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Online Dictionary
Online Dictionary Database Query at The DICT Development Group. It contains following dictionaries: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913); WordNet (r) 1.6; U.S. Gazetteer (1990); Jargon File (4.0.0/24 July 1996); The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98); The Elements (22Oct97); Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary; Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's).
 
GIMP Manual
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring, similar to Adobe Photoshop, but running on X Window system on Unix/Linux platforms.
 
ImageMagick
A wonderful image manipulation software available on scires. Almost all the images on this site (physics.nyu.edu) are processed by ImageMagick.
 
A User's manual for MetaPost
MetaPost is a powerful graphics language based on Knuth's METAFONT, but with PostScript output and facilities for including typeset text.
On SCIRES, MetaPost is install as mpost.
 
HTML 4.01 Specification
HTML 4.01 is the document type used on this site (physics.nyu.edu).
 
Java
Java Standard Edition Platform Documentation at java.sun.com.
 
Hypertext Help with LaTeX
A wonderful LaTeX manual in NASA.
 
Debian User Documentation
Debian is a free, or Open Source, operating system (OS).
 
Linux Document Project
On www.linuxdoc.org.
 
Redhat Knowledge Base
Redhat is a company providing open source operating system (OS) software, services and information.
 
The Mathematica Book
On www.wolfram.com, the creator of Mathematica.
 
Eric Weisstein's world of Mathematics
MathWorld is a convenient, comprehensive, and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, math enthusiasts, and researchers. Like the vibrant and constantly evolving discipline of mathematics, this site is continuously updated to include new material and incorporate new discoveries.
 
MATLAB help desk
On www.mathworks.com, the developer of Matlab.
 
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
On-line version of Martin V. Zombeck's Handbook of Space Astronomy &s; Astrophysics.
 
Physical Reference Data
Physical Reference Data at National Institute of Standards and Technology.
 
GNU Manuals Online
GNU Manuals on Free Software Foundation site www.gnu.org.
 
Pine User's Guide
The default email reader on most NYU systems (SCIRES, IS, ...).

FreeBSD Hypertext Man Pages
Searches for man pages on many Unix-like systems (BSD, Linux, Unix, ULTRIX etc).

SGI Technical Publication Library
NYU SCIRES systems use sgi products.

Sun Product Documentation
Sun Product Documentation (docs.sun.com) gives you online access to an expanding library of Sun technical documentation on both hardware and software products.

 

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