viewer

n. spectator; displayer, program which allows the displaying of certain types of files (Computers)

ViEWER ViEWER, or Virtual Environment Workbench for Education and Research, is a free-of-charge computer program written by researchers at the University of Idaho for the study of visual perception and complex immersive three-dimensional environments. It was created using C++ and OpenGL and is currently being used by Dr. Brian Dyre, Dr. Steffen Werner, and their undergraduate and graduate researchers in visual perception experiments.
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Things known as a Viewer include:For television viewers, see ratings or Nielsen ratingsFile viewer, a piece of computer software that displays the data stored in a computer file in a human-friendly form.Image viewer, a computer program that displays a stored graphical image.Pocket viewer, a model range of Personal Digital Assistants developed by CasioViEWER, a computer program written for the purposes of studying visual perception in a 3-D environment
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Noun
1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
(synonym) spectator, witness, watcher, looker
(hypernym) perceiver, observer, beholder
(hyponym) browser
(derivation) watch, view, see, catch, take in
2. an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
(hypernym) optical device
(derivation) view, consider, look at

(n.)
The superintendent of a coal mine.
  

(n.)
One who views or examines.
  

(n.)
A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same.
  

<tool> A program to allow a file to be read (or played) but not changed. Viewers are often freely distributable, even when the editor application is not. This allows you to create files with the editor and make the viewer available to other users to view your files, e.g. on a web site. Examples include the Word and Adobe Acrobat viewers.
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