Arena : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Arena	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Arena
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arena n a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" Synonym(s): sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments Synonym(s): stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium a playing field where sports events take place Synonym(s): arena, scene of action
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arena \Are"na\, n.; pl. E. {Arenas}; L. {Aren[91]}. [L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. 2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena* of life. 3. (Med.) [bd]Sand[b8] or [bd]gravel[b8] in the kidneys.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Arena, ND Zip code(s): 58412 Arena, WI (village, FIPS 2550) Location: 43.16333 N, 89.91321 W Population (1990): 525 (194 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53503
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
arena n. [common; Unix] The area of memory attached to a process by `brk(2)' and `sbrk(2)' and used by `malloc(3)' as dynamic storage. So named from a `malloc: corrupt arena' message emitted when some early versions detected an impossible value in the free block list. See {overrun screw}, {aliasing bug}, {memory leak}, {memory smash}, {smash the stack}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
arena The area of memory attached to a {Unix} process by the {brk} and {sbrk} {system calls} and used by {malloc} as dynamic storage. So named from a "malloc: corrupt arena" message emitted when some early versions detected an impossible value in the free block list. See {overrun screw}, {aliasing bug}, {memory leak}, {memory smash}, {smash the stack}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-12-28)