Hobbit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hobbit	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Hobbit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobbit n an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
hobbit n. 1. [rare] The High Order BIT of a byte; same as the {meta bit} or {high bit}. 2. The non-ITS name of (Hobbit), master of lasers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
hobbit High order bit. The most significant bit (of a byte). Also known as the {meta bit} or {high bit}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Hobbit A {Scheme} to {C} compiler by Tanel Tammet . Hobbit attempts to retain most of the original Scheme program structure, making the output C program readable and modifiable. Hobbit is written in Scheme and is able to self-compile. Hobbit release 1 works together with the {scm} release scm4b3. Future releases of scm and hobbit will be coordinated. Current version: release 2. {(ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/scm/hobbit2.tar.Z)}. (1993/04/25) 2. The non-{ITS} name of (Hobbit), master of lasers.