Originally, sprites were a method of integrating unrelated bitmaps so that they appeared to be part of the normal bitmap on a screen, such as creating an animated character that can be moved on a screen without altering the data defining the overall screen.

Originally used as a disrespectful term — which was largely related to the image of an unwashed, pierced, or tattooed person — it has in recent years been accepted by the Rock community as a defining term and is therefore no longer considered disrespectful when used to describe members of the Rock community.

Originally the game was going to load both sets of guards into memory, then determine randomly which to place at each appropriate point.

Originally, an insertion point east of the peak was identified, but due to uncontrollable time constraints, the SEALs of Mako 30 were forced into an insertion to the peak itself.

Originally International Sun-Earth Explorer 3, the probe was renamed and freed from its Lagrangian point location in Earth's orbit to intercept comets 21P / Giacobini-Zinner and Halley.

Originally there were two branches from that point: the Oosterschelde ( Eastern Scheldt ) and the Westerschelde ( Western Scheldt ) but in the 19th century the river was cut off from its eastern ( actually: northern ) branch by a dyke that connects Zuid-Beveland with the mainland ( North Brabant ).

Originally called Ickenham Hall, it was let out to farmers in 1818 and renamed Manor Farm, at which point the Crosier family renamed their manorial home from Sherwyns to Ickenham Hall.

Originally it meant the period of time from the moment that something happened ( for example the founding of a city ) until the point in time that all people who had lived at the first moment had died.

Originally a chemical weapons manufacturing facility for World War II, the arsenal became the focal point of the Army ’ s rocket and space projects, including development of the first U. S. ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles in the 1950s.

Originally known as Cold Spring Ranch until 1902 ( because of an icy spring ), the town sits on State Route 4 and historically was a stopping point along the toll road between Murphys and Ebbetts Pass, often serving as a resort for visitors to what is now Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

Originally called Cotile Landing, the name was changed to Boyce in 1880, when the Texas and Pacific Railroad made Boyce its terminal point.

Originally picked due to the abnormal S-curve in the Hudson at this point, it was founded by one of the best military engineers of the time, Polish General Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Originally, the SPEG ran all the way to the Ohio-Indiana state line where it met up with the trains of the now defunct Erie Western Railway which ran from that point towards Chicago.

Originally known as Mingo Bottom, it was the starting point for the ill-fated Crawford expedition against hostile Indians in 1782, during the American Revolutionary War.

Originally a crossing point on the river, settlement began in the early 1900s.

Originally, the railroad was to have run from McDade, ten miles ( 16 km ) east of Elgin, southwest to the Colorado River at a point somewhere between Bastrop and Webberville, then to Austin following the river.

Originally, this bus was a central connecting point for all system devices and the CPU.

Originally at common law, impossibility was a complete defence ; as it was under French law at one point.

Originally the IDPA target was marked with two 5 point zones ( head and eight inch circle in center ), a 4 point zone ( a polygonal box around the circle ), and a 2 point zone ( the outside periphery of the target ).

Originally, Durant was highly skeptical of cars, thinking that they were stinky, loud, and dangerous, to a point where he would not let his daughter ride in one.

Originally 685 ft ( 207. 5m ) long, it's now 609 ft ( 186m ) but is still the longest timber pier in England open to the public, and is a docking point for the MV Balmoral and PS Waverley.

Originally, in general film-making usage the term " money shot " was a reference to the scene that cost the most money to produce ; in addition, the inclusion of this expensive special effect sequence is being counted on to become a selling point for the film.

Originally Bayswater was the point on the river where it crosses Bayswater Road, which was called Bayards Watering in 1652 and Bayards Watering Place in 1654.

Originally, a dock for Glen Arbor ( 1855-date ), the site soon became a fuel supply point for ships traveling up and down the lake.

Originally, the Church of England was self-contained and relied for its unity and identity on its own history, its traditional legal and episcopal structure and its status as an established church of the state.

Originally used in Baker House to signify the Ivy League university tradition, on his return to Finland Aalto used it in a number of key buildings, in particular, in several of the buildings in the new Helsinki University of Technology campus ( starting in 1950 ), Säynatsalo Town Hall ( 1952 ), Helsinki Pensions Institute ( 1954 ), Helsinki House of Culture ( 1958 ), as well as in his own summer house, the so-called Experimental House in Muuratsalo ( 1957 ).

Originally based on the date used to calculate the age of fruit trees for tithing as mandated in Leviticus 19: 23 – 25, the holiday now is most often observed by planting trees, or raising money to plant trees.

Originally exercised by a single person, the office of Lord High Admiral was from the 18th century onward almost invariably put " in commission " and exercised by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who sat on the Board of Admiralty.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.

Originally, the Spanish had ordered regulations on trade with Cuba, which kept the island from becoming a dominant sugar producer.

Originally based on Martin Caidin's novel, Cyborg.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Originally at Texas Stadium, the ring is now on display at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

Originally, the procedure was used in clinical trials only on dachshunds that had suffered previous back incidents.

Originally, these privileges and immunities were granted on a bilateral, ad hoc basis, which led to misunderstandings and conflict, pressure on weaker states, and an inability for other states to judge which party was at fault.

Originally a street party held on Princes Street and the Royal Mile, the Hogmanay event has been officially organised since 1993.

Originally intended to be unkillable, SOE prevented a raid of several guilds on Rallos Zek server from potentially killing him, claiming the existence of a bug.

Originally focused largely on fashion, the exhibition now delves deeper into the contributions of first ladies to the presidency and American society.

; The Original Flatland Role Playing Game: Originally published in 1998 as an ' extra ' on the Forgotten Futures CD-ROM, and relaunched as a stand-alone PDF with additional material in 2006, this game uses a streamlined version of the Forgotten Futures rules adapted to the setting of Edwin A. Abbott's Flatland.

Originally developed on IRIX, Freeciv has been ported to many different operating systems: it is distributed with many Linux distributions, offers installers for Microsoft Windows, and has been known to run on Mac OS X, Solaris, Ultrix, QNX, OS / 2, Cygwin, AmigaOS, RISC OS, Maemo, ZETA, SkyOS and various BSDs.

Originally developed by IBM at their campus in south San Jose, California in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continual use for over half a century in computationally intensive areas such as numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, computational physics and computational chemistry.

Originally based on the still-existent village of Inverlochy, the town lies at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.

Originally used on gut-strung instruments, the strength of the system allowed the guitar to withstand the additional tension of steel strings when this fortunate combination arose in the early 20th century.

Originally, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the governor, or absence from the state, the lieutenant governor would take on the governor's duties and powers.

Originally modeled on the Psalms and other poetic passages ( commonly referred to as " canticles ") in the Scriptures, Christian hymns are generally directed as praise and worship to the monotheistic God.

Originally based on linen, this quickly moved to wool and factories multiplied, driving the growth of the town.