a character input in a dialog box, text to be initialized ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Infographie
DEF

Représentation codée d'une entité finie, indépendante, auto-définie, qui peut être manipulée comme un tout par des applications et échangée comme une seule unité.

OBS

Exemples : Un menu, une saisie de caractères dans une boîte de dialogue, du texte à initialiser.

Spanish

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