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adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth rammed earth, material consisting chiefly of soil of sufficiently stiff consistency that has been placed in forms and pounded down. It has been used for buildings and walls since ancient times and was employed in some of the most ancient fortifications in the Middle ..... Click the link for more information. . adobeHandmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. As a building material, adobe dates back thousands of years and is found in many parts of the world. Molds for shaping the bricks were brought to the New World by the Spanish. Excellent insulating properties make adobe an ideal material for both dwellings and ovens; home interiors retain heat in winter and stay cool in summer. The adobe buildings at Taos, N.M., are typical of Native American pueblo dwellings. Adobe(Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.adobe.com) The leading graphics and desktop publishing software company. Founded in 1982 by Dr. John Warnock, Adobe helped pioneer desktop publishing with its fonts and applications. Initially developed for the Macintosh, Adobe's PostScript fonts have become the standard among graphics and printing service bureaus. Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Type Manager are examples of world-class software that spearheaded the industry. With Adobe's 1995 acquisitions of PageMaker and FrameMaker, Adobe became the preeminent graphics design and desktop publishing software company. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The exteriors of the adobes are painted in colors of lavender,
pink, salmon and green, though the relentlessness of the sun has reduced
each to a pleasingly muted hue. The
combination of the two multimedia giants holds the promise of some
exciting developments in learning technology, with Adobes ubiquitous PDF
technology and Macromedia's just-as-widespread Flash technology
able to deliver content across a wide variety of platforms and devices. There
are cultured-stone Italianate villas next to brick-veneered Tudor homes;
vinyl-sided carpenter gothic bungalows next to Styrofoam adobes. |
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