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FUGUE [3 records]

Record 1 2020-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
DEF

A musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique
DEF

Forme de composition contrapuntique fondée sur l'entrée et le développement successifs de voix selon un principe strict d'imitation qui donne à l'auditeur l'impression que chaque voix fuit ou en poursuit une autre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A class of virtual reality experiments accessible via the Internet.

DEF

An interactive adventure game that can be played by many people at once.

CONT

Multiuser dungeons are programmed renditions of rooms, compartments, worlds and time zones used in computer games inspired by the original Dungeons and Dragons.

OBS

Other names for MUDs include MOO, MUSE, Muck, Mush, Fugue, TinyFugue, and TinyMUD.

Key term(s)
  • mudder
  • MUSE
  • MUCK
  • MUSH
  • Fugue

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Jeu de rôle de type «Donjon et Dragon» réalisé sur Internet (le plus souvent en émulation de terminal).

CONT

MUD propose au univers virtuel textuel dans lequel les participants interagissent en temps réel et se déplacent d'une pièce à l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

the element that characterizes fugue most clearly is flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

sous ce nom, on désigne des conduites de déambulation, d'errance [et] de vagabondage.

Spanish

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