strong-arm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strong-arm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for strong-arm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strong-arm adj impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics" Synonym(s): forcible, physical, strong-arm v handle roughly; "He was strong-armed by the policemen" be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" Synonym(s): strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
StrongARM A collaborative project between {Digital Equipment Corporation} and {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM) announced on 1995-02-06 licensing the {ARM} {RISC} architecture to {Digital Semiconductor} for the development of high-performance, low power {microprocessors}. The StrongARM family of 32-bit RISC products developed under the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM processors with a somewhat different {instruction set}. They are targetted at applications such as next-generation {personal digital assistants} with improved user interfaces and communications; {interactive television} and set-top products; video games and {multimedia} {edutainment} systems with realistic imaging, motion and sound; and digital imaging, including low cost digital image capture and photo-quality scanning and printing. The StrongARM family has limited software compatibility with the {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} families due to its separate {caches} for data and instructions which causes {self-modifying code} to fail. The {SA-110} is the first member of the family. (1998-09-07)