Corel Corporation from the abbreviation (" Cowpland Research Laboratory") is a software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, that specializes in graphics processing. It is known for producing software titles such as CorelDRAW, for having acquired Jasc Software, developers of Paint Shop Pro, in Oct 2004, and other major companies and products such as Ulead Systems and WordPerfect.
In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings. Despite its terminology, building implosion also includes the controlled demolition of other structures, such as , , , and .
