a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States Synonym(s):Palau, Republic of Palau, TT
a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 Synonym(s):Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: