Summary of New Features in Mathematica 8 (Mathematica Guide)

CDF (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CDF[dist, x] gives the cumulative distribution function for the symbolic distribution dist evaluated at x.CDF[dist, {x_1, x_2, ...}] gives the multivariate cumulative ...

Frame (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Frame is an option for Graphics, Grid, and other constructs that specifies whether to include a frame.

Parallel Computation (Compiled Function Tools Tutorial)

The Mathematica compiler can run computations in parallel. It does this by threading a compiled function over lists of data in parallel. A first step is to create a compiled ...

CurrentImage (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CurrentImage[] returns the current image captured from a connected camera.CurrentImage[n] returns n sequential image frames as a list.

FindGeoLocation (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FindGeoLocation[] attempts to find the current geodetic location of your computer.

$GeoLocation (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$GeoLocation is a settable global variable that specifies the default geodetic location to use.

Specifying Types of Expression in ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

You can tell a lot about what "type" of expression something is by looking at its head. Thus, for example, an integer has head Integer, while a list has head List. In a ...

Character16 (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Sequence of 16-bit characters. Raw binary format.

ICO (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Registered MIME type: image/vnd.microsoft.icon Microsoft Windows icon. Raster image file format. Native icon format on Windows. ICO is an acronym derived from icon. Binary ...