Encyclopedia

ASSIST (organization) ASSIST is a non-profit organization with tax-exempt status incorporated in the State of Vermont. To promote mutual understanding, cultural interchange and a more peaceful world, ASSIST provides opportunities for outstanding international students to attend the finest American independent secondary schools on one-year scholarships, and for students and teachers from these schools to engage in educational experiences abroad.
AStA The General Student's Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is hence considered the student government and student representative organization.
ASTAR ASTAR is a fictional golden humanoid robot from Planet Danger. The character was created in the 1980s by The War Amps of Canada and is featured in material for their PLAYSAFE program to educate children about safety.
ASTERIX (ATC standard) ASTERIX (short for All Purpose Structured Eurocontrol Surveillance Information Exchange) is a standard for the exchange of air traffic control (ATC) information. It is developed and maintained by the European ATC organization Eurocontrol.
ASTEROID trial The ASTEROID trial was a clinical trial published in 2006 that shows the effects of statins (drugs that inhibit the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase) on atherosclerosis. Employing intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), they showed regression of the atherosclerotic plaques in response to a high dose of rosuvastatinNissen SE, Nicholls SJ, Sipahi I, Libby P, Raichlen JS, Ballantyne CM, Davignon J, Erbel R, Fruchart JC, Tardif JC, Schoenhagen P, Crowe T, Cain V, Wolski K, Goormastic M, Tuzcu EM; ASTEROID Investigators.
ASTM International ASTM International is an international voluntary standards organization that develops and produces technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services. It was formed in 1898 in the United States as the American Society for Testing and Materials by a group of scientists and engineers, led by Charles Benjamin Dudley, who wanted to address the frequent rail breaks plaguing the fast-growing railroad industry.
ASTRA National Museum Complex "ASTRA" National Museum Complex (in Romanian: Complexul NaĹŁional Muzeal "ASTRA") is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre. It is the successor of the ASTRA museum that has existed in the city since 1905.
ASTRO-E ASTRO-E and ASTRO-EII (or Astro-E2) are Japanese X-ray astronomy satellites built primarily by JAXA. In 2000 the Astro-E launch failed (with the satellite falling into the ocean), so a replacement called Astro-EII was launched on July 10, 2005.
ASTRO-F ASTRO-F (or Akari) is an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea. It was launched on 21:28, February 21, 2006 UTC (06:28, February 22 JST) by M-V rocket into Earth polar Sun synchronous orbit.
ASTRO-G ASTRO-G (also known as VSOP-2) is a planned radio telescope satellite under development by JAXA. It is expected to be launched in fiscal year 2011 into elliptic orbit around Earth (apogee height 25,000 km, perigee height 1,000 km).
ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTINGis an American music entity, formed in 1986 by SPIKE the Percussionist. The early recordings, all made on 4-track cassette, were heavily influenced by a Entropy, Glenn Branca, Coil, Laibach, Test Dept.
ASU Downtown Phoenix Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix campus (commonly referred to as ASU Downtown Phoenix) is one of the three satellite locations for Arizona State University, located in the downtown area of Phoenix, Arizona.
ASU Indian Family The ASU Indian Family is a trio of mascots for Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The family consists of Chief Big Track (named for a prominent Osage chief), an unnamed brave and an unnamed princess.
ASU School of Public Affairs The School of Public Affairs is an academic unit within the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University. The ASU School of Public Affairs offers innovative educational and professional opportunities to help build stronger and more effective public leaders.
ASX Sharemarket Game The ASX sharemarket game is an online competition organised by the Australian Stock Exchange and sponsored by Westpac Broking where participants buy and sell shares on the Australian Stock Exchange top 100 list with a hypothetical A$50 000 and aim to achieve the highest portfolio value possible.
At (Unix) The at command is used to schedule commands to be executed once at a particular time in the future. More precisely, it reads a series of commands from standard input and collects them into one "at-job" which is carried out at a later date.
