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d1iliad \[d1]*il"iad\, d8d1illade \[d8][d1]il"lade`\, n. [F. [d2]illade, fr. [d2]el eye. See {Eyelent}.] A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.] She gave strange [d2]illades and most speaking looks. --Shak. | |
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d1let \[d1]"let\, n. [See {Eyelet}.] An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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d890lite \[d8][90]`lite"\ ([amac]`l[emac]t"), n. See {Army organization}, Switzerland. | |
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d890lite \[d8][90]`lite"\, n. [F., fr. [82]lire to choose, L. eligere. See {Elect}.] A choice or select body; the flower; as, the [82]lite of society. | |
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d8Alouatte \[d8]Al`ou*atte"\, n. [Of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See {Howler, 2}. | |
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d8Alth91a \[d8]Al*th[91]"a\, d8Althea \[d8]Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}) of the Mallow family. | |
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d8Alth91a \[d8]Al*th[91]"a\, d8Althea \[d8]Al*the"a\, n. [althaea, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}) of the Mallow family. | |
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d1iliad \[d1]*il"iad\, d8d1illade \[d8][d1]il"lade`\, n. [F. [d2]illade, fr. [d2]el eye. See {Eyelent}.] A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.] She gave strange [d2]illades and most speaking looks. --Shak. | |
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d8Lied \[d8]Lied\ (l[emac]t), n.; pl. {Lieder} (l[emac]"d[etil]r). [G.] (Mus.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national. The German Lied is perhaps the most faithful reflection of the national sentiment. --Grove. | |
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d8Loutou \[d8]Lou*tou"\, n. [Native names.] (Zo[94]l.) A crested black monkey ({Semnopithecus maurus}) of Java. | |
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d8Lytta \[d8]Lyt"ta\ (l[icr]t"t[adot]), n.; pl. {Lytt[91]} (-t[emac]). [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. ly`tta, ly`ssa, lit., madness.] (Anat.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog. | |
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d8Tallith \[d8]Tal"lith\, n. [NHeb. tall[c6]th.] (Jewish Costume) (a) An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners. (b) A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer. | |
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d8Tilde \[d8]Til"de\, n. [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, sign. See {Title}, n.] The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, [a4], [ltil]], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y. | |
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Dally \Dal"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dallied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dallying}.] [OE. [?]alien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.] 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. --Calamy. We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. --Barrow. 2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak. Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak. | |
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Deal \Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dealt} (d[ecr]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dealing}.] [OE. delen, AS. d[aemac]lan, fr. d[aemac]l share; akin to OS. d[emac]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See {Deal}, n.] 1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? --Is. lviii. 7. And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. --Tickell. The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. --Gay. Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. --Dryden. 2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack. | |
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Dealth \Dealth\, n. Share dealt. [Obs.] | |
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Delate \De*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delating}.] [L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See {Tolerate}, and cf. 3d {Defer}, {Delay}, v.] [Obs. or Archaic] 1. To carry; to convey. Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. --Bacon. 2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. When the crime is delated or notorious. --Jer. Taylor. 3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. --Bp. Burnet. 4. To carry on; to conduct. --Warner. | |
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Delate \De*late"\, v. i. To dilate. [Obs.] --Goodwin. | |
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Delay \De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d[82]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. My lord delayeth his coming. --Matt. xxiv. 48. 2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.] The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey. | |
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Dele \De"le\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deleing}.] [From the preceding word.] (Print.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission. | |
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Delete \De*lete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deleting}.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st {Dele}.] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. --Aytoun. | |
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Delit \De*lit"\, n. Delight. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Delta \Del"ta\, n. 1. The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ([DELTA] [delta]), answering to {D}. Hence, an object having the shape of the capital [DELTA]. 2. (Elec.) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc. | |
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Delta \Del"ta\, n.; pl. {Deltas}. [Gr. de`lta, the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of which is [DELTA], Eng. D), from the Ph[d2]nician name of the corresponding letter. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the Delta of the Nile.] A tract of land shaped like the letter delta ([DELTA]), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. | |
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Delude \De*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deluding}.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See {Ludicrous}.] 1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of. To delude the nation by an airy phantom. --Burke. 2. To frustrate or disappoint. It deludes thy search. --Dryden. Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See {Deceive}. | |
