English Dictionary: catcher | by the DICT Development Group |
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Caddice \Cad"dice\, Caddis \Cad"dis\, n. [Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. k[94]der bait.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larv[91] generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also {caddice worm}, or {caddis worm}. {Caddice fly} (Zo[94]l.), a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice. | |
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Caddice \Cad"dice\, Caddis \Cad"dis\, n. [Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. k[94]der bait.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larv[91] generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also {caddice worm}, or {caddis worm}. {Caddice fly} (Zo[94]l.), a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice. | |
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Cadger \Cadg"er\, n. [From {Cadge}, v. t., cf. {Codger}.] 1. A packman or itinerant huckster. 2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] [bd]The gentleman cadger.[b8] --Dickens. | |
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Cadger \Cadg"er\, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. {Cage}.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge. | |
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Caducary \Ca*du"ca*ry\, a. [See {Caducous}.] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation. | |
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Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
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Catachresis \Cat`a*chre"sis\, n. [L. fr. Gr. [?] misuse, fr. [?] to misuse; kata` against + [?] to use.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, [bd]To take arms against a sea of troubles[b8]. --Shak. [bd]Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.[b8] --Young. | |
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Catachrestic \Cat`a*chres"tic\, Catachrestical \Cat`a*chres"tic*al\, a. Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched. -- {Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly}, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Catachrestic \Cat`a*chres"tic\, Catachrestical \Cat`a*chres"tic*al\, a. Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched. -- {Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly}, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Catachrestic \Cat`a*chres"tic\, Catachrestical \Cat`a*chres"tic*al\, a. Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched. -- {Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly}, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Catacrotic \Cat`a*crot"ic\, a. [Cata- + Gr. [?] a beating.] (Physiol.) Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. -- {Ca*tac"rotism}, n. | |
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Catacrotic \Cat`a*crot"ic\, a. [Cata- + Gr. [?] a beating.] (Physiol.) Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. -- {Ca*tac"rotism}, n. | |
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Catcher \Catch"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, catches. 2. (Baseball) The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. | |
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Catchword \Catch"word`\, n. 1. Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue. 2. (Print.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc. | |
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Catchwork \Catch"work`\, n. A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain. | |
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Categorematic \Cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] predicate. See {Category}.] (Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word. | |
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Categorical \Cat`e*gor"ic*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a category. 2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer. The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal. --I. Taylor. | |
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Categorically \Cat`e*gor"ic*al*ly\, adv. Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically. | |
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Categoricalness \Cat`e*gor"ic*al*ness\, n. The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. --A. Marvell. | |
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Category \Cat"e*go*ry\, n.; pl. {Categories}. [L. categoria, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to accuse, affirm, predicate; [?] down, against + [?] to harrangue, assert, fr. [?] assembly.] 1. (Logic.) One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament. The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. --J. S. Mill. 2. Class; also, state, condition, or predicament; as, we are both in the same category. There is in modern literature a whole class of writers standing within the same category. --De Quincey. | |
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Categorist \Cat"e*go*rist\, n. One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies. --Emerson. | |
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Categorize \Cat"e*go*rize\, v. t. To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue. | |
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Category \Cat"e*go*ry\, n.; pl. {Categories}. [L. categoria, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to accuse, affirm, predicate; [?] down, against + [?] to harrangue, assert, fr. [?] assembly.] 1. (Logic.) One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament. The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. --J. S. Mill. 2. Class; also, state, condition, or predicament; as, we are both in the same category. There is in modern literature a whole class of writers standing within the same category. --De Quincey. | |
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
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Cradle \Cra"dle\ (kr[amac]d'l), n. [AS. cradel, cradol, prob. from Celtic; cf. Gael. creathall, Ir. craidhal, W. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perh. akin to E. crate.] 1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty. The cradle that received thee at thy birth. --Cowper. No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old. --Shak. 2. Infancy, or very early life. From their cradles bred together. --Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. --Clarendon. 3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath. 4. (Engraving) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground. 5. A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship. 6. (Med.) (a) A case for a broken or dislocated limb. (b) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person. 7. (Mining) (a) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a {rocker}. [U.S.] (b) A suspended scaffold used in shafts. 8. (Carp.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. --Knight. 9. (Naut.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck. {Cat's cradle}. See under {Cat}. {Cradle hole}, a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. {Cradle scythe}, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain. | |
