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OXO
OXO
OXO was a computer game written for the EDSAC computer in 1952, an implementation of the game known as Noughts and Crosses in the UK, or tic-tac-toe in the United States. It was written by Alexander S. Douglas as an illustration for his Ph.D. thesis on human-computer interaction for the University...

was the first digital graphical computer game, a version of Tic-tac-toe.
It is also the first puzzler game; As seen on Ginuess World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition.
OXO
OXO
OXO was a computer game written for the EDSAC computer in 1952, an implementation of the game known as Noughts and Crosses in the UK, or tic-tac-toe in the United States. It was written by Alexander S. Douglas as an illustration for his Ph.D. thesis on human-computer interaction for the University...

Was first released in 1951, That makes it one of the oldest games standing.

OXO or Oxo may also refer to:

In business:
  • Oxo (food)
    Oxo (food)
    Oxo is a range of food products, consisting of stock cubes, herbs and spices, dried gravy, and yeast extract. In the United Kingdom, Oxo products are manufactured by Premier Foods...

    , a brand of food products in the UK, South Africa and Canada
  • OXO Tower
    OXO Tower
    The OXO Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The building currently has a set of bijou arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors. A well-known restaurant is located on the 8th floor, which is the roof top level of the main building...

    , a London landmark formerly owned by the makers of Oxo food products
  • OXO (brand), a US-based manufacturer of ergonomic handheld kitchen utensils


In music:
  • OXO (band)
    OXO (band)
    OXO was an American dance rock band created in 1983 by Ish 'Angel' Ledesma, the former lead singer of Foxy He formed OXO with guitarist Orlando Nuñez, bass player Frank Garcia, and drummer Freddy Alwag...

    , an 80s New Wave pop band.


In chemistry:
  • Oxo ligand
    Oxo ligand
    In coordination chemistry, an oxo ligand is an oxygen atom bound only to one or more metal centers. These ligands can exist as terminal or as bridging atom . Oxo ligands stabilize high oxidation states of a metal....

    , a divalent ligand
  • oxo, a prefix in the formal IUPAC nomenclature for the functional group '=O' (the terminal oxo ligand)
  • Oxo synthesis, another name for hydroformylation
    Hydroformylation
    Hydroformylation, also known as oxo synthesis or oxo process, is an important industrial process for the production of aldehydes from alkenes. This chemical reaction entails the addition of a formyl group and a hydrogen atom to a carbon-carbon double bond...

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