At bats with runners in scoring position At Bats with Runners in Scoring Position (abbreviated AB/RSP or AB/RISP) is a baseball statistic that measures the number of times a batter comes to bat with runners on second or third and is charged with an official at bat At bats with runners in scoring position is used to find a player's batting average with runners in scoring position].
At Carnegie Hall At Carnegie Hall is a jazz album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1963 (see 1963 in music); it was recorded at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City. It was described by critic Richard Palmer as "arguably Dave Brubeck's greatest concert" and a "truly majestic record that should be in every serious collection"; for Don Mather it is "one of the all time great live jazz performances".
At Her Majesty's Pleasure At Her Majesty's Pleasure is a legal phrase which originated in the United Kingdom, and is now used throughout all the Commonwealth Realms, though usually only in a traditional manner. When a King reigns, the corresponding phrase is At His Majesty's Pleasure.
At Home Among Strangers At Home among Strangers is a 1974 film starring Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Its Russian language title is Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh/Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих.
At Home Ka Dito At Home Ka Dito (English: You're At Home Here) is a Philippine lifestyle television program aired on ABS-CBN. The show is hosted by former Miss Philippines (Universe 1994) Charlene Gonzalez-Muhlach together with "SCQ (Star Circle Quest) Teens" Joross Gamboa and Roxanne Guinoo.
At Home with Animals At Home with Animals is the 13th episode in season 3 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
At Home with the Snails At Home with the Snails is a somewhat surreal BBC Radio 4 comedy, written by Gerard Foster, about a British dysfunctional family. The cast includes Geoffrey Palmer as George, Angela Thorne as Beverly, Gerard Foster as Alex, Miranda Hart as Rose, and Debra Stephenson as Hosanna.
At It Productions At It Productions is a British TV Production company set up in 1997 by Martin Cunning and Chris Fouracre. At It are predominatly linked with youth and entertainment shows, but over the last three years have branched out into a series of other fields such as medical documentaries and Quiz shows.
At last she moves "At last she moves" is a recurring phrase in the history of Western Australia, used to acknowledged long-awaited progress after a period of stagnation. Governor Weld first used the phrase in reference to the colony finally gaining representative government in 1870.
At Last "At Last" is a 1942 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren and first performed by Glenn Miller. Although the song was a major hit for Miller, it was largely forgotten until it was covered by blues singer Etta James.
At Last (band) At Last is a hip hop a cappella (also known as hiphopapella) group from Los Angeles, California. They first gained national recognition as finalists on the first season of America's Got Talent, having won their spot through viewer votes.
At Last the 1948 Show At Last the 1948 Show was a satirical TV show made by David Frost's Paradine Productions in association with Rediffusion London for Britain's ITV network during 1967, bringing Cambridge Footlights type-humour to a broader audience. It starred John Cleese, Graham Chapman (in their pre-Python days), Tim Brooke-Taylor (later one of The Goodies), Marty Feldman (in his first screen appearance), and Aimi MacDonald.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul is a 1964 Brazilian horror film, the first in writer/director/actor José Mojica Marins' Zé do Caixão film series. When the film was issued in the United States, the character became known as Coffin Joe.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a 1991 drama film, based on the novel by Peter Matthiessen, starring Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow and Tom Waits. The film is directed by Hector Babenco.
At sign The at sign (@, read aloud in English as "at") is a typographic symbol most commonly used as an abbreviation in accounting and commercial invoices, in statements such as "7 widgets @ $2 ea. = $14".
At Sachem Farm At Sachem Farm Ross, a self-absorbed and determined young man, plans to sell off his family's priceless wine collection to finance his purchase of a substantial mining interest which promises to make him rich. However, standing in his way is his eccentric Uncle Cullen, who has much different and much more bizarre plans for the family estate.
At Swim-Two-Birds At Swim-Two-Birds is a novel by Irish novelist Flann O'Brien (one pen-name of Brian O'Nolan) published in 1939. It is widely considered O'Brien's masterpiece and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction.
