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   Killarney fern
         n 1: large stout fern of extreme western Europe [syn: {Killarney
               fern}, {Trichomanes speciosum}]

English Dictionary: kalauermig by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kolarian \Ko*la"ri*an\, n. (Ethnol.)
      An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants
      which survive in Hindostan. -- a. Of or pertaining to the
      Kolarians.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   killer micro n.   [popularized by Eugene Brooks] A
   microprocessor-based machine that infringes on mini, mainframe, or
   supercomputer performance turf.   Often heard in "No one will survive
   the attack of the killer micros!", the battle cry of the downsizers.
   Used esp. of RISC architectures.
  
      The popularity of the phrase `attack of the killer micros' is
   doubtless reinforced by the title of the movie "Attack Of The Killer
   Tomatoes" (one of the {canonical} examples of so-bad-it's-wonderful
   among hackers).   This has even more {flavor} now that killer micros
   have gone on the offensive not just individually (in workstations)
   but in hordes (within massively parallel computers).
  
      [1996 update: Eugene Brooks was right.   Since this term first
   entered the Jargon File in 1990, the minicomputer has effectively
   vanished, the {mainframe} sector is in deep and apparently terminal
   decline (with IBM but a shadow of its former self), and even the
   supercomputer business has contracted into a smaller niche.   It's
   networked killer micros as far as the eye can see.   --ESR]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   killer micro
  
      [Popularised by Eugene Brooks] A {microprocessor}-based
      machine that infringes on mini, mainframe, or supercomputer
      performance turf.   Often heard in "No one will survive the
      attack of the killer micros!", the battle cry of the
      downsizers.   Used especially of {RISC} architectures.
  
      The popularity of the phrase "attack of the killer micros" is
      doubtless reinforced by the movie title "Attack Of The Killer
      Tomatoes" (one of the {canonical} examples of
      so-bad-it's-wonderful among hackers).   This has even more
      flavour now that killer micros have gone on the offensive not
      just individually (in workstations) but in hordes (within
      {massively parallel computer}s).
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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