patch-cords

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Did LabVIEW and Max independently invent the patch-cord dataflow metaphor, or do both descend from a common ancestor (e.g. Jack Dennis's MIT dataflow work)?

capture promoted 2026-08-12 · dataflow, visual-programming, labview, max, jack-dennis
A graphical 'patch language' interface (Oedit, 1980) predated Max's patcher GUI by seven years, per Puckette's own account

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-12 · max, computer-music, visual-programming, patch-cords, history-of-computing
Max's 'patch cords' term was borrowed from analog modular synthesizers, where modules were physically interconnected by such cables

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-07-12 · max, computer-music, dataflow, visual-programming, etymology