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Tricked-out in South L.A.


Good news for the techies and entrepreneurs of South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. . The Magic Johnson “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. For the Milwaukee Bucks center, see Ervin Johnson.

Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic
 Foundation and Hewlett Packard Co. have teamed up to stock a room at the Ujima Village Housing Development with PCs, laptops, printers, scanners and digital cameras -- enough gadgetry gadg·et·ry  
n.
1. Gadgets considered as a group.

2. The design or construction of gadgets.

Noun 1. gadgetry - appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry"
 and connectivity to spawn To launch another program from the current program. The child program is spawned from the parent program.

(operating system) spawn - To create a child process in a multitasking operating system. E.g.
 an idea or two and, hopefully, help bridge the digital divide.

The program, called the Magic Johnson and HP Inventor Center, was funded by Hewlett Packard Philanthropy and the Hewlett Packard Multi-Cultural Marketing Program.
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Title Annotation:Magic Johnson Foundation and Hewlett Packard Co. furnish computer room at public housing project
Comment:Tricked-out in South L.A.(Magic Johnson Foundation and Hewlett Packard Co. furnish computer room at public housing project)
Author:IBOLD, HANS
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 6, 2001
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