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Spider \Spi"der\, n.[OE. spi[thorn]re, fr. AS. spinnan to spin; -- so named from spinning its web; cf. D. spin a spider, G. spinne, Sw. spindel. Seee {Spin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under {Araneina}. Note: Spiders are divided into two principal groups: the Dipneumona, having two lungs: and the Tetrapneumona, having four lungs. See {Mygale}. The former group includes several tribes; as, the jumping spiders (see {Saltigrad[91]}), the wolf spiders, or {Citigrad[91]} (see under {Wolf}), the crab spiders, or {Laterigrad[91]} (see under {Crab}), the garden, or geometric, spiders, or {Orbitell[91]} (see under {Geometrical}, and {Garden}), and others. See {Bird spider}, under {Bird}, {Grass spider}, under {Grass}, {House spider}, under {House}, {Silk spider}, under {Silk}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under {Red}). 3. An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth. 4. A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire. | |
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Citigrade \Cit"i*grade\, a. [Cf. F. citigrade.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Citigrad[91]. -- n. One of the Citigrad[91]. | |
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City \Cit"y\, a. Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak. {City council}. See under {Council}. {City court}, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] {City ward}, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] --Fairfax. | |
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Coat \Coat\ (k[omac]t; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. {Cot} a hut.] 1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton. 2. A petticoat. [Obs.] [bd]A child in coats.[b8] --Locke. 3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. --Swift. She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak. 4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. --Milton. 5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. 6. Same as Coat of arms. See below. Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. --Shak. 7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.] Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. --Massinger. {Coat armor}. See under {Armor}. {Coat of arms} (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. {Coat card}, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. [bd][bf]I am a coat card indeed.' [bf]Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'[b8] --Rowley. {Coat link}, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. {Coat of mail}, a defensive garment of chain mail. See {Chain mail}, under {Chain}. {Mast coat} (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. {Sail coat} (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean. | |
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Codger \Codg"er\, n. [Cf. {Cadger}.] 1. A miser or mean person. 2. A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. [Colloq.] A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. --Emerson. | |
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Cotgare \Cot"gare`\ (k?t"g?r`), n. Refuse wool. [Obs. or Prov.] | |
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Cottager \Cot"ta*ger\ (k?t"t?-j?r), n. 1. One who lives in a cottage. 2. (Law) One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own. | |
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Sea scorpion \Sea" scor"pi*on\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European sculpin ({Cottus scorpius}) having the head armed with short spines. (b) The scorpene. | |
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Cutchery \Cutch"er*y\ (k[ucr]ch"[etil]r*[ycr]), n. [Hind. kachahri.] A hindoo hall of justice. --Malcom. | |
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Cutgrass \Cut"grass`\ (k[ucr]t"gr[adot]s`). A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of {Leersia}. | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
code grinder n. 1. A {suit}-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The {code grinder}'s milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. See {Real World}, {suit}. 2. Used of or to a hacker, a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; connotes a design style characterized by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, {brute force}, and utter lack of imagination. Compare {card walloper}; contrast {hacker}, {Real Programmer}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Categorical Abstract Machine Language Language) A version of {ML} by G. Huet, G. Cousineau, Ascander Suarez, Pierre Weis, Michel Mauny and others of {INRIA} and {ENS}. CAML is intermediate between {LCF ML} and {SML} [in what sense?]. It has {first-class} functions, {static type inference} with {polymorphic} types, user-defined {variant types} and {product types}, and {pattern matching}. It is built on a proprietary run-time system. The CAML V3.1 implementation added {lazy} and {mutable} data structures, a "{grammar}" mechanism for interfacing with the {Yacc} {parser generator}, {pretty-printing} tools, high-performance {arbitrary-precision} arithmetic, and a complete library. CAML V3 is often nicknamed "heavy CAML", because of its heavy memory and CPU requirements compared to {Caml Light}. in 1990 Xavier Leroy and Damien Doligez designed a new implementation called {Caml Light}, freeing the previous implementation from too many experimental high-level features, and more importantly, from the old Le_Lisp back-end. Following the addition of a {native-code} compiler and a powerful {module} system in 1995 and of the {object} and {class} layer in 1996, the project's name was changed to {Objective Caml}. ["The CAML Reference Manual", P. Weis et al, TR INRIA-ENS, 1989]. (2003-04-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
category a collection of {morphisms} (or "{arrows}"), mor(K) such that 1. Each morphism f has a "typing" on a pair of objects A, B written f:A->B. This is read 'f is a morphism from A to B'. A is the "source" or "{domain}" of f and B is its "target" or "{co-domain}". 2. There is a {partial function} on morphisms called {composition} and denoted by an {infix} ring symbol, o. We may form the "composite" g o f : A -> C if we have g:B->C and f:A->B. 3. This composition is associative: h o (g o f) = (h o g) o f. 4. Each object A has an identity morphism id_A:A->A associated with it. This is the identity under composition, shown by the equations id_B o f = f = f o id_A. In general, the morphisms between two objects need not form a {set} (to avoid problems with {Russell's paradox}). An example of a category is the collection of sets where the objects are sets and the morphisms are functions. Sometimes the composition ring is omitted. The use of capitals for objects and lower case letters for morphisms is widespread but not universal. Variables which refer to categories themselves are usually written in a script font. (1997-10-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Category 3 Institute standard for {UTP} cables. Used, e.g., for {100BaseVG} network cabling. (1998-06-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Category 5 for {UTP} cables. Used, e.g., for {100BaseTX} cabling. (1998-06-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Codd's reduction algorithm of the {relational calculus} to an equivalent expression of the {relational algebra}. This can be used as the basis of an implementation of the relational calculus. (1998-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
code grinder legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the {Real World} to implement payroll packages in {RPG} and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The {code grinder}'s milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a {hacker}, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, {brute force} and utter lack of imagination. Compare {card walloper}. Contrast {real programmer}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
C-odeScript programs. (1995-03-09) |