English Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN HYPERCARBIA?
hypercarbia
n : the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide
in the circulating blood [syn: {hypercapnia}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ HYPERCARD
HyperCard
A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval
of information on the {Macintosh}. It can handle {image}s and
is designed for {browsing}. The powerful customisable
interactive {user interface} allows new {application}s to be
easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen,
often without conventional programming, though the language
{HyperTalk} can be used for more complex tasks.
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.sys.mac.hypercard}.
["Apple Macintosh HyperCard User Guide", Apple Computer 1987].
(1995-02-10)