NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Quartz (disambiguation)

Quartz (band), a heavy metal band from England
Quartz (graphics layer), the graphics-rendering technology used in Mac OS X
Quartz Enterprise Job Scheduler (software), Open Source Software project for job scheduling in Java/JEE.
Quartz (cryptography), the name of a public-key cryptography signature scheme
Quartz (Stargate), the primary mineral of the Stargate in the movie and the pilot television episode "Stargate".
Quartz clock, a descriptor applied to a type of watch or clock that relies on the mineral in its timekeeping mechanism
Fused quartz, synthetic silica glass
The codename for Microsoft's DirectShow

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Category: Disambiguation Quartz is the marketing name of the proprietary graphics layer that sits on top of the open source Darwin core of Mac OS X. Quartz is part of the Core Graphics framework. ... Quartz was mistaken as the material that made up the Stargate in the feature film, Stargate the movie and the pilot of the Stargate SG-1 Series, Children of the Gods. ... A quartz clock A quartz clock is a timepiece that uses an electronic oscillator which is made up by a quartz crystal to keep precise time. ... Fused quartz is a man-made material manufactured principally from sands. ... Logo of the DirectX Media SDK - the first time DirectShow was distributed under its current name. ...

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Quartz - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (877 words)
	A quartz geode consists of a hollow rock (usually with an approximately spherical shape) with a core lined with a bed of crystals.
	Quartz is one of the most common minerals of the continental crust and goes by a bewildering array of different names.
	One of the earliest uses for a quartz crystal was a phonograph pickup.

quartz - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (610 words)
	A quartz geode consists of a hollow rock (usually with an approximately spherical shape) with a core lined with a bed of crystals.
	Quartz is also a type of piezoelectric crystal that creates electricity through a process called piezoelectricity when mechanical stress is put upon it.
	One of the earliest uses for a quartz crystal was a phonograph pickup.

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