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Succinimide \Suc`cin*im"ide\, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, {C2H4.(CO)2.NH}, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See {Imido acid}, under {Imido}. | |
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Xanthamide \Xanth*am"ide\, n. [Xanthic + amide.] (Chem.) An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, {C2H5O.CS.NH2}; -- called also {xanthogen amide}. | |
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Cumidine \Cu"mi*dine\ (k?"m?-d?n [or] -d?n), n. [From {Cumin}.] (Chem.) A strong, liquid, organic base, {C3H7.C6H4.NH2}, homologous with aniline. | |
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Phthalimide \Phthal"i*mide\, n. [Phthalic + imide.] (Chem.) An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, {C6H4.(CO)2NH}, which has itself (like succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. {Imido acid}, under {Imido}. | |
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Benzamide \Ben*zam"ide\, n. [Benzoin + amide.] (Chem.) A transparent crystalline substance, {C6H5.CO.NH2}, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds. | |
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Cacaine \Ca*ca"ine\, n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called {theobromine}. | |
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Cacoon \Ca*coon"\, n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine ({Entada scandens}) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. | |
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Caisson \Cais"son\, n. [F., fr. caisse, case, chest. See 1st {Case}.] 1. (Mil.) (a) A chest to hold ammunition. (b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. --Farrow. (c) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach. 2. (a) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. (b) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins. (c) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it. 3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. {Pneumatic caisson} (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the interior through an air lock. See {Lock}. | |
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Cajun \Ca"jun\, n. [A corruption of {Acadian}.] (Ethnol.) In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent. | |
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Casein \Ca"se*in\, n. [Cf. F. cas[82]ine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf. {Cheese}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also {caseine}.] | |
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Casein \Ca"se*in\, n. [Cf. F. cas[82]ine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf. {Cheese}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also {caseine}.] | |
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d8Casino \[d8]Ca*si"no\, n.; pl. E. {Casinos}, It. {Casini}. [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. {Cassing}.] 1. A small country house. 2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc. 3. A game at cards. See {Cassino}. | |
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Cassino \Cas*si"no\, n. [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See {casino}.] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. {Great cassino}, the ten of diamonds. {Little cassino}, the two of spades. | |
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Cavesson \Cav"es*son\, Cavezon \Cav"e*zon\, n. [F. cave[87]on, augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. {Caberzon}.] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [Written also {caveson}, {causson}.] --White. | |
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Caxon \Cax"on\, n. A kind of wig. [Obs.] --Lamb. | |
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Cession \Ces"sion\, n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See {Cede}.] 1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.] 3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. A cession of the island of New Orleans. --Bancroft. 4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. 5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. | |
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Xylidine \Xy"li*dine\, n. (Chem.) Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, {(CH3)2.C6H3.NH2}, resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily fusible crystalline substances, of which three are derived from metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. They are called the amido xylenes. Note: The xylidine of commerce, used in making certain dyes, consists chiefly of the derivatives of paraxylene and metaxylene. | |
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Chasm \Chasm\, n. [L. chasma, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to grape, to open wide. See {Chaos}.] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. --Coleridge. 2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. --Addison. | |
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Chasmy \Chas"my\, a. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. --Carlyle. They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. --Wordsworth. | |
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Sequin \Se"quin\, n. [F. sequin, It. zecchino, from zecca the mint, fr. Ar. sekkah, sikkah, a die, a stamp. Cf. {Zechin}.] An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value. [Written also {chequin}, and {zequin}.] | |
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Chessom \Ches"som\, n. [Cf. {Chisley}.] Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Chiasm \Chi"asm\, d8Chiasma \[d8]Chi*as"ma\, n. [NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. [?] two lines placed crosswise, fr. [?] to mark with a [chi].] (Anat.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. -- {Chi*as"mal}, a.. | |
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Chicane \Chi*cane"\, n. (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors. | |
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Chicane \Chi*cane"\, n. [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. {mail}), fr. LGr. [?] the game of mall, fr Pers chaug[be]n club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.] The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. --Prior. To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke. To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your own conscience. --Berkeley. | |
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Chicane \Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See {Chicane}, n.] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke. | |
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Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, k[81]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. k[81]chkein. See {Cock} the animal.] 1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl. 2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. [bd]Stella is no chicken.[b8] --Swift. {Chicken cholera}, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera. | |
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Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce[a2]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[d3]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. [?], Skr. jush to enjoy. [fb]46. Cf. {Choice}, 2d {Gust}.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope. 2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith. {To choose sides}. See under {Side}. Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. Usage: To {Choose}, {Prefer}, {Elect}. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress. | |
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Chosen \Cho"sen\, p. p. of {Choose}. Selected from a number; picked out; choice. Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. --Judg. xx. 16. | |
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Chosen \Cho"sen\, n. One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor. | |
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Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large stork of the genus {Leptoptilos} (formerly {Ciconia}), esp. the African species ({L. crumenifer}), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species ({L. dubius}, or {L. argala}) is the adjutant. See {Adjutant}. [Written also {marabu}.] 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett. | |
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Cocaine \Co"ca*ine\, n. (Chem.) A powerful alkaloid, {C17H21NO4}, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. | |
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Cockney \Cock"ney\ (k[ocr]k"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cockneys} (-n[icr]z). [OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. {Newt}), AS. [91]g. See 1st {Cock}, {Egg}, n.] 1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. [bd]A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.[b8] --Nash (1592). This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. --Shak. 2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously. A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. --Macaulay. | |
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Cockney \Cock"ney\, a. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys. | |
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Cockswain \Cock"swain\ (?, colloq. ?), n. [Cock a boat + swain; hence, the master of a boat.] The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. | |
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Cocoon \Co*coon"\, n. [F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See {Conch}.] 1. An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa. (b) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs. (c) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms. | |
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Cogon \Co*gon"\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. a native name.] A tall, coarse grass ({Imperata arundinacea}) of the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for thatching. | |
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Cohesion \Co*he"sion\, n. [Cf. F. coh[82]sion. See {Cohere}.] 1. The act or state of sticking together; close union. 2. (Physics) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. --Arbuthnot. 3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. --Locke. | |
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Coign \Coign\, n. A var. spelling of {Coin}, {Quoin}, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation. From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The Century. The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents. --Nature. | |
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Coigne \Coigne\ (koin), n. [See {Coin}, n.] A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? --Shak. | |
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Coigne \Coigne\, Coigny \Coign"y\, n. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] --Spenser. | |
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Coigne \Coigne\, Coigny \Coign"y\, n. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] --Spenser. | |
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Cojoin \Co*join"\, v. t. To join; to conjoin. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Cokenay \Coke"nay\, n. A cockney. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cosen \Cos"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. See {Cozen}. | |
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Cosine \Co"sine\ (k?"s?n), n. [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus.] (Trig.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of {Functions}. | |
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Cousin \Cous"in\, n. Allied; akin. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cousin \Cous"in\ (k?z"'n), n. [F. cousin, LL. cosinus, cusinus, contr. from L. consobrinus the child of a mother's sister, cousin; con- + sobrinus a cousin by the mother's side, a form derived fr. soror (forsosor) sister. See {Sister}, and cf. {Cozen}, {Coz}.] 1. One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. Note: The children of brothers and sisters are usually denominated first cousins, or cousins-german. In the second generation, they are called second cousins. See {Cater-cousin}, and {Quater-cousin}. Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son, A cousin-german to great Priam's seed. --Shak. 2. A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. --Shak. | |
