Transportable Applications Environment
Encyclopedia
The Transportable Applications Environment (TAE) was a rapid prototyping
graphical user interface
development environment
created by NASA
in the 1990s. It is available for us on DEC VAX ULTRIX
, DEC RISC ULTRIX
, Sun
, VAX/VMS, Silicon Graphics
, HP9000, and IBM RS/6000 based systems.
Rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
graphical user interface
Graphical user interface
In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
development environment
Development environment
In hosted software development, a development environment refers to a server tier designated to a specific stage in a release process....
created by NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
in the 1990s. It is available for us on DEC VAX ULTRIX
VAX
VAX was an instruction set architecture developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the mid-1970s. A 32-bit complex instruction set computer ISA, it was designed to extend or replace DEC's various Programmed Data Processor ISAs...
, DEC RISC ULTRIX
Ultrix
Ultrix was the brand name of Digital Equipment Corporation's native Unix systems. While ultrix is the Latin word for avenger, the name was chosen solely for its sound.-History:...
, Sun
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
, VAX/VMS, Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
, HP9000, and IBM RS/6000 based systems.