mantis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mantis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mantis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mantis n predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer Synonym(s): mantis, mantid
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MANTIS A structured, full-function procedural {4GL} and application development system from {Cincom}. MANTIS enables the developer to design prototypes, create transaction screens and reports, define logical data views, write structured procedures, and dynamically test, correct, document, secure, and release applications for production in a single, integrated, interactive session. MANTIS applications can be enhanced with gOOi, the graphical object-oriented interface, which creates graphical Windows representations of existing MANTIS screens. {Home (http://www.cincom.com/products/mantis/)}. (2003-08-08)