Vista
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The English word vista is a synonym for sight or view. It is from the same Italian word, itself from the Latin past participle of the verb vedere. The word also exists in Iberian Romance languages like Spanish and Portuguese with the same meaning.
As a name Vista and as a backronym VISTA may refer to:
[edit] Software
- Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system, which was formerly code-named "Longhorn". At present, Longhorn is reserved for the Server Version since the official launch and rename to Vista.
- ViSta, Visual Statistics software. A free, open-source statistical/mathematical analysis system written by Forrest W. Young using Xlisp-stat.
- WebCT Vista, Enterpise Learning Management System from the company "Blackboard". It is used in the Higher Education domain as an application for teaching and learning.
- Vista and VistaPro, Amiga 3D landscape generation software.
- Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, VistA is the system used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and many others worldwide, to manage electronic medical records and serve other medical informatics functions.
[edit] Organizations and institutions
- Volunteers in Service to America
- Vista Community College, now Berkeley City College, a community college in Berkeley, California, USA
- Vista University, a university located in South Africa
[edit] Places
- Vista, South Australia, Australia
- Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
- Vista Hundred, Sweden
- Chula Vista, California, USA
- La Vista, Nebraska, USA
- Mount Vista, Washington, USA
- Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA
- Vista, California, USA
- Vista, Missouri, USA
- Vista, New York, USA
- Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
- Vista Center, New Jersey, USA
- Vista West, Wyoming, USA
[edit] Vehicles
- Thomas Vista, a school bus produced by Thomas Built Buses until 1998
- Toyota Vista, a passenger car produced by Toyota until 2003
- Vista Cruiser, a station wagon produced by Oldsmobile until 1977
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Vista Federal Credit Union, a credit union that serves employees of The Walt Disney Company
- Vista (Middle-earth), from the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, is a part of the atmosphere that surrounds the world of Arda
- VISTA (telescope), Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Vistas, a spanish book and study course.
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