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Hypercard meaning

A shape, used in magic tricks, made by cutting and folding a playing card.

Using Hypercard

  • The main meaning on this page is: A shape, used in magic tricks, made by cutting and folding a playing card.
  • In the example corpus, hypercard often appears in combinations such as: hypercard was, of hypercard, the hypercard.

Context around Hypercard

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

citation 1× restart 1× additionally 1× allow 1× returning 1× selling 1× machine 1× market 1× period 1×

Often after:

program 1× development 1× supported 1× documents 1× enthusiasts 1× feeling 1× shipped 1× began 1× put 1×

Sentence patterns with Hypercard

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

additionally hypercard also included 1× and the hypercard 3 0 1× ceased selling hypercard in march 1× company returning hypercard to apple 1× controlled by hypercard 1× during hypercard s peak 1× hypercard 3 0 1× hypercard however was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a new effort 1× additionally hypercard also 1× and apparently you 1× apple eventually folded 1× apple finally ceased 1× at first the 1×

Common sentence endings:

also generate revenues 1× called stacks themselves 1× connectivity and animation 1× controlled by hypercard 1× core engineering group 1× internal color support 1×

Words around Hypercard

Just before it in the word index:

hypercar 18 hypercapnia 4 hypercalcemia 2 hyperboreans 3 hyperborea 2 hyperboost 2

Just after it in the word index:

hypercarnivorous 5 hypercars 6 hypercash 4 hyperchains 2 hypercharge 2 hyperchem 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulrazaq 53 adan 53 adolphus 53 adoptees 53 adopter 53 afridi 53

Corpus analysis for Hypercard

  • In this selection, "hypercard" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, citation, restart, additionally, program, development and supported stand out and add context to how "hypercard" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include additionally hypercard also included and and the hypercard 3 0. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hypercard" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hypercard

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

During this period, HyperCard began losing market share. (8 words)

Apple finally ceased selling HyperCard in March 2004. citation. (9 words)

It’s time to go out and recapture that HyperCard feeling. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Additionally, HyperCard also included prototype or template cards known as "backgrounds"; when new cards are created they can refer to one of these background cards, which causes all of the objects on the background to be copied onto the new card. (41 words)

In 1992, Apple released the eagerly anticipated upgrade of HyperCard 2.2 and made many HyperCard enthusiasts happy by including licensed versions of Color Tools and Addmotion II, adding support for color pictures and animations. (35 words)

Bill Atkinson later lamented that if he had only realized the power of network-oriented stacks, instead of focusing on local stacks on a single machine, HyperCard could have become the first Web browser. citation. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Description Design The Apple Macintosh SE/30 was one of the computers that ran the Hypercard program. citation HyperCard is based on the concept of a "stack" of virtual "cards".

HyperCard 3.0 Several attempts were made to restart HyperCard development once it returned to Apple.

HyperCard supported a similar facility, but more commonly included the plug-in code in the HyperCard documents (called stacks) themselves.

In 1992, Apple released the eagerly anticipated upgrade of HyperCard 2.2 and made many HyperCard enthusiasts happy by including licensed versions of Color Tools and Addmotion II, adding support for color pictures and animations.

And apparently, you could control the lights of a massive skyscraper: two of the tallest buildings in the world – the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur – had parts of their lighting system controlled by HyperCard.

It’s time to go out and recapture that HyperCard feeling.

Additionally, HyperCard also included prototype or template cards known as "backgrounds"; when new cards are created they can refer to one of these background cards, which causes all of the objects on the background to be copied onto the new card.

A new effort to allow HyperCard to create QuickTime interactive (QTi) movies started, once again under the direction of Kevin Calhoun.

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Apple eventually folded Claris back into the parent company, returning HyperCard to Apple's core engineering group.

Apple finally ceased selling HyperCard in March 2004. citation.

At first the freely-distributed versions of Hypercard shipped with authoring disabled.

Bill Atkinson later lamented that if he had only realized the power of network-oriented stacks, instead of focusing on local stacks on a single machine, HyperCard could have become the first Web browser. citation.

Both the QuickTime interactive and the HyperCard 3.0 projects were canceled in order to concentrate engineering resources on streaming support for QuickTime 4.0, and the projects were never released to the public.

Claris, in the business of selling software for a profit, attempted to create a business model where HyperCard could also generate revenues.

Despite the new revenue stream, Claris did little to market HyperCard.

During HyperCard's peak popularity in the late 1980s, a whole ecosystem of vendors offered thousands of these externals for everything from HyperTalk compilers to graphing systems, database access, internet connectivity, and animation.

During this period, HyperCard began losing market share.

However, these tools were limited and often cumbersome to use because HyperCard still lacked true, internal color support.

Hypercard, however, was single-user. citation Apple had designed a system allowing users to create virtual "card stacks" supporting links among the various cards.

HyperCard put the power of computer programming and database design into the hands of non-programmers.

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Common combinations with hypercard

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hypercard" in a sentence?
An example: "Description Design The Apple Macintosh SE/30 was one of the computers that ran the Hypercard program. citation HyperCard is based on the concept of a "stack" of virtual "cards"." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hypercard" from authentic English texts.
What does "hypercard" mean?
Hypercard means: A shape, used in magic tricks, made by cutting and folding a playing card.
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