(1) (QuickSilver Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.qstech.com) A mobile communications company that specializes in a reconfigurable logic chip for cellphones and PDAs. See adaptive computing.
(2) A browser plug-in from Micrografx that allows a variety of vector drawings to be viewed from the Web.
(2) A browser plug-in from Micrografx that allows a variety of vector drawings to be viewed from the Web.
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