<event> [4685KB] noun 1. a. Something that takes place; an occurrence. b. A significant occurrence or happening. c. A social gathering or activity. 2. The final result; the outcome. 3. (Sports) A contest or an item in a sports program. 4. (Physics) A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in space-time, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory. - source material: headline news articles parsed from http://news.bbc.co.uk/ between 29.12.2003 and 01.02.2004 from which samples of audio, image, text, and video information were extracted. - requirements: Internet Browser + Flash6 + Audio. recommended: Windows XP PC w/ IE6 + sRGB display @ 1600x1200 + hi-spec CPU. - composed by: Michael Takeo Magruder, 03.2004.