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IGOR Pro

Igor Pro is a scientific data analysis software, numerical computing environment and programming language that runs on the Windows operating system. It is developed by WaveMetrics Inc., and was originally aimed at time series analysis, but has since then evolved and covers other applications such as curve fitting and image processing (see the official Igor Pro documentation). It comes with a fully functional programming language and compiler, but many functions are also accessible through menus. Igor Pro is primarily known for its graphics capabilities, and like Origin and other similar programs, is often used to generate plots for scientific and other publications. Other features include the possibility of extending the built-in functions with external operations (XOP) allowing data acquisition, manipulation and analysis features, communication with external devices and in principle any other task that can be programmed in C or C++. It was first released as "Igor" in 1989, and became "Igor Pro" circa 1994.

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Igor Pro is a scientific data analysis software, numerical computing environment and programming language that runs on the Windows operating system. It is developed by WaveMetrics Inc., and was originally aimed at time series analysis, but has since then evolved and covers other applications such as curve fitting and image processing (see the official Igor Pro documentation). It comes with a fully functional programming language and compiler, but many functions are also accessible through menus. Igor Pro is primarily known for its graphics capabilities, and like Origin and other similar programs, is often used to generate plots for scientific and other publications. Other features include the possibility of extending the built-in functions with external operations (XOP) allowing data acquisition, manipulation and analysis features, communication with external devices and in principle any other task that can be programmed in C or C++. It was first released as "Igor" in 1989, and became "Igor Pro" circa 1994.

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  1. release date: 1989 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1989". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344248300

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