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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Notopodium \[d8]No`to*po"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Notopodia}, {E}. {Notopodiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the back + [?], [?], the foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See {Parapodium}. | |
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d8Amt \[d8]Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.] An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway. Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
E \E\ ([emac]). 1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet. Note: It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph[d2]nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara. Note: The letter e has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in eve, me, and the short, as in end, best. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in m[be]ne, c[be]ne, m[emac]te, which without the final e would be pronounced m[acr]n, c[acr]n, m[ecr]t. After c and g, the final e indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as s and j; respectively, as in lace, rage. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 74-97. 2. (Mus.) E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E[flat] (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E. | |
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E- \E-\ A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See {Ex-}. | |
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Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf. {Medius}.] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean. The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection. --L'Estrange. (b) (Math.) See {Mean}. (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection. 2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted. Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried. --Bacon. I must bring together All these extremes; and must remove all mediums. --Denham. 3. An average. [R.] A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace. --Burke. 4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See {Paper}. 5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application. {Circulating medium}, a current medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes. {Ethereal medium} (Physics), the ether. {Medium of exchange}, that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current representatives of money. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Notopodium \[d8]No`to*po"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Notopodia}, {E}. {Notopodiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the back + [?], [?], the foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See {Parapodium}. | |
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d8Amt \[d8]Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.] An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway. Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
E \E\ ([emac]). 1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet. Note: It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph[d2]nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara. Note: The letter e has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in eve, me, and the short, as in end, best. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in m[be]ne, c[be]ne, m[emac]te, which without the final e would be pronounced m[acr]n, c[acr]n, m[ecr]t. After c and g, the final e indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as s and j; respectively, as in lace, rage. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 74-97. 2. (Mus.) E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E[flat] (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E. | |
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E- \E-\ A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See {Ex-}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf. {Medius}.] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean. The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection. --L'Estrange. (b) (Math.) See {Mean}. (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection. 2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted. Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried. --Bacon. I must bring together All these extremes; and must remove all mediums. --Denham. 3. An average. [R.] A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace. --Burke. 4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See {Paper}. 5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application. {Circulating medium}, a current medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes. {Ethereal medium} (Physics), the ether. {Medium of exchange}, that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current representatives of money. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Notopodium \[d8]No`to*po"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Notopodia}, {E}. {Notopodiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the back + [?], [?], the foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See {Parapodium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Amt \[d8]Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.] An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway. Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
E \E\ ([emac]). 1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet. Note: It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph[d2]nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara. Note: The letter e has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in eve, me, and the short, as in end, best. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in m[be]ne, c[be]ne, m[emac]te, which without the final e would be pronounced m[acr]n, c[acr]n, m[ecr]t. After c and g, the final e indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as s and j; respectively, as in lace, rage. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 74-97. 2. (Mus.) E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E[flat] (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E. | |
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E- \E-\ A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See {Ex-}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Medium \Me"di*um\, n.; pl. L. {Media}, {E}. {Mediums}. [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See {Mid}, and cf. {Medius}.] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean. The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection. --L'Estrange. (b) (Math.) See {Mean}. (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection. 2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted. Whether any other liquors, being made mediums, cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried. --Bacon. I must bring together All these extremes; and must remove all mediums. --Denham. 3. An average. [R.] A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace. --Burke. 4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See {Paper}. 5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application. {Circulating medium}, a current medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes. {Ethereal medium} (Physics), the ether. {Medium of exchange}, that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current representatives of money. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
-ee \-ee\ [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -[82], masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer. | |
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Eh \Eh\, interj. [OE. ei, ey.] An expression of inquiry or slight surprise. | |
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Ew \Ew\, n. [See {Yew}.] A yew. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Ewe \Ewe\, n. [AS. e[a2]wu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. [91]r, Goth. aw[c7][ed]i a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. [?], Skr. avi. [fb]231.] (Zo[94]l.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals. | |
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Ey \Ey\, n.; pl. {Eyren}. See {Egg}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Ey \Ey\, An interj. of wonder or inquