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1.                 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   ALLIANCE
      <tool> A complete set of CAD tools for teaching Digital
      CMOS VLSI Design in Universities.  It includes a VHDL
      compiler and simulator, logic synthesis tools, and automatic
      place and route tools.  ALLIANCE is the result of a ten years
      effort at University Pierre et Marie Curie (PARIS VI, France).
      It runs on Sun-4, not well supported: MIPS/Ultrix,
      386/SystemV.
      (1993-02-16)