English Dictionary: Q100 | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Q \Q\ (k[umac]), the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k[umac]) is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from the Ph[oe]nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian. Etymologically, q or qu is most nearly related to a (ch, tch), p, q, and wh; as in cud, quid, L. equus, ecus, horse, Gr. [?], whence E. equine, hippic; L. quod which, E. what; L. aquila, E. eaqle; E. kitchen, OE. kichene, AS. cycene, L. coquina. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Qua \Qua\, conj. [L., abl. of qui who.] In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal. --London Spectator. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quay \Quay\, v. t. To furnish with quays. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quay \Quay\, n. [F. quai. See {Key} quay.] A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. [Written also {key}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Que \Que\, n. [Cf. 3d {Cue}.] A half farthing. [Obs.] | |
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Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See {Cue}.] (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere. | |
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Queue \Queue\, v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue. | |
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Quey \Quey\, n. [Cf. Dan. qvie.] A heifer. [Scot.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Quay, NM Zip code(s): 88433 Quay, OK (town, FIPS 61450) Location: 36.16007 N, 96.70967 W Population (1990): 59 (22 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Q on {lazy} generalised sequences. Q has {lexical scope}, and some support for {logic programming}[?] and {constraint} programming. The language includes small subsets of {Common Lisp} and {Scheme}. Q was a test-bed for programming language ideas. Where {APL} uses {arrays} for looping, Q uses generalised sequences which may be infinite and may be stored or calculated on demand. It has {macros}, {primitives} to run programs, and an {interactive} command language. Q is implemented in {C++}, and comes with an {interpreter}, {compiler} framework, libraries, and documentation. It runs on {Linux} and {SUN-4} and should work on any 32-bit {Unix}. Latest version: 1, as of 1993-06-07. Development stopped in 1994. {Home (http://kelso.bothner.com/~per/software/#Q )}. E-mail: Per Bothner (2000-05-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QA {Quality Assurance} | |
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qa (1999-01-27) | |
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QA {Quality Assurance} | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QA4 Question-answering language. A procedural calculus for intuitive reasoning. A LISP-based pattern-matching language for theorem proving. "QA4, A Language for Writing Problem-Solving Programs", J.F. Rulifson et al, Proc IFIP Congress 1968. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QCA {Quantum-dot Cellular Automata} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
queue sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a {printer}, {processor} or communications channel. Objects are added to the tail of the queue and taken off the head. A typical use of queues in an {operating system} involves a user command which places something on a queue, e.g. a file on a printer queue or a job on a job queue, and a {background} process or "{demon}" which takes things off and processes them (e.g. prints or executes them). Another common use is to pass data between an {interrupt handler} and a user process. (1995-05-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
QX (Meaning "OK", from E.E. Smith SF books) A language for {digital signal processing} of digitised speech, by Richard Gillmann of {SDC}, Santa Monica. QX was part of SDC's {speech recognition} project. (1995-02-09) |