infinity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: infinity	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for infinity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infinity n time without end Synonym(s): eternity, infinity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinity \Infin"ity\, n.; pl. {Infinities}. [L. infinitas; pref. in- not + finis boundary, limit, end: cf. F. infinit[82]. See {Finite}.] 1. Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity. --Sir T. More. There can not be more infinities than one; for one of them would limit the other. --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
infinity n. 1. The largest value that can be represented in a particular type of variable (register, memory location, data type, whatever). 2. `minus infinity': The smallest such value, not necessarily or even usually the simple negation of plus infinity. In N-bit twos-complement arithmetic, infinity is 2^(N-1) - 1 but minus infinity is - (2^(N-1)), not -(2^(N-1) - 1). Note also that this is different from "time T equals minus infinity", which is closer to a mathematician's usage of infinity.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
infinity 1. The size of something {infinite}. Using the word in the context of sets is sloppy, since different {infinite set}s aren't necessarily the same size {cardinality} as each other. See also {aleph 0} 2. The largest value that can be represented in a particular type of variable ({register}, memory location, data type, whatever). See also {minus infinity}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-18)