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The user interface ( UI ), in the industrial design field of human  ___MASK37___ interaction , is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur . The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end , whilst the machine simultaneously feeds back information that aids the operators ' decision - making process . Examples of this broad concept of user interfaces include the interactive aspects of ___MASK37___ operating systems , hand tools , heavy machinery operator controls , and process controls . The design considerations applicable when creating user interfaces are related to or involve such disciplines as ergonomics and psychology . The , stylized as NINTENDO and often referred to as N64 , is Nintendo ' s third home video game console for the international market . Named for its 64 - bit central processing unit , it was released in June 1996 in Japan , September 1996 in North America , March 1997 in Europe and Australia , September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil . It is the industry ' s last major successive home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format , as all succeeding home consoles up until the Nintendo Switch used an optical format . In addition , current handheld systems ( such as the PlayStation Vita and ___MASK79___ ) also use cartridges . While the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by Nintendo ' s MiniDVD - based GameCube in November 2001 , the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003 . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch . Its successor , the ___MASK87___ , was released in 2000 . The ___MASK87___ is the best - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , 2012 . Sony ' s next console , the PlayStation 3 , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . Sony ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history . The PlayStation 3 ( abbreviated as PS3 ) is a home video game console developed by Sony ___MASK37___ Entertainment . It is the successor to ___MASK87___ , and is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles . It competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . It was first released on November 11 , 2006 , in Japan , November 17 , 2006 in North America , and March 27 , 2007 in Europe and Australia . Tom Clancy ' s Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games published by Ubisoft . In the series , the player is in charge of a fictional , newly conceived squad of U . S . Army Special Forces soldiers from Delta Company , 1st Battalion , 5th Special Forces Group ( 5th SFG ) stationed at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . Except for the " 1st Battalion , 5th SFG " designation , this reconnaissance unit is entirely fictional , as Special Forces Battalions currently only support three Companies ( A , B and ___MASK46___ ). They are often referred to as " the Ghosts ". Their role is not unlike other real world special operations forces , in that their operations are kept highly classified . In "", it is shown that the Ghost ' s unit has multiple designations and is part of JSOC and is also known as the Group for Specialized Tactics ( or GST  where the term " Ghost " comes from ) much like real JSOC units like Delta Force ( 1st SFOD - D or CAG ) and SEAL Team Six ( or DEVGRU ). Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell : Double Agent is an action - adventure stealth video game , developed and published by Ubisoft . The series , endorsed by American author Tom Clancy , follows the character Sam Fisher , an agent employed by a black - ops division of the National Security Agency , dubbed Third Echelon . Double Agent was released for the GameCube , ___MASK87___ , Xbox and Xbox 360 in October 2006 . The Wii and Microsoft Windows versions were released in November 2006 . A PlayStation 3 version was released in March 2007 . Originally the game was set for a March 2006 release , but Ubisoft moved the release date to October 2006 in order to have more development time . Ubisoft then released their fiscal quarter results for Q1 2006 and announced that Double Agent would be put back at least one month in order to boost Q3 2006 income . There are two separate versions of Double Agent . One version was made by Ubisoft Shanghai , who developed Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell : Pandora Tomorrow and was released on the Xbox 360 , Microsoft Windows , and PlayStation 3 . The other version was made by Ubisoft Montreal ( Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell and Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell : Chaos Theory ) and was released for the Xbox , ___MASK87___ , Nintendo GameCube and Wii . The Ubisoft Shanghai version features a completely custom engine while the Ubisoft Montreal version plays more like the classic Splinter Cell games . The games share the same general plot but feature different storylines , plot twists , and levels . They do however , share the same background music , a few cut scenes and all voice actors . The version for mobile phones was developed by Gameloft . A ___MASK37___ monitor or a ___MASK37___ display is an electronic visual display for computers . A monitor usually comprises the display device , circuitry , casing , and power supply . The display device in modern monitors is typically a thin film transistor liquid crystal display ( TFT - LCD ) or a flat panel LED display , while older monitors used a cathode ray tubes ( CRT ). It can be connected to the ___MASK37___ via VGA , DVI , HDMI , DisplayPort , Thunderbolt , LVDS ( Low - voltage differential signaling ) or other proprietary connectors and signals . The ___MASK56___ is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19 , 2006 . As a seventh - generation console , the ___MASK56___ competed with Microsoft ' s ___MASK26___ and Sony ' s PlayStation 3 . Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others . , the ___MASK56___ leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and ___MASK26___ in worldwide sales , with more than 101 million units sold ; in December 2009 , the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States . The ___MASK26___ is a home video game console developed by Microsoft . As the successor to the original Xbox , it is the second console in the Xbox series . The ___MASK26___ competed with Sony ' s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . The ___MASK26___ was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12 , 2005 , with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ). The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27 , 1998 in Japan , September 9 , 1999 in North America , and October 14 , 1999 in Europe . It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles , preceding Sony ' s ___MASK87___ , Nintendo ' s GameCube and Microsoft ' s Xbox . The ___MASK31___ was Sega ' s final home console , marking the end of the company ' s 18 years in the console market . The is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14 , 2001 ; in North America on November 18 , 2001 ; in Europe on May 3 , 2002 ; and in Australia on May 17 , 2002 . The sixth - generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony ___MASK37___ Entertainment ' s ___MASK87___ and Microsoft ' s Xbox . Windows 9x is a generic term referring to a series of Microsoft Windows ___MASK37___ operating systems produced from 1995 to 2000 , which were based on the Windows 95 kernel and its underlying foundation of MS - DOS , both of which were updated in subsequent versions . This includes all versions of Windows 95 and Windows 98 . Windows ME is sometimes included . Microsoft Windows ( or simply Windows ) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed , marketed , and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems , each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture . Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies , e . g . Windows Embedded Compact ( Windows CE ) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x ; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product , unrelated to the defunct family Windows Mobile . A video game console is an electronic , digital or ___MASK37___ device that outputs a video signal or visual image to display a video game that one or more people can play . The ___MASK87___ ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with Sega ' s ___MASK31___ , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles . In the history of video games , the sixth - generation era ( sometimes referred to as the 128 - bit era ; see " Bits and system power " below ) refers to the ___MASK37___ and video games , video game consoles , and video game handhelds available at the turn of the 21st century which was from 1998 to 2008 . Platforms of the sixth generation include the Sega ___MASK31___ , Sony PlayStation 2 , Nintendo GameCube , and Microsoft Xbox . This era began on November 27 , 1998 with the Japanese release of the ___MASK31___ , and it was joined by the PlayStation 2 in March 2000 and the GameCube and Xbox in 2001 . The ___MASK31___ was discontinued in 2001 , the GameCube in 2007 , Xbox in 2009 and PlayStation 2 in 2013 . Though the seventh generation of consoles started in November 2005 with the launch of the Xbox 360 , the sixth generation did not end until January 2013 , when Sony announced that the PlayStation 2 had been discontinued worldwide . An operating system ( OS ) is system software that manages ___MASK37___ hardware and software resources and provides common services for ___MASK37___ programs . All ___MASK37___ programs , excluding firmware , require an operating system to function . A video game is an electronic game that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or ___MASK37___ monitor . The word " video " in " video game " traditionally referred to a raster display device , but as of the 2000s , it implies any type of display device that can produce two - or three - dimensional images . Some theorists categorize video games as an art form , but this designation is controversial . Microsoft Corporation ( commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS ) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells ___MASK37___ software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , Microsoft Office office suite , and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup . As of 2016 , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . IBM PC compatible computers are those similar to the original IBM PC , XT , and AT , able to run the same software and support the same expansion cards as those . Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones , or IBM clones . They duplicate almost exactly all the significant features of the PC architecture , facilitated by IBM ' s choice of commodity hardware components and various manufacturers ' ability to reverse engineer the BIOS firmware using a " clean room design " technique . Columbia Data Products built the first clone of the IBM ___MASK1___ by a clean room implementation of its BIOS . Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell is a series of award - winning stealth video games , the first of which was released in 2002 , and their tie - in novels . The protagonist , Sam Fisher , is a highly trained agent of a fictional black - ops sub - division within the NSA , dubbed " Third Echelon ". The player controls Fisher to overcome his adversaries in levels ( created using ___MASK100___ ) that were extended to emphasise light and darkness as gameplay elements . All the console and PC games in the series were critically acclaimed , and the series is commercially successful . The series , along with " Assassin ' s Creed ", is considered to be one of Ubisoft ' s flagship franchises , selling more than 31 million copies as of 2011 . Ubisoft Entertainment SA ( formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment Software until 2003 , commonly referred to as Ubisoft ) is a French multinational video game publisher , headquartered in Rennes , France . It is known for developing games for several acclaimed video game franchises including " Assassin ' s Creed ", " Far Cry ", " Tom Clancy ' s Ghost Recon ", " Just Dance ", " Rainbow Six ", " Prince of Persia ", " Rayman ", " Watch Dogs " and " Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell ".