trackerball
trackerball (trackball, roller ball) A
pointing device that consists of a ball supported on bearings so that it is free to rotate in any direction but is restrained within a socket so that less than half of its surface is exposed. In use, the ball is rotated by the operator's fingers and sensors on two of the support bearings generate trains of pulses related to the rotation of the ball about two axes at right angles. In the late 1970s such devices were expensive and were only used in applications such as air traffic control; by the mid-1980s they had reduced significantly in price and become popular for personal computer applications.
Laptop and
notebook computers often incorporated trackerballs into their keyboards. Their use has declined with the advent of touchpads and other input devices that are less sensitive to ingress of dirt.
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Buddhism and Christianity: Rivals and Allies.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Comparative Sociology; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...ignore the reality of Theravada Buddhism, or make the highly questionable...chiao. Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism interpenetrated each other in...enhancing and enriching each. Hua-yen Buddhism with typical Chinese positivism...
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Wright to Examine Zen Humor
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/5/2008; 409 words
; ...specialization and research is Buddhist philosophy, particularly the types of Buddhism that were developed in China and Japan: Hua-yen Buddhism and Zen or Chan Buddhism. TNS hc11-JF78-081105-1990009 18MASHJofrey
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Artist's exhibit reflects on 'Mirror Matter': Olga Ziemska explores creation and existence at MOCA Cleveland.
Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); 6/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...also speaks through its conceptual side, alluding to a core myth of both Hinduism and the Chinese philosophy of Hua-Yen Buddhism. The myth it alludes to is called "Indra's Net," a great celestial net in the abode of the god Indra that stretches...
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Three great schools of Chinese Buddhism.(Essay)
Newspaper article from: Middle Way; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...remarkable features of Buddhism is that as it spread peacefully...distinctive Chinese schools of Buddhism arose over a period of...special significance are the Hua Yen, the T'ien T'ai and...concepts produced by the Hua Yen school from the middle...
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Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Dharma Master Sheng Yen, and Sulak Sivaraksa...lire the practice of Buddhism from various inside...chapter on Chinese Buddhism, for example, introduces...extravagance of the Hua-yen school, and the...some historians of Buddhism will likely find...
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Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Buddhahood. Earlier Hua-yen thinkers, in contrast...the superiority of the Hua-yen Sutra. Gregory concludes...influence of Ch'an on Chinese Buddhism in the eighth and early...represented a radical shift in Hua-yen hermeneutics. Part three...
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Japanese Buddhist perspectives and comparative theology: supreme ways in intersection.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...doctrinal developments in Buddhism are in order. (4...native soil in India, Buddhism took root, developed...before the advent of Buddhism. These thinkers also...the apex. (6) The Hua-Yen school offered a ten...
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Inscribed Landscapes: Travel Writing from Imperial China.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...to fine-line chieh-hua. The introduction is...fan ta-hsueh kuo-wen yen-chiu-so chi-k...tai shan-shui yu-chi yen-chiu" (this, and...a spiritual center for Buddhism, and by extension denies the influence of Buddhism on mainstream Chinese...
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TEMPLES IN TAIPEI WELCOME WORSHIPPERS, VISITORS
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 9/2/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...have practiced a rich blend of Buddhism, Taoism and folk beliefs brought...courtyard. Housewife Chou Ying-hua carried a worn cloth handbag...Three Kingdoms" or "San Kuo Yen Yi." Kuan Kung was also famous...Often, the two major religions Buddhism and Taoism can be worshipped...
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Hua-yen Buddhism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hua-yen Buddhism [Chin.,=flower garland], school of Chinese Buddhism centering on the Avatamsaka...no Indian counterpart. Hua-yen classifies Buddhist scriptures...Totality (1971); F. Cook, Hua-yen Buddhism (1977).
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Hwa-yen Buddhism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hwa-yen Buddhism see Hua-yen Buddhism .
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Hua-yen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Hua-yen. One of the major schools of Chinese Buddhism , whose highly abstract...tra (Chin., Hua-yen ching ), a text...ranging persecution of Buddhism in China prior to...foundation of the Hua-yen school, Chih-i...
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Ŭisang
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...702). The founder of Hwaŏm (Chin., Hua-yen ) Buddhism in Korea . Ŭisang travelled to China , settling...Ch'ang-an . There he studied with the second Hua-yen patriarch Chih-yen (600–68), and held...
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Chih-i
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Tendai, or Lotus) school of Buddhism. Chih-i produced a conceptual...i, the Avatamsaka Sutra (see Hua-yen Buddhism ) revealed the essence of the...Chih-i (1962); K. Ch'en, Buddhism in China (1964); P. Swanson...
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