Citations:beamer

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English citations of beamer

Noun: projector

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  • 1998, Wilhelm Grießhaber, “Multimedia in Computer-Assisted Language Learning”, in Aspects of Modern Language Teaching in Europe, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52:
    Furthermore, the teacher’s computer should be equipped with [] an LCD-panel with overhead projector or beamer.
  • 2005, S. Borkowski et al., “Spatial Control of Interactive Surfaces”, in Engineering Human Computer Interaction And Interactive Systems, Springer, →ISBN, page 234:
    The orientation of a surface with respect to the beamer is used to calculate a pre-warp that is applied to the projected image.

Noun: employee of IBM

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  • 1986 March 22, “Poughkeepsie Heavily Influenced by World's Largest IBM Facility”, in Schenectady Gazette[1]:
    ...nearby apartment complexes are dubbed "beamer Barracks" for their yuppie "beamer" — or IBM — occupants
  • 1997 August 18, Jan S., “Re: Funny IBM stuff from Katza”, in misc.writing[2] (Usenet):
    It's a shame he wasn't around when one of his best buddies said to a room full of beamers that something (what they'd just offered to a customer) ought to make the customer "as happy as two snakes fuckin' in a bucket of snot".