stereo

adj : (electronics) designating sound transmission from two

sources through two channels [syn: {stereophonic}, {two-channel}]

n 1: two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a

three-dimensional effect to the sound [syn: {stereo

system}, {stereophonic system}]

2: two photographs taken from slightly different angles that

appear three-dimensional when viewed together [syn: {stereoscopic

picture}, {stereoscopic photograph}]

Esterel

A distributed language for synchronous interaction of

{real-time} systems with their environment. Uses explicit

timing requests. Esterel programs are compiled into finite

{automata}.

["The ESTEREL Programming Language and its Mathematical

Semantics", G. Berry & L. Cosserat, TR 327, INRIA, 1984].