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Encyclopedia > Ambient
Look up Ambient, Ambience in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Ambient or ambience may refer to one of the following: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ...


Science


Computing In a thermodynamics problem, the surroundings, or environment, are anything not part of the system. ... In telecommunications, ambient noise level or room noise level is the level of acoustic noise existing at a given location, such as in a room, in a compartment, or at a place out of doors. ... Room temperature, in laboratory reports, is taken to be roughly 21–23 degrees Celsius (68–72 degrees Fahrenheit), or 294–296 kelvins. ...


Technology Ambient calculus is a form of notation devised by Luca Cardelli and Andrew D. Gordon in 1998 and used to describe and theorise about mobile systems. ... A screenshot of the desktop with panels in the lower right corner. ...


Music Ambient devices are new genre of consumer electronics, characterized by their ability to be perceived at-a-glance (also called glanceable). Ambient devices utilize pre-attentive processing to display information, the ability for the brain to percieve information without any apparent cognitive load. ...


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Ambient Music Resources (2325 words)
This is the place where Toronto's ambient artists and artists from across the continent perform for an open minded ambient music audience in a laid-back club atmosphere with a true stereo PA. Every event is a unique ambient experience and the PiNG has become a must for ambient music fans throughout the Toronto Area.
Ambient excursions are often the result and in 2002 the Planet begin regular performances at THE AMBiENT PiNG.
Alan Bloor ~ Pholde is the ambient side of Alan Bloor (who is also known for his extreme noise project called Knurl) Alan creates ambient soundscapes by the bowing and scraping of self-created metal sound-sculptures with other metal objects.
Ambient (music) (1138 words)
Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronica, new age, modern classical music and even noise.
It was created way back in 1978, and although different artists had created ambient music before this, it was sort of a groundbreaking release in it's stark minimal-ness.
Eno's theory of the "discreet music" he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room.
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