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Encyclopedia > Gnuplot
gnuplot

3D rendering of an ellipsoid by gnuplot
Stable release: 4.2.2  (September 1, 2007) [+/-]
Preview release: 4.2-rc4 (release candidate)  ([1]) [+/-]
OS: Cross-platform
Use: Plotting
License: Own licence
Website: http://www.gnuplot.info/

gnuplot is a command-line program that can generate two- and three-dimensional plots of functions and data. The program runs on all major computers and operating systems. It is a program with a fairly long history, dating back to 1986. This software is not distributed under GPL license. Image File history File links Gnuplot_ellipsoid. ... 3D rendering of an ellipsoid In mathematics, an ellipsoid is a type of quadric that is a higher dimensional analogue of an ellipse. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... This is an incomplete list of software that either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set, or is provided specifically for information visualization. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A command line interface or CLI is a method of interacting with a computer by giving it lines of textual commands (that is, a sequence of characters) either from keyboard input or from a script. ... Plotting is the process of depicting mathematical functions or data visually. ... Graph of example function, The mathematical concept of a function expresses the intuitive idea of deterministic dependence between two quantities, one of which is viewed as primary (the independent variable, argument of the function, or its input) and the other as secondary (the value of the function, or output). A... For other uses, see Data (disambiguation). ... This article is about the machine. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ...


gnuplot can produce output directly on screen, or in many formats of graphics files, including PNG, EPS, SVG, JPEG and many others. It is also capable of producing LaTeX code that can be included directly in LaTeX documents, making use of LaTeX's fonts and powerful formulae abilities. The program can be used both interactively and in batch mode using scripts. For an example script and its output, see logarithmic spiral.png. The program is well supported and documented. Extensive help can also be found on the Internet. PNG (Portable Network Graphics), sometimes pronounced as ping, is a relatively new bitmap image format that is becoming popular on the World Wide Web and elsewhere. ... Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... SVG redirects here. ... JPG redirects here. ... This article is about the typesetting system. ... This graph of a logarithmic spiral was produced using the gnuplot program with input # Output to png file: set terminal png small color set output logarithmic_spiral. ...


gnuplot is used as the plotting engine of GNU Octave, Maxima and gretl, and it can be used from various scripting languages, including Python (via Gnuplot-py and SAGE), Ruby (via rgnuplot) and Smalltalk (Squeak and GNU Smalltalk). Octave is a free computer program for performing numerical computations which is mostly compatible with MATLAB. It is part of the GNU project. ... Maxima is a free computer algebra system based on a 1982 version of Macsyma. ... GRETL is a program created with open source for compiling and interpreting data for statistics and econometrics. ... Python is a high-level programming language first released by Guido van Rossum in 1991. ... Software for Algebra and Geometry Experimentation (SAGE) is a cross-platform computer algebra system written in Python, Pyrex, and C that is released under the GNU GPL. SAGE combines the following mathematics software into one package: GAP, GNU Scientific Library, Matplotlib, Maxima, Mwrank, NetworkX, NTL, Numerical Python, PARI, and Singular. ... Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, object-oriented programming language. ... Smalltalk is a dynamically typed object oriented programming language designed at Xerox PARC by Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, Ted Kaehler, Adele Goldberg, and others during the 1970s. ... Screenshot of the Squeak VM running under X11 on Kubuntu Linux. ... GNU Smalltalk is an implementation of the Smalltalk programming language by the GNU Project. ...

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License

Despite gnuplot’s name, it is not part of or related to the GNU system and it is not distributed under the GPL. However some GNU packages do use gnuplot. GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. ...


The title of this program was originally chosen to avoid conflicts with a program called “newplot,” and was originally a compromise between “llamaplot” and “nplot.”[1]


The program is distributed under a license which permits copying and modification of the source code. However, modified versions are only allowed to be distributed as patch files. In computing, a patch is a small piece of software designed to update or fix problems with a computer program or its supporting data. ...


See also

QtiPlot is an Open Source program to analyze and visualize scientific data. ... SciDAVis stands for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization. ... MPSolve (Multiprecision Polynomial Solver) is a package for the approximation of the roots of a univariate polynomial. ...

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Gnuplot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (249 words)
gnuplot is a versatile program which can generate two- and three dimensional plots of functions and data.
It is also possible to write gnuplot scripts which, when executed, generate a plot.
gnuplot is used as the plotting engine of GNU Octave.
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