English Dictionary: X-ray | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Xiphura \[d8]Xi*phu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xi`fos sword + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Limuloidea}. Called also {Xiphosura}. {X ray}. See under {Ray}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
. So called from the discoverer, W. C. R[94]ntgen. {X ray}, the R[94]ntgen ray; -- so called by its discoverer because of its enigmatical character, x being an algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
xor /X'or/, /kzor/ conj. Exclusive or. `A xor B' means `A or B, but not both'. "I want to get cherry pie xor a banana split." This derives from the technical use of the term as a function on truth-values that is true if exactly one of its two arguments is true. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
X11R4 Version 11 release 4 of the X protocol. See {X Window System}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
X11R5 Version 11 release 5 of the X protocol. Released in June 1994. See {X Window System}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
X11R6 System}. [Release date?] (1995-01-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
xor /X'or/, /kzor/ Exclusive or. "A xor B" means "A or B, but not both". The {truth table} is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-01) |