At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War (ISBN 0-89141-821-0) is an autobiographical book about Thomas C. Reed's experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory through his time as an advisor to President Ronald Reagan.
At the Beeb At the Beeb is a compilation album by the English rock band Queen, released on vinyl, cassette tape, and compact disc in 1989. Subsequently, it was released in 1995 in the United States under the title Queen at the BBC on compact disc and as limited edition picture disc vinyl.
At the Core (story) Larry Niven's short story "At the Core," published in 1966, is the second in the series of Known Space stories featuring crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer. The short story was originally published in Worlds of If, November 1966, and reprinted in Neutron Star (New York: Ballantine, 1968, pp.
At the Drop of a Hat At the Drop of a Hat was a musical review, described by its authors as "An After-dinner Farrago". The show consisted only of the two artists, Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, sang & played the piano.
At the Earth's Core (film) At the Earth's Core is a 1976 science fiction film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Peter Cushing and Doug McClure, filmed in Technicolor. It was based on the science fiction novel At the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is also known as Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core.
At the Edge of the Great Void At the Edge of the Great Void is volume nineteen in the French comic book (or bande dessinée) science fiction series Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières.
At the Gates At the Gates is a now defunct Swedish melodic death metal band who have had a great influence upon the genre. Originally formed in 1990 after Grotesque broke up, the band combined the speed and anger of thrash metal with the burgeoning death metal scene in Gothenburg, Sweden, crafting a unique sound.
At the Hawk's Well At the Hawk's Well is a one act play by William Butler Yeats, first performed in 1916 and published in 1917. It is one of five plays by Yeats which are loosely based on the stories of CuchulainThe other Cuchulain plays by Yeats are: On Baile's Strand, The Green Helmet, The Only Jealousy of Emer, and The Death of Cuchulain, the mythological hero of ancient Ulster.
At the Hop At the Hop was a hit single by Danny & the Juniors, which was released in the fall 1957, and would go all the way to #1 on the US hit charts on January 6, 1958, thus becoming one of the top-selling singles during all of 1958. It was written by Arthur Singer, John Medora and David White.
At the Potter's Wheel At the Potter's Wheel was a 1914 American silent short film directed by Lorimer Johnston starring Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Caroline Frances Cooke (as Caroline Cooke), Louise Lester, Jack Richardson and Vivian Rich.
At the Soundless Dawn At the Soundless Dawn is Red Sparowes' debut release. It had a mixed reception upon release, enthusiastically welcomed by fans of the genre and of related bands such as Isis and Neurosis, but the overall consensus of the music press was not so positive.
At the Spine At the Spine is primarily the vehicle for the songwriting, instrumentation and vocals, of Mike Toschi (Toskey). The songs on FDOS traverse various living and working experiences in places ranging from the South Bronx and Harlem, to Portland, Seattle, and San Diego.
At the Threshold of an Era At the Threshold of an Era (Chinese:創世紀) was a Hong Kong epic drama series broadcast by TVB Jade Channel from late 1999 to early 2000, and was extensively promoted by TVB as its cross-milliennium epic. The series comprised of two parts, with a gap in between the airing.
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances is the name of a book by Scottish author and academic Alexander McCall Smith, relating further matters in the life of the main character, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld.
At The Hotel At The Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical television series concerning the goings on at an illustrious hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists, in Montreal. It was created by Ken Finkleman, is produced by One Hundred Percent Television, and aired on CBC Television in Canada.
At What Cost?, Cornell At What Cost? was a graduate student group formed at Cornell University in August 2002 to oppose a graduate student unionization drive run by an organization called CASE/UAW that was affiliated with the United Auto Workers.
At Your Best At Your Best (You Are Love) was originally a radio hit by The Isley Brothers in 1976. Eighteen years later, the song was revived by teen singer Aaliyah, and became a charted hit reaching number six on the pop singles chart and number two on the R&B singles chart though reaching number twenty-seven in the UK pop charts.
At Your Birthday Party At Your Birthday Party is an album by Steppenwolf, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music) on the label ABC Dunhill Records. Although it was less critically acclaimed than their successful first two albums, Steppenwolf and Steppenwolf the Second, it contained a few well-known hits, such as "It's Never Too Late" and "Jupiter's Child, as well as the colossal "Rock Me".
At-Bristol At-Bristol () is a pioneering public science and technology "exploration" and education centre in Bristol, England. The centre incorporates Wildwalk, a biome, the biology section of the site, and Explore, which contains features on mechanics, sound and light, computer science, space and the human brain.
At-large bid An at-large bid is a bid or berth in a sporting tournament granted by invitation, not right. This term is most commonly used in the United States to refer to berths that the NCAA grants in its annual Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments, although at-large berths are granted in almost all championship tournaments the NCAA conducts.
At-location mapping At-location mapping (ALM) is closely related to location-based services (LBS). However, ALM focuses on the delivery of maps 'at location', using mobile devices that are enabled with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.
At-Large At-Large is a designation for representatives who are not elected or appointed to represent a subset of a whole membership (of, for instance, a club or association, or a city, state or nation) but rather the whole membership. More specifically, in the case of the United States House of Representatives, it is a representative who is elected not to represent a district but the state as a whole in the House.
At-Ta'mim Governorate Kirkuk Governorate is one of the Governorates of Iraq. From 1976 to the present day (as of July 11, 2006) it has been called At-Ta'mim (Kurdish Temîm, Arabic: التأمیم ), which means state-owned and points to the national ownership of the very rich oil and natural gas reserves.
At-Tawba Surat at-Tawba (Arabic: سورة التوبة ) ("the Repentance", also known as al-Bara'ah "the Ultimatum" in many ahadith) is the ninth chapter of the Qur'an, with 129 verses (see, however, the discussion of ahadith 785-787 in Sunnan Abu Dawood, relating to merging Suras 8 and 9, and the discussion of numbering the Basmala (q.v.
At-will employment At-will employment is an employment relationship in which either party can terminate the relationship with no liability if there was no express contract for a definite term governing the employment relationship. Under this legal doctrine:
Ata language The Ata language, also known as Pele-Ata or Wasi, is a language isolate spoken on New Britain island, Papua New Guinea. It may be related to the AnĂŞm and YĂ©lĂ® Dnye isolates in a tentative Yele-West New Britain family.
Atabegs of Azerbaijan The Azerbaijani Atabeg State rose from the ashes of the vast Seljuk Empire in the beginning of the 12th century. It was founded in 1136 when sultan Mas’ud appointed Shamseddin Eldeqiz to be a tutor of Arslan-shakh, the juvenile successor of the throne, and transferred Arran to his possession as “igta”.
Atacama border dispute The Atacama border dispute between Bolivia and Chile began in the 1800s over the Atacama corridor, a part of the Atacama Desert which now forms northern Chile. The Atacama Desert is bordered by the Coast Range on the west and the Andes on the east.
Atacama Cosmology Telescope The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is currently under construction on Cerro Toco in Chile, and is scheduled to see first light in 2006. Its primary science goal is to map the cosmic microwave background anisotropy at resolutions higher than the WMAP experiment.
Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It is 15 million years old and 100 times more arid than California's Death Valley.
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a radio telescope located at 5,100 meters above sea level, at Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert, in northern Chile, 50 kilometers to the north of San Pedro de Atacama.
Atactic In atactic macromolecules every substituent belonging to a repeating unit is placed randomly at either side of the backbone. This form of tacticity is often observed for polymers obtained by free radical polymerization.
Atago class destroyer The Atago class of guided missile destroyers is an improved version of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)'s KongĹŤ class destroyers that are currently under construction. It is the Japanese equivalent of United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (Flight II), in comparison to KongĹŤ-class/Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) which only had helicopter platforms (but no support equipment), these ships have better helicopter handling facilities.
Atakapa The Atakapa (also Attacapan) were a Southeastern culture of Native American tribes and with a common language that lived along the Gulf of Mexico. Their territory ranged from the Trinity River and Galveston Bay in Texas to Bayou Teche and Vermilion Bay in Louisiana.
