Editing Genera (operating system) (section)

== Applications ==
Symbolics Genera comes with several applications. Applications are called ''activities''. Some of the activities:

* [[Zmacs]], an [[Emacs]]-like [[text editor]]
* Zmail, a mail reader also providing a calendar
* File system browser with tools for file system maintenance
* Lisp Listener with command-line interface
* [[Symbolics Document Examiner|Document Examiner]] for browsing documentation
* Restore Distribution to install software.
* Distribute Systems, to create software distributions
* Peek to examine system information (processes, windows, network connections, ...)
* Debugger
* Namespace Editor to access information about objects in the network (users, computers, file systems, ...)
* Converse, a chat client
* Terminal
* Inspector, for browsing Lisp data structures
* Notifications
* Frame-Up, for designing user interfaces
* Flavor Examiner, to examine the classes and methods of the Flavor object-oriented extension to Lisp

=== Other applications from Symbolics ===
Symbolics sold several applications that run on Symbolics Genera.

* Symbolics Concordia, a document production suite
* Symbolics Joshua, an [[expert system]] shell
* Symbolics [[Macsyma]], a computer algebra system
* Symbolics NS, a chip design tool
* Symbolics Plexi, a [[Neural network (machine learning)|neural network]] development tool
* Symbolics S-Graphics, a suite of tools: S-Paint, S-Geometry, S-Dynamics, S-Render
* Symbolics S-Utilities: S-Record, S-Compositor, S-Colorize, S-Convert
* Symbolics Scope, [[digital image processing]] with a [[Pixar Image Computer]]
* Symbolics Statice, an object database

=== Third-party applications ===
Several companies developed and sold applications for Symbolics Genera. Some examples:

* [http://www.ascent.com Ascent Technology] Gatekeeper, a rule-based resource manager for airports and airlines
* Automated Reasoning Tool (ART), an expert system shell from Inference Corporation
* [[ICAD (software)|ICAD]], 3d parametric CAD system
* Illustrate, graphics editor
* [[Knowledge Engineering Environment]] (KEE), an expert system shell, from IntelliCorp
* Knowledge Craft, an expert system shell, from Carnegie Group
* Metal, machine translation system from Siemens