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The AAlib demo program bb displaying a zebra
AAlib is a software library that allows applications to automatically convert still and moving images into ASCII art. It has been used in a wide variety of programs, including a conversion of Quake II which allows the 3D game to be played on dumb terminals,[1] and DVD players which output in text mode (Xine, MPlayer). [2]

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AAlib displaying a version of the plasma effect
AAlib is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License[3] and is thus free software.

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1. ^ aaquake2 - Text Mode Quake II. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
2. ^ Watch Videos in ASCII Art. Linux Multimedia Hacks. O'Reilly. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
3. ^ The tarball of source code, with a COPYING file inside |.
library is a collection of subprograms used to develop software. Libraries contain "helper" code and data, which provide services to independent programs. This allows code and data to be shared and changed in a modular fashion.
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ASCII art is an artistic medium that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1967 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary
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Quake II, released on December 6 1997, is a first person shooter computer game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game for commercial purposes.
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Maintainer: xine team

OS: Cross-platform

Use: Media player
License: GPL
Website: xinehq.de

xine (officially pronounced [ksi:n], like the name "Maxine" without "Ma"[1]
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mplayer2.exe, see the Windows Media Player article. For the online gaming community, see MPlayer.com.


MPlayer

MPlayer screenshot
Maintainer: MPlayer team

OS: Cross-platform

Use: Media player
License: GPL

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GNU Lesser General Public License
Author: Free Software Foundation
Version: 3
Copyright on the license: Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Publication date: 2007-06-29
OSI approved: Yes
Debian approved: Yes

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Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things.
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SourceForge is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications (such as PostgreSQL and
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O'Reilly Media

Founded 1978
Founder Tim O'Reilly
Headquarters Sebastopol, California, USA

Website [1]
O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates
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