English Dictionary: bathtub | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bathtub curve n. Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it `tires out'. See also {burn-in period}, {infant mortality}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bathtub curve Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also {burn-in period}, {infant mortality}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Baudotbetical order numerics and special characters are intermixed by sorting a 5-bit Baudot code file ignoring the numeric shift and unshift codes. (1997-02-11) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beth-diblathaim house of two cakes of figs, a city of Moab, upon which Jeremiah (48:22) denounced destruction. It is called also Almon-diblathaim (Num. 33:46) and Diblath (Ezek. 6:14). (R.V., "Diblah.") | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Beth-tappuah house of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron (Josh. 15:53). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Beth-diblathaim, house of dry figs |