Friend request

A message conforming to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) sent from the user’s web browser to a web server that asks for a resource such as a webpage. See also response.

request

Software; Globalization software service

(1) In OSI, a service primitive issued by a service user to call a function supported by the service provider. (2) The part of a Web address that follows the protocol and server ...

request

Software; Operating systems

A request to an Internet site that asks for content to be retrieved.

request

Transportation; Shipping

To express a desire for; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause: requested information about the experiment; requested to see the evidence firsthand; requested that the ...

Fusajiro Yamauchi

Games; Consoles

Fusajiro Yamauchi is the founder of Nintendo in 1889. He was born on November 22, 1859, and died in January of 1940 due to a stroke. His great grandchild, Hiroshi Yamauchi, took ...

3DS

Games; Consoles

3DS is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo as a successor to the popular Nintendo DS series of game players. 3DS uses a special technology called autostereoscopy to ...

pose

Games; Consoles

Stationary body stance that's tracked and interpreted by the sensor as input.

position

Games; Consoles

A person's physical state as interpreted by the sensor, e.g., standing, sitting, kneeling, and so on.

tracking

Games; Consoles

The detection and following of a person's movements by the sensor.

pointer

Games; Consoles

The focal point on the screen that mirrors hand movement in the PHIZ. Games may choose their own game-specific terms for pointers.

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Industry/Domain: Arts & crafts Category: Modern art

A tool to deceive and slaughter

Created by Caleb Larson to bring to a work of art, it is impossible to collect. A black box measuring eight cubic inches, entirely featureless, except ...