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dialogue

¹ (often US), dialog

1. the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

2. a particular passage of conversation in a literary or dramatic work

3. a literary composition in the form of a dialogue

4. a political discussion between representatives of two nations or groups

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dialog

[′dī·ə‚läg]

(computer science)

A form of data processing involving an interaction between a computer system and a terminal operator who uses a keyboard and electronic display to enter data which the computer edits and may respond to.

DIALOG

(1)

A commercial bibliographic database and retrieval service from DIALOG Information Services.

DIALOG

(2)

Interactive mathematics using a graphics tablet by Illinois Inst Tech, 1966.

["DIALOG: A Conversational Programming System with a Graphical Orientation", S.H. Cameron et al, CACM 10:349-357 (1967). Sammet 1969, p.255-258].

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DIALOG

(Dialog, A Thomson Corporation business, Cary, NC, www.dialog.com). The first commercial online information retrieval system, created by Roger Summit in 1967 and launched as a service in 1972. For years, DIALOG has offered the largest single collection of information available online, claiming over 900 databases in areas such as business, science, finance and law. Searching is free, but there are fees for viewing the results. Access is available via the Web or by separate dial-up numbers as was the norm before the Internet became popular. DIALOG's searchable content is considered to be part of the deep Web.

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Dialog expects that its shareholder meeting will be held in 4Q15.

Dialog Semiconductor Raffirms Commitment to Merger Following Elliott Management Objection

In the first DSTC, the user's goal was almost always fixed throughout the dialog. In the second DSTC, the user's goal changed in about 40 percent of dialogs.

The dialog state tracking challenge series

But, as we can talk about social dialog as an succesfull public governance instrument, we must admit and understand its limits:

The influence of social dialogue on the organization's performance

Accept the default option button, Return Data to Microsoft Office Excel, and click on Save Query, which opens the Import Data dialog box (exhibit 9, below).

Click ... and the database loads into Excel: an easy way to import data into a spreadsheet

Admitting to error and being amenable to persuasion are higher order skills which are valuable to dialog. These are not just the skills desired ion the classroom; they are the basic building blocks of citizenship, politics, and commerce.

The Ethics of Student Classroom Silence

The Dialog Corporation (http://www.dialog.com) is a leading provider of Internet-based information, technology and eCommerce solutions to the corporate market, created by the merger of M.A.I.D plc and Knight-Ridder Information Inc.

DIALOG REDEVELOPS AND OPERATES UK DEPT. OF TRADE/INDUSTRY IP

* News alert delivery tracker, available on all versions of Dialog DataStar

Dialog enhances Dialog DataStar

That will evoke the Highlight Changes dialog box (see exhibit 6, page 63).

Collaborate on spreadsheets: how to share Excel files with others on your network

The Dialog Corporation (http://www.dialog.com) is a leading provider of online information created by the merger of M.A.I.D plc and Knight-Ridder Information Inc.

PATRICK SOMMERS NAMED COO OF DIALOG

Dialog announced that it has added databases of global intellectual property records and business information to Dialog Choice.

Dialog enters content agreement, expands Dialog Choice

To correct that, go to Edit, Links; that will evoke the Links dialog box.

Show-and-tell in real time: link a spreadsheet to a PowerPoint slide for up-to-the-minute visuals

Dialog Live News is now available for subscription as a stand-alone service or as an optional add-on feature to two of the company's other online services, Dialog NewsRoom and Dialog Profound.