cisco

American

[sis-koh] / ˈsɪs koʊ /

noun

any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.

cisco British

/ ˈsɪskəʊ /

noun

Also called: lake herring. any of various whitefish, esp Coregonus artedi , of cold deep lakes of North America

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noun

Etymology

Origin of cisco

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; from Canadian French, back formation from ciscoette, ciscaouette from Ojibwe; see siscowet

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CISCO, the network equipment provider, is trying to build market share in human networks – collaborative software – technologies.

From Forbes • Jul. 14, 2011

In this situation companies like CISCO, HP, Nokia-Siemens need to find new businesses to be in.

From Forbes • Jul. 14, 2011

Now top hackers find those holes themselves—by reading line by line through the proprietary source code from places like DEC, HP, CISCO, Sun and Microsoft.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

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