Atakule Tower Atakule Tower is a 125m high communications and observation tower located in the Çankaya district of central Ankara, Turkey, built in 1989. The top section of the tower houses an open terrace and a revolving restaurant, "Sevilla".
Atalanta Atalanta (Greek:Αταλάντη, meaning "balanced") is a character from ancient Greek mythology. Her father, Schoeneus, wanted a son so badly that when Atalanta was born, he left her in the middle of the woods to die.
Atalanta (island) Atalanta (Greek: ) (the modern TalandonĂ­si), is a small island off Locris, in the Opuntian gulf, said to have been torn asunder from the mainland by an earthquake. In the first year of the Peloponnesian War this previously uninhabited island was fortified by the Athenians to prevent Locrian pirates attacking Euboea (Thuc..
Atalanta (opera) Atalanta is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel composed in 1736. It is based upon the mythological female athlete, Atalanta, the libretto (which is in Italian) being derived from the book La Caccia in Etolia by Belisario Valeriani.
Atalanti Atalanti, also Atalandi or Ataladi (Greek: Αταλάντη), ancient form: Atalanta is a town and a municipality in Lokrida in the southeastern part of the Fthiotis prefecture in Greece. Atalanti is the capital of the Lokrida province.
Atalanti (Bottiaea) Atalanti (Greek: Αταλάντη) was an ancient and an historic city of Bottiaea which was built by the Bottiaeans before the anexation of their nation into Macedon and compulsed and shifted them into Chalcidice. The location of the archaeological site is the today's Kilkis Prefecture.
Ataman Ataman (variants: wataman, vataman, otaman, Cyrillic: атаман (Russian), ватаман (Russian, regional), отаман (Ukrainian)) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.
Atambua Atambua is a city in the Belu district, in the region of West Timor, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. The city is on the Island of Timor, and it was the destination for a large flow of refugees from neighboring country East Timor in the year 2000, during that country's struggle for independence from Indonesia.
Atami Yowado Atami Yowado (熱海陽和洞), Koyata Iwasaki Memorial Museum, was a second house of Koyata Iwasaki (岩崎小彌太), the fourth and last president of the Old Mitsubishi Organization, located in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It emulates the 16th century Tudor style of the United Kingdom.
Atan Burhagohain Atan Burhagohain (1662-1679) was the one of the most influential Burhagohains in the Ahom kingdom. Appointed in January 1662, at the time Garhgaon was occupied by Mir Jumla, he oversaw the military resistance to the Mughal general, negotiated the Treaty of Ghilajharighat, planned the rejuvenation of the Ahom kingdom and was one of the architects of the Ahom victory at the Battle of Saraighat.
Atan2 atan2 is a two-parameter function for computing the arctangent in the C programming language, C++, Java, PHP, C#, Fortran, MATLAB and many other modern programming languages. The Linux Programmer's Manual says:
Atanarjuat Atanarjuat (or The Fast Runner) is a Canadian film, released in 2001. It was the first feature film ever written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut, the language of Canada's Inuit people, and was directed by Zacharias Kunuk.
Atanas Paparizov Atanas Atanassov Paparizov () (born 5 July 1951 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Coalition for Bulgaria, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union.
Atanas Todovichin Atanas Todovichin was a Bulgarian terrorist who was a principle player in the St Nedelya Church assault. He personally assassinated the general whose funeral was used as bait to draw intended targets to the church.
Atanasio Girardot Atanasio Girardot (May 2, 1791 - September 30, 1813) was a Colombian revolutionary leader who fought with Simón Bolívar in the Campaña Admirable and other battles. He died during the Battle of Bárbula, trying to plant the republican flag on Bárbula Hill.
Atanasoff Nunatak Atanasoff Nunatak (Atanasov Nunatak a-ta-'na-sov 'nu-na-tak) is a nunatak, a sharp peak rising to 550 m in the Eastern extremity of Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak sumounts the Huron Glacier to the South and East and Struma Glacier to the North.
