FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!  Members: Sign in 
Search Bitpipe: 
  Search Help
Software  >   Applications Software  >   Consumer Applications Software  >   Games and Entertainment Software  >   Electronic Games  >  

Video Games

RSS Feed    Add to Google    Add to My Yahoo!
ALSO CALLED: Arcade Video Games, Video Arcade Games, Console Games, Videogames
DEFINITION: Pong is said to have been both the first coin-operated arcade game and the first popular home video game. Developed by Atari in the early 1970s, it spawned an industry. Essentially, Pong is the game of ping-pong in which a human player (the ping) interacts with an electronic player (hence, Pong). Later versions have become much more visual with more elaborate interactive characteristics. Today,  … 
Definition continues below.
Video Games Multimedia (View All Report Types)
3 Matches
Beijing 2008 delivered - Ready for the next stops!
sponsored by Atos Origin
VIDEO: Watch this video to learn some of the steps Atos Origin took to make sure the Beijing 2208 Olympic Games were successful and learn some of the steps they are taking for future Olympic Games, including Vancouver 2010 and London 2012.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2009


Behind the scenes in Vancouver – 100 days to go
sponsored by Atos Origin
VIDEO: With just under 100 days to go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Magnus Alvarsson, chief integrator at Atos Origin explains what has been done so far and what lies ahead for the technology team. Watch this video to understand the remaining steps that must be taken to ensure the 2010 Olympics go off without any major problems.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2009


Adoption of Mobile Devices in the Workplace: Striking the Right Balance
sponsored by Lumension
VIDEO: Whether the economy is doing well or not, business leaders are always looking for the technological edge to bump up productivity and get more out of their workers. But new innovations always introduce new risks. The hallmark of a good C-level executive is the ability to balance the benefit of innovation with solid risk mitigation.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 13 Mar 2009

3 Matches
 
VIDEO GAMES DEFINITION (continued): … Pong is said to have been both the first coin-operated arcade game and the first popular home video game. Developed by Atari in the early 1970s, it spawned an industry. Essentially, Pong is the game of ping-pong in which a human player (the ping) interacts with an electronic player (hence, Pong). Later versions have become much more visual with more elaborate interactive characteristics. Today, a number of versions exist that can be played on the Web.
Video Games definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Partner with Us | Site Index
TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines

Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other   TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media
TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |   Media Kits  




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2009, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Statement