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Begin file 1 of 24: A. (Version 0.46) of
An electronic field-marked version of:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Version published 1913
by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
Springfield, Mass.
Under the direction of
Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.
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WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [foldoc]
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon,
programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems,
networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics,
telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects,
products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.
This dictionary is Copyright Denis Howe 1993, 1998.
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this dictionary may be used without restriction provided no
more than twenty are used in any one work.
Please refer to the dictionary as "The Free On-line Dictionary
of Computing, http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/, Editor Denis Howe"
or similar.
The dictionary has been growing since 1985 and now contains
over 11000 definitions totalling more than four megabytes.
Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related
resources elsewhere on the net.
Where LaTeX commands for certain non-ASCII symbols are
mentioned, they are described in their own entries. "\" is
also used to represent the Greek lower-case lambda used in
lambda-calculus. Cross-references to other entries look
like this. Note that not all cross-references actually lead
anywhere yet, but if you find one that leads to something
inappropriate, please let me know. Dates after entries
indicate when that entry was last updated. They do not imply
that it was up-to-date at that time.
You can search the latest version of the dictionary by WWW
(URL http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/). If you find an entry that
is wrong or inadequate please let me know.
See Pronunciation for how to interpret the pronunciation
given for some entries.
Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk> +44 (171) 456 5772.
(09 Dec 1996)
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to the hundreds of contributors, and especially to
the Guest Editors (editors.html), mirror site maintainers
and the maintainers of the following resources from which some
entries originate:
Mike Sendall's STING Software engineering glossary
<sendall@dxpt01.cern.ch>, 13 Oct 1993,
Bill Kinnersley's {Language List
(http://cuiwww.unige.ch/langlist)} v2.2, 15 Jan 1994,
Mark Hopkins' catalogue of Free Compilers and Interpreters
v6.4, 28 Feb 1994,
The on-line hacker Jargon File v3.0.0, 27 Jul 1993,
Internet Users' Glossary (RFC 1392, FYI 18), Jan 1993.
John Cross's computer glossary, 01 Nov 1994.
John Bayko's Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present,
v4.0.0, 18 Aug 1994.
Electronic Commerce Dictionary.
(01 Aug 1997)
Jargon File (4.0.0/24 July 1996) [jargon]
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#======= THIS IS THE JARGON FILE, VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 =======#
This is the Jargon File, a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang
illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor.
This document (the Jargon File) is in the public domain, to be freely
used, shared, and modified. There are (by intention) no legal
restraints on what you can do with it, but there are traditions about
its proper use to which many hackers are quite strongly attached.
Please extend the courtesy of proper citation when you quote the File,
ideally with a version number, as it will change and grow over time.
(Examples of appropriate citation form: "Jargon File 4.0.0" or "The
on-line hacker Jargon File, version 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996".)
The Jargon File is a common heritage of the hacker culture. Over the
years a number of individuals have volunteered considerable time to
maintaining the File and been recognized by the net at large as
editors of it. Editorial responsibilities include: to collate
contributions and suggestions from others; to seek out corroborating
information; to cross-reference related entries; to keep the file in a
consistent format; and to announce and distribute updated versions
periodically. Current volunteer editors include:
Eric Raymond esr@snark.thyrsus.com
Although there is no requirement that you do so, it is considered good
form to check with an editor before quoting the File in a published
work or commercial product. We may have additional information that
would be helpful to you and can assist you in framing your quote to
reflect not only the letter of the File but its spirit as well.
All contributions and suggestions about this file sent to a volunteer
editor are gratefully received and will be regarded, unless otherwise
labelled, as freely given donations for possible use as part of this
public-domain file.
From time to time a snapshot of this file has been polished, edited,
and formatted for commercial publication with the cooperation of the
volunteer editors and the hacker community at large. If you wish to
have a bound paper copy of this file, you may find it convenient to
purchase one of these. They often contain additional material not
found in on-line versions. The two `authorized' editions so far are
described in the Revision History section; there may be more in the
future.
The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]
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This dictionary database was created by Jay Kominek <jkominek@xtn.net>
(Feel free to send any comments, additions, corrections, money to that
address) It was compiled from a variety of sources, and is in my opinion,
a work of my own. (The only stuff that was really copied verbatim was the
atomic numbers and weights, please, I'd like to see someone try and exert
a copyright on the values of atoms.) So, I place this in the public
domain, if it somehow breaks, you get to keep both pieces. It'd be nice if
you kept the fact that I compiled the information in here, but is not
needed.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Public Domain -- Copy Freely
These Dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated
Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Due
to the nature of etext, the illustrated portion of the Dictionary have
not been included.
The current format has been designed for programatic reference, placing
50 topics in a file, preceeding each topic with $$topic_number,
surrounding the topic name with back-slashes, References to other topics
are prefixed with a ¯ (ascii 175) double arrow followed by the 8 byte
topic number. It should be noted that it is possible to have the topic
prefix followed by "(n/a)". This is due to a very small number of topic
references which were unable to be resolved. These topics are:
Laadan, Land Laws, Vashni.
These topics are not listed in the printed edition and it is not
apparent what Mr. Eastone intended. The verse references have not been
marked up or tagged for program usage. It is hoped someone will do this
work and make the resulting files available to the person(s) below.
The most current and correct copies of these files can be obtained from
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary [hitchcock]
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HITCHCOCK'S BIBLE NAMES DICTIONARY
This dictionary is from "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of
the Holy Bible," published in the late 1800s. It contains more
than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their
meanings. Some Hebrew words of uncertain meaning have been left
out. It is out of copyright, so feel free to copy and distribute
it. I pray it will help in your study of God's Word.
--Brad Haugaard
U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]
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The original U.S. Gazetteer Place and Zipcode Files
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the Public Domain.
The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]
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