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De - Pt| English Dictionary: dinosaur | by the DICT Development Group |
| 5 results for dinosaur | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. [?] terrible + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and {deinosaurian}.] | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495) Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81610 | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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dinosaur n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare {big iron}; see also {mainframe}. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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dinosaur 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old {minicomputer}s and {mainframe}s, in contrast with newer {microprocessor}-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, {Bill Joy} compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive {IBM} display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare {big iron}; see also {dinosaurs mating}. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}. [{Jargon File}] | |
