ANTIC

n. prank, trick, mischief; funny movement, buffoonery

v. jump, dance, make pranks, "clown around"

adj. strange, odd, queer (Archaic); frolicsome

This article refers to the ANTIC display chip. For the magazine, see ANTIC (magazine). ANTIC (Alpha-Numeric Television Interface Circuit) was an early video system chip used in the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers as well as the Atari 5200 in the 1980s.ANTIC was a microprocessor dedicated to generating 2D computer graphics to be shown on a television screen or computer display. It was a true microprocessor, in that it had an instruction set to run programs (called display lists) to process data.The display list and the display data were written into RAM by a 6502-compatible CPU. The ANTIC retrieved that information from RAM using a technique known as direct memory access (DMA). It processed the higher level instructions in the display list and translated these instructions into a real-time stream of simpler instructions to the CTIA chip, a combination providing for 12 graphics modes. With the more advanced GTIA, 16 modes were available.
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Noun
1. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
(synonym) joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on
(hypernym) diversion, recreation
(hyponym) dirty trick
(derivation) clown, clown around
Verb
1. act as or like a clown
(synonym) clown, clown around
(hypernym) joke, jest
(derivation) joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on
Adjective
1. ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
(synonym) fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
(similar) strange, unusual

(v. t.)
To make appear like a buffoon.
  

(v. i.)
To perform antics.
  

(n.)
An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
  

(n.)
An antimask.
  

(n.)
A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
  

(n.)
A grotesque representation.
  

(n.)
A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
  

(a.)

  

(a.)
Old; antique.
  

(a.)
Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
  

ist. lit. ancient
(d. mobilă etc.) = antique
(demodat) = old-fashioned
(demodat) = antiquated
ancient