English Dictionary
acid-base indicator
Definition: [n] an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions
See Also: bromophenol blue, bromothymol blue, bromphenol blue, bromthymol blue, congo red, indicator, litmus, litmus test, methyl orange, phenolphthalein, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein
Aesculus Hippocastanum
Definition: [n] tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
Synonyms: buckeye, horse chestnut
See Also: Aesculus, angiospermous tree, bottlebrush buckeye, dwarf buckeye, flowering tree, genus Aesculus, Ohio buckeye, particolored buckeye, red buckeye, sweet buckeye
access, n.
a way of entering, or the right to enter or use: There were two accesses to the house; She had access to the school's computers.
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Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
(11th Edition)
For the [11th] edition, America's largest staff of lexicographers made more than 100,000 changes and added more than 10,000 new words and senses, such as convergence, Frankenfood, phat, psyops, and vermiculture. The Eleventh Edition also features over 40,000 usage examples--more than ever before--which clarify confused or disputed terms.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has long been considered the ultimate reference work in English lexicography. Compiled by the legendary editor James Murray and a staff of brilliant philologists and lexicographers (not to mention one homicidal maniac), the OED was originally conceived in 1857 as a four-volume set, but by the time the last volume was published in 1928, it had swelled to 10 volumes containing over 400,000 entries. In the years since, the staff of the OED has continued to keep pace with our ever-evolving language, and today the dictionary weighs in at a whopping 20 volumes. The great joy of this dictionary lies in its extensive cross-references and word etymologies, which can run a full page or more.
The Oxford Companion to the English Language
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A Dictionary of Units
Derived Units of the S I
From the 7 basic units of the SI other units are derived for a variety of purposes. Only a few of are explained here as examples, there are many more
farad [F]
The farad is the SI unit of the capacitance of an electrical system, that is, its capacity to store electricity. It is a rather large unit as defined and is more often used as a microfarad. It is named after the English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867).
hertz [Hz]
The hertz is the SI unit of the frequency of a periodic phenomenon. One hertz indicates that 1 cycle of the phenomenon occurs every second. For most work much higher frequencies are needed such as the kilohertz [kHz] and megahertz [MHz]. It is named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857-94).
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Computer Dictionary
LARGE INSTALLATION SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
Definition: (LISA) The USENIX systems administration conference. It is now more general that its title suggests. It is sponsored and organised by SAGE, the USENIX Systems Administrators Guild.
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LAZY EVALUATION
Definition: An evaluation strategy combining normal order evaluation with updating. Under normal order evaluation (outermost or call-by-name evaluation) an expression is evaluated only when its value is needed in order for the program to return (the next part of) its result. Updating means that if an expression's value is needed more than once (i.e. it is shared), the result of the first evaluation is remembered and subsequent requests for it will return the remembered value immediately without further evaluation. This is often implemented by graph reduction. An unevaluated expression is represented as a closure - a data structure containing all the information required to evaluate the expression.
server
(n.) A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. For example, a file server is a computer and storage device dedicated to storing files. Any user on the network can store files on the server. A print server is a computer that manages one or more printers, and a network server is a computer that manages network traffic. A database server is a computer system that processes database queries.
RAID
Short for Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks, a category of disk drives that employ two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance. RAID disk drives are used frequently on servers but aren't generally necessary for personal computers.
There are number of different RAID levels:
Level 0 -- Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance: Provides data striping (spreading out blocks of each file across multiple disk drives) but no redundancy. This improves performance but does not deliver fault tolerance. If one drive fails then all data in the array is lost.
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Biographical Dictionary
Aakjaer, Jeppe Danish author _1866-1930
Aaliyah [Haughton] US singer; died in airplane crash _1979-2001
Aalto, [Hugo] Alvar Henrik Finnish architect and furniture designer _1898-1976
Aanrud, Hans Norwegian author _1863-1953
Aarestrup, Carl Ludvig Emil Danish poet _1800-1856
Aaron, Henry Louis (Hank, Hammerin' Hank) US baseball player; outfielder for Atlanta Braves (orig. Milwaukee Braves until 1966) 1954-1974; designated hitter for Milwaukee Brewers 1975-1976; hit record 755 career home runs, record 2,297 career runs batted in; Spingarn Medal 1975 _1934--
Aaron, Thomas Dean (Tommy) US golfer; won Masters 1973 _1937--
Aaron, Tommie Lee US baseball player; first baseman for Milwaukee Braves 1962-1963, 1965; first baseman for Atlanta Braves 1968-1971; brother of Hank Aaron _1939-1984
Aasen, Ivar Andreas Norwegian philologist; wrote "Grammar of the Norwegian Dialects" 1848, "Dictionary of the Norwegian Dialects" 1850; constructed Landsmal dialect _1813-1896
Abacha, Sani Nigerian dictator, general, and politician; overthrew Ernest Shonekan 1993; head of state of Nigeria 1993-1998; died of heart attack while in office _1943-1998
Abadia [Mendez], Miguel Colombian politician; president of Colombia 1926-1930 _1867-1947
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Law Dictionary
abatement
n. 1) the removal of a problem which is against public or private policy, or endangers others, including nuisances such as weeds that might catch fire on an otherwise empty lot; 2) an equal reduction of recovery of debts by all creditors when there are not enough funds or assets to pay the full amount; 3) an equal reduction of benefits to beneficiaries (heirs) when an estate is not large enough to pay each beneficiary in full.
zoning
n. a system of developing a city or county plan in which various geographic areas (zones) are restricted to certain uses and development, such as industrial, light industrial, commercial, light-commercial, agricultural, single-family residential, multi-unit residential, parks, schools and other purposes. Zoning is the chief planning tool of local government to guide the future development of a community, protect neighborhoods, concentrate retail business and industry, channel traffic and play a major role in the enhancement of urban as well as small-town life. In 1926, zoning was declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
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