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Coxswain \Cox"swain`\ (k?k"sw?n, Colloq. k?k"s'n), n. See {Cockswain}. | |
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Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. --Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. --Clarendon. | |
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Cozen \Coz"en\, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak. | |
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Cucquean \Cuc"quean`\ (k?k"kw?n`), n. [Cuckold + quean.] A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her. [Obs.] | |
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Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See {Quilt}, and cf. {Counterpoint} a {coverlet}.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also {cushion dance}. --Halliwell. {Cushion capital}.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. {Cushion star} (Zo[94]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to {Goniaster}, {Astrogonium}, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. | |
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Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cushioned} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. {Cushioning}.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under {Dead-stroke}. | |
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Cushiony \Cush"ion*y\ (-?), a. Like a cushion; soft; pliable. A flat and cushiony noce. --Dickens. | |
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Cuskin \Cus"kin\ (k?s"k?n), n. A kind of drinking cup. [Obs.] | |
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Coggon, IA (city, FIPS 14925) Location: 42.27944 N, 91.53092 W Population (1990): 645 (262 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52218 | |
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Cohagen, MT Zip code(s): 59322 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cookson, OK Zip code(s): 74427 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cossayuna, NY Zip code(s): 12823 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CACM {Communications of the ACM} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHASM CHeap ASseMbler. A {shareware} {assembler} for {MS-DOS}. (1994-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
checksum the contents of a block of data and which is transmitted or stored along with the data in order to detect corruption of the data. The receiving system recomputes the checksum based upon the received data and compares this value with the one sent with the data. If the two values are the same, the receiver has some confidence that the data was received correctly. The checksum may be 8 bits (modulo 256 sum), 16, 32, or some other size. It is computed by summing the bytes or words of the data block ignoring {overflow}. The checksum may be negated so that the total of the data words plus the checksum is zero. {Internet} {packets} use a 32-bit checksum. See also {digital signature}, {cyclic redundancy check}. (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COCOMO {Constructive Cost Model} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COHESION {DEC}'s {CASE} environment. [Details?]. (1995-01-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COSINE Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe. A EUREKA project. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CU-SeeMe University}) A {shareware} {personal computer}-based {videoconferencing} program for use over the {Internet}, developed at {Cornell University}, starting in 1992. CU-SeeMe allows for direct {audiovisual} connections between {clients}, or, like {irc}, it can support multi-user converencing via {servers} (here called "reflectors") to distribute the video and audio signals between multiple clients. CU-SeeMe was the first videoconferencing tool available at a reasonable price (in this case, free) to users of personal computers. {Home (http://cu-seeme.cornell.edu/)}. {(http://home.stlnet.com/~hubble/cuseeme/index.html)}. Compare with {multicast backbone}. (1996-12-01) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
caesium Symbol: Cs Atomic number: 55 Atomic weight: 132.90545 Soft silvery-white metallic element belonging to group 1 of the periodic table. One of the three metals which are liquid at room temperature. Cs-133 is the natural, and only stable, isotope. Fifteen other radioisotopes exist. Caesium reacts explosively with cold water, and ice at temperatures above 157K. Caesium hydroxide is the strongest base known. Caesium is the most electropositive, most alkaline and has the least ionization potential of all the elements. Known uses include the basis of atomic clocks, catalyst for the hydrogenation of some organic compounds, and in photoelectric cells. Caesium was discovered by Gustav Kirchoff and Robert Bunsen in Germany in 1860 spectroscopically. Its identification was based upon the bright blue lines in its spectrum. The name comes from the latin word caesius, which means sky blue. Caesium should be considered highly toxic. Some of the radioisotopes are even more toxic. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chosen spoken of warriors (Ex. 15:4; Judg. 20:16), of the Hebrew nation (Ps. 105:43; Deut. 7:7), of Jerusalem as the seat of the temple (1 Kings 11:13). Christ is the "chosen" of God (Isa. 42:1); and the apostles are "chosen" for their work (Acts 10:41). It is said with regard to those who do not profit by their opportunities that "many are called, but few are chosen" (Matt. 20:16). (See {ELECTION}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cushan probably a poetic or prolonged name of the land of Cush, the Arabian Cush (Hab. 3:7). Some have, however, supposed this to be the same as Chushan-rishathaim (Judg. 3:8, 10), i.e., taking the latter part of the name as a title or local appellation, Chushan "of the two iniquities" (= oppressing Israel, and provoking them to idolatry), a Mesopotamian king, identified by Rawlinson with Asshur-ris-ilim (the father of Tiglathpileser I.); but incorrectly, for the empire of Assyria was not yet founded. He held Israel in bondage for eight years. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Cosam, divining |