graphics language object system

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graphics language object system - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Graphics Language Object System
  
     <graphics, language> (GLOS) A language with statements for
     describing graphics objects (line, circle, polygon, etc.),
     written by Michael J McLean and Brian Hicks at the University
     of Queensland, St. Lucia in 1978.  New objects are defined
     using procedures.  2-D transformations are context dependent
     and may be nested.
  
     [M.J. McLean, "The Semantics of Computer Drafting Languages",
     PhD thesis, University of Queensland, 1978].
  
     [Hicks, B.W., and McLean, M.J. "A Graphic Language for
     Describing Line Objects", Proceedings of the DECUS-Australia
     August 1973 Symposium, Melbourne, 1973].
  
     (2002-06-01)