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SKETCHPAD [3 records]

Record 1 2009-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

A subsystem of the working memory that creates and manipulates visual images.

OBS

Visuospatial scratchpad is a term that was proposed by Alan Baddeley in his first working memory model. Visuospatial sketchpad is the term that he proposed later on, as his model evolved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Sous-système de la mémoire de travail responsable du maintien des informations visuo-spatiales ainsi que de la formation et de la manipulation des images mentales.

Key term(s)
  • bloc-notes visuo-spatial

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

A tool for engineers developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The user draws with a light pen on a computer display scope. If he sketches a rough circle, it becomes perfect. He may erase, or he may magnify and reduce at a ratio of 2000 to 1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
OBS

Combinaison de tablette tactile et de bloc à croquis.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

Part of the ISDN teleconferencing system. It is used for discussions of concepts, graphs and designs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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