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English Dictionary: silo by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silo
n
  1. a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
  2. military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Silo \Si"lo\, n. [F.]
      A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so
      as to exclude air and outside moisture. See {Ensilage}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Silo, OK (town, FIPS 67550)
      Location: 34.03505 N, 96.47536 W
      Population (1990): 249 (98 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   silo n.   The FIFO input-character buffer in an RS-232 line
   card.   So called from {DEC} terminology used on DH and DZ line cards
   for the VAX and PDP-11, presumably because it was a storage space
   for fungible stuff that went in at the top and came out at the
   bottom.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   silo
  
      The {FIFO} input-character buffer in an {EIA-232} serial line
      card.   So called from {DEC} terminology used on DH and DZ line
      cards for the {VAX} and {PDP-11}, presumably because it was a
      storage space for fungible stuff that went in at the top and
      came out at the bottom.
  
  
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