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Director

A 3D animation authoring and playback system for Windows and Mac from Adobe. Director is used to develop sophisticated interactive games and virtual worlds. Using a bitmap-based rendering engine and supporting myriad multimedia formats, including Flash, developers script their animations in JavaScript or Adobe's Lingo.

Create in Director, Play in Shockwave
Director source files use a .DIR extension and can be edited and run between platforms. For distribution over the Web, DIR source files are published to Shockwave files (.DCR extension) that are played in Shockwave Player either within the Web browser or from stand-alone applications.

Introduced by MacroMind in 1985 for the Mac as VideoWorks, it became MacroMind Director and finally, via mergers, Macromedia Director. A version for Windows was later developed, and Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. See Shockwave, Shockmachine, shocked site, SWF and Flash.

director

1. a member of the governing board of a business concern who may or may not have an executive function

2. the person responsible for the artistic and technical aspects of making a film or television programme

3. Music another word (esp US) for conductor

director [də′rek·tər]

(electronics)

Telephone switch which translates the digits dialed into the directing digits actually used to switch the call.

(electromagnetism)

A parasitic element placed a fraction of a wavelength ahead of a dipole receiving antenna to increase the gain of the array in the direction of the major lobe.

(ordnance)

Electromechanical equipment which is used to track a moving target in azimuth and angular height and which, with the addition of other necessary information from an outside source, such as a radar set or a range finder, continuously computes firing data and transmits them to the guns.

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No references found	Summary: A new report has shown that the number of company directorships held by women has remained the same over the past year. Men 'still dominate the boardroom' by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) THE number of company directorships held by women has remained the same over the past year, leaving boardrooms male-dominated, according to a new report today. Men still rule boards; Inbrief by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Over the nearly 25 years of Chapin Hall's history his spirit and intelligence provided the inspiration for the institution and nurtured it from its inception, through the 15 years of his directorship, and beyond. Harold Richman 1937-2009 by Policy & Practice	directional structure directional well directive directive feed directive gain directive therapy directivity Directivity Factor directivity index Directivity of Acoustic Transmitters and Receivers Directivity Pattern directly congruent figures Directly Executable Test Oriented Language directly heated cathode Directness, Continuity, and Oral Nature of Judicial Examination Directoire style director director circle Director-class switch director-sight system director-type computer director-type fire control directorate Directorate of Public Schools directories directorship Directory Directory Access Protocol directory board directory harvest attack directory listings directory management directory path directory server directory service Directory System Agent directory tree Directory User Agent Directory, Ukrainian Directrix DirectSound DirectX DirectX 10 dirge Dirham Dirichlet conditions Dirichlet drawer principle Dirichlet Integral Dirichlet Principle Dirichlet Problem Dirichlet Series	Directors Guild of Canada British Columbia District Council Directors Guild of Great Britain Directors of Church Volunteer Ministries Directors of Continuing Professional Development Directors of Health Promotion and Education Directors of Nursing Association Directors of Public Prosecutions Directors of Real Property Tax Services Directors of Religious Education Directors of Special Education Directors of University Language Centres Directors of Volunteer Administration Directors of Volunteer Services Directors of Volunteers Association Directors of Volunteers in Agencies Directors of Volunteers throughout Dakota County directors' and officers' liability insurance directors' and officers' liability insurance Directors' Duties Directors' Early Warning Directors' Guild of the Philippines, Inc. Directors' Indemnities Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations Directors' Stock Option Plan Directors, Officers, Stockholders, and Related Interests directorship Directorships Directorships Directorships Directorships Directorships directory directory directory directory directory Directory & Access Management Directory (file systems) Directory (file systems) Directory Access Directory Access Control Domain Directory Access Function Directory Access Markup Language Directory Access Processor Directory Access Protocol Directory Access Protocol Directory Address Buffer Directory Address Field Directory Address Resolution Protocol Allocation DIrectory ADvertising Directory Analysis Specialist Directory and Name Service Directory and Resource Administrator Directory Application Protocol Directory assistance Directory assistance

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Summary: A new report has shown that the number of company directorships held by women has remained the same over the past year.

Men 'still dominate the boardroom' by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)

THE number of company directorships held by women has remained the same over the past year, leaving boardrooms male-dominated, according to a new report today.

Men still rule boards; Inbrief by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Over the nearly 25 years of Chapin Hall's history his spirit and intelligence provided the inspiration for the institution and nurtured it from its inception, through the 15 years of his directorship, and beyond.

Harold Richman 1937-2009 by Policy & Practice

directional structure

Directivity of Acoustic Transmitters and Receivers

Directivity Pattern