Atanua In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Marquesas Islands), Atanua is the goddess of the dawn and wife of Atea (Atea and Atanua emerged from Tanaoa, Atea first, who then made space for Atanua). Their son is the first man, Tu-Mea.
Atapuerca Atapuerca is a Spanish town in the province of Burgos, Castile-Leon, that gives name to the Sierra de Atapuerca or Sierra Atapuerca, an ancient karstic region of Spain, containing several caves such as the Gran Dolina site, where fossils and stone tools of the earliest known hominids in Europe have been found, dating to between 780,000 and 1 million years ago.
Atar, Mauritania Atar (Arabic: أطار) is a town in north western Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. It is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674.
Atari 2000 The Atari 2000 (model number CX-2000) was a prototype version of the Atari 2600 intended to be released as a cheaper alternative for children in 1982. The internal specifications of the 2000 are no different from the original 2600.
Atari 2700 The Atari 2700 (also referred to as the Atari Remote Control VCS) was an unreleased console by Atari. Intended for release in 1981, its main standout features were wireless controllers that played both paddle and joystick games.
Atari 2800 The Atari 2800 was Atari's attempt to dominate the Japanese home video game console market in the early 1980s. Although various companies like Epoch had imported and distributed the Atari 2600 in Japan, it was never officially supported nor was it heavily promoted.
Atari 5200 The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, or simply Atari 5200, was a video game console introduced in 1982 by Atari as a replacement for the famous Atari 2600. The 5200 was created to compete with the Mattel Intellivision, but wound up more directly competing with the Colecovision shortly after its release.
Atari 8-bit family The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured by Atari, starting in 1979. All are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips.
Atari BASIC ATARI BASIC was a ROM resident BASIC interpreter for the Atari 8-bit family of 6502-based home computers. The interpreter originally shipped on an 8 KB cartridge; on later XL/XE model computers it was built in, and would load by default when the machines were booted without other carts in place.
Atari Bigby Atari David Bigby (born September 19, 1981 in Kingston, Jamaica) is an American football strong safety for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Central Florida.
Atari Cosmos The Atari Cosmos was a failed attempt by Atari to release a tabletop video game system that would utilize holography and LEDs to create a unique gaming experience. The Cosmos was created by Atari engineers Allan Alcorn, Harry Jenkins and Roger Hector.
Atari Falcon The Atari Falcon was Atari's final computer product, more specifically named the Atari Falcon030 Computer System. Codenamed Sparrow, the machine was based on a Motorola 68030 main CPU, and had a Motorola 56000 digital signal processor (the latter distinguishing it from most other microcomputers of the era).
Atari Flashback The Atari Flashback and Atari Flashback 2 are dedicated video game consoles marketed by Atari in the mid-2000s. They are preprogrammed with classic Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 console games from the 1970s and 1980s built in, and do not use cartridges.
Atari Jaguar II The Atari Jaguar II was to have been a video game console, the successor to the Atari Jaguar. The project code name was "Midsummer", an arbitrary reference to A Midsummer Night's Dream; and the two main chips were named Oberon and Puck, references to characters in that play.
Atari MEGA STE The Atari Mega STE was Atari's last ST series machine. Taking something from all the 680x0-based machines they had produced, they had the idea to create a more business-like version of their main machine using the new features of the STE, the actual case designed for the TT, plus some other features.
Atari Microsoft BASIC The Atari Microsoft BASIC and Atari Microsoft BASIC II variants of the BASIC programming language were cartridge or floppy disk packaged versions of the Microsoft BASIC dialect ported to the Atari 8-bit machines.
Atari Panther The Atari Panther was the 32-bit predecessor to the Atari Jaguar, developed by the same ex-Sinclair team Flare Technology responsible for the Flare One and Konix Multisystem. It was scheduled to be released in 1991, but Atari decided to abandon the project in favor of the Atari Jaguar.

Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.