Rosetta is a multifaceted term with applications in several fields, primarily known for:
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC on behalf of Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The text is written in three scripts:
This artifact was crucial in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion in the early 19th century, as it provided a key to understanding hieroglyphic script through comparison with the Greek text. The Rosetta Stone is now housed in the British Museum in London, England.
Source: British Museum - Rosetta Stone
Rosetta is a dynamic binary translator developed by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X, allowing software compiled for PowerPC processors to run on systems with x86 processors. There have been two versions:
Both versions emulate the instruction set of the older processor architecture, allowing legacy applications to continue functioning on new hardware.
Source: Apple Support - Rosetta 2
Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched in 2004 to perform detailed studies of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Key achievements include:
The mission concluded in 2016 when Rosetta was intentionally crashed onto the comet's surface.
Source: ESA - Rosetta Mission