Node : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Node	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Node
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
node n a connecting point at which several lines come together any thickened enlargement Synonym(s): node, knob, thickening (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge Synonym(s): node, leaf node (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system Antonym(s): antinode (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane the source of lymph and lymphocytes Synonym(s): lymph node, lymph gland, node any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network Synonym(s): node, client, guest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Node \Node\, n. [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. {Noose}, {Nowed}.] 1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling. 2. Specifically: (a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary. (b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted. (c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc. (d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See {Crunode}, and {Acnode}. (e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also {knot}. --W. R. Johnson. (f) (poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece. (g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint. --Dunglison. (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point. (i) (Zo[94]l.) A swelling. {Ascending node} (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending], called the Dragon's head. Called also {northern node}. {Descending node}, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's tail. {Line of nodes}, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
node n. 1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network. 2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS. Thus an MS-DOS {sysop} might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
node 1. A point or vertex in a {graph}. 2. An addressable device attached to a computer {network}. More often called a "host". 3. A {hypertext} document.