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Dial \Di"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dialed}or {Dialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dialing} or {Dialling}.] 1. To measure with a dial. Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. --Talfourd. 2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. --Raymond. | |
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Dial \Di"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dialed}or {Dialled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dialing} or {Dialling}.] 1. To measure with a dial. Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. --Talfourd. 2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. --Raymond. | |
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Dilate \Di*late"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dilating}.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear (see {Latitude}); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differre to separate (see {Delay}, {Tolerate}, {Differ}, and cf. {Dilatory}): cf. F. dilater.] 1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to {contract}; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat. 2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.] Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now. --Shak. Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify; expatiate. | |
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Dilate \Di*late"\, v. i. 1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions. His heart dilates and glories in his strength. --Addison. 2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon. But still on their ancient joys dilate. --Crabbe. | |
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Dilate \Di*late"\, a. Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Dildo \Dil"do\, n. A burden in popular songs. [Obs.] Delicate burthens of dildos and fadings. --Shak. | |
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Dildo \Dil"do\, n. (Bot.) A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies ({Cereus Swartzii}). | |
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Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diluting}.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See {Lave}, and cf. {Deluge}.] 1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. --Blackmore. 2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I. Newton. | |
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Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily. | |
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Dilute \Di*lute"\, a. [L. dilutus, p. p.] Diluted; thin; weak. A dilute and waterish exposition. --Hopkins. | |
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Dole \Dole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doling}.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. --De Quincey. | |
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Dolt \Dolt\, n. [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See {Dull}.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard. This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. --Drayton. | |
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Dolt \Dolt\, v. i. To behave foolishly. [Obs.] | |
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Dowel \Dow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doweled}[or] {Dowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doweling} or {Dowelling}.] To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask. | |
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Dowel \Dow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doweled}[or] {Dowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doweling} or {Dowelling}.] To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask. | |
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Duality \Du"al"i*ty\, n. [L. dualitas: cf. F. dualit[82].] The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage. | |
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Dull-eyed \Dull"-eyed`\, a. Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. --Shak. | |
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Dullhead \Dull"head`\, n. A blockhead; a dolt. --Ascham. | |
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Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted into {Dwelt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]le to linger, and to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.] 1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.] 2. To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. --Wordsworth. 3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. --Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J. Smith. {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --Shak. {To dwell on} [or] {upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster. Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. | |
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Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted into {Dwelt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]le to linger, and to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.] 1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.] 2. To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. --Wordsworth. 3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. --Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J. Smith. {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --Shak. {To dwell on} [or] {upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster. Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. | |
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Dwelt \Dwelt\, imp. & p. p. of {Dwell}. | |
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Dellwood, MN (city, FIPS 15616) Location: 45.10208 N, 92.96644 W Population (1990): 887 (322 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Dellwood, MO (city, FIPS 19018) Location: 38.75520 N, 90.27768 W Population (1990): 5245 (2009 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Deloit, IA (city, FIPS 19765) Location: 42.09721 N, 95.31753 W Population (1990): 296 (126 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51441 | |
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Delta, AL Zip code(s): 36258 Delta, CO (city, FIPS 19850) Location: 38.74477 N, 108.07369 W Population (1990): 3789 (1842 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81416 Delta, IA (city, FIPS 19855) Location: 41.32307 N, 92.32945 W Population (1990): 409 (198 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52550 Delta, KY Zip code(s): 42613 Delta, LA (village, FIPS 20330) Location: 32.32384 N, 90.92323 W Population (1990): 234 (104 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Delta, MO (city, FIPS 19072) Location: 37.19816 N, 89.73703 W Population (1990): 450 (184 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63744 Delta, OH (village, FIPS 21616) Location: 41.57412 N, 84.00253 W Population (1990): 2849 (1107 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43515 Delta, PA (borough, FIPS 18800) Location: 39.72605 N, 76.32774 W Population (1990): 761 (305 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17314 Delta, UT (city, FIPS 18910) Location: 39.35329 N, 112.56566 W Population (1990): 2998 (1012 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84624 Delta, WI Zip code(s): 54856 | |
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Duluth, GA (city, FIPS 24600) Location: 34.00469 N, 84.15322 W Population (1990): 9029 (3930 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30136 Duluth, KS Zip code(s): 66521 Duluth, MN (city, FIPS 17000) Location: 46.78102 N, 92.11798 W Population (1990): 85493 (36022 housing units) Area: 175.1 sq km (land), 50.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55801, 55802, 55803, 55804, 55805, 55806, 55807, 55808, 55812 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
delta n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.) 2. [Unix] A {diff}, especially a {diff} stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System). 3. n. A small quantity, but not as small as {epsilon}. The jargon usage of {delta} and {epsilon} stems from the traditional use of these letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in `epsilon-delta' proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus). The term {delta} is often used, once {epsilon} has been mentioned, to mean a quantity that is slightly bigger than {epsilon} but still very small. "The cost isn't epsilon, but it's delta" means that the cost isn't totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include `within delta of --', `within epsilon of --': that is, `close to' and `even closer to'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
delete 1. inaccessible. Usually this operation only deletes information from the tables the {file system} uses to locate named files; the file's contents still exist on {disk} and can sometimes be recovered by scanning the whole disk for strings which are known to have been in the file. Files created subsequently on the same disk are quite likely to reuse the same blocks and thus overwrite the deleted file's data permanently. 2. Usually entering this character from the keyboard deletes the last character typed from the {input buffer}. Sadly there is great confusion between {operating systems} and keyboard manufacturers as to whether this function should be assigned to the delete or {backspace} key/character. The choice of code 127 (binary 1111111) is not arbitrary but dates back to the use of {paper tape} for input. The delete key rewound the tape by one character and punched out all seven holes, thus obliterating whatever character was there before. The tape reading software ignored any delete characters in the input. (1996-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Delta 1. An expression-based language developed by J.C. Cleaveland in 1978. 2. A string-processing language with single-character commands from {Tandem Computers}. 3. A language for system specification of simulation execution. ["System Description and the DELTA Language", E. Holback-Hansen et al, DELTA Proj Rep 4, Norweg Comput Ctr, Feb 1977]. 4. A {COBOL} generating language produced by {Delta Software Entwicklung GmbH (http://www.delta-software.de/)}. (2000-08-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
delta 1. A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.) 2. [Unix] A {diff}, especially a {diff} stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System). See {change management}. 3. A small quantity, but not as small as {epsilon}. The jargon usage of {delta} and {epsilon} stems from the traditional use of these letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in "epsilon-delta" proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus). The term {delta} is often used, once {epsilon} has been mentioned, to mean a quantity that is slightly bigger than {epsilon} but still very small. "The cost isn't epsilon, but it's delta" means that the cost isn't totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include "within delta of ---", "within epsilon of ---": that is, "close to" and "even closer to". [{Jargon File}] (2000-08-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Delta 1. An expression-based language developed by J.C. Cleaveland in 1978. 2. A string-processing language with single-character commands from {Tandem Computers}. 3. A language for system specification of simulation execution. ["System Description and the DELTA Language", E. Holback-Hansen et al, DELTA Proj Rep 4, Norweg Comput Ctr, Feb 1977]. 4. A {COBOL} generating language produced by {Delta Software Entwicklung GmbH (http://www.delta-software.de/)}. (2000-08-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
delta 1. A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.) 2. [Unix] A {diff}, especially a {diff} stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System). See {change management}. 3. A small quantity, but not as small as {epsilon}. The jargon usage of {delta} and {epsilon} stems from the traditional use of these letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in "epsilon-delta" proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus). The term {delta} is often used, once {epsilon} has been mentioned, to mean a quantity that is slightly bigger than {epsilon} but still very small. "The cost isn't epsilon, but it's delta" means that the cost isn't totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include "within delta of ---", "within epsilon of ---": that is, "close to" and "even closer to". [{Jargon File}] (2000-08-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Delta-4 Definition and Design of an open Dependable Distributed system architecture. An Esprit project investigating the achievement of dependability in open distributed systems, including real-time systems. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DLT {Digital Linear Tape} |