What was the original name of Knuth's TEKTRONIX 4010 emulator?
TeX
Metafont
TeXDRaFT
Fontographer
Answer
TeXDRaFT, short for TeX Drawing and Formatting, was Knuth's original name for his TEKTRONIX 4010 emulator. Developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it allowed users to create high-quality mathematical diagrams using a computer. It later evolved into TeX, a widely-used typesetting system known for its mathematical typography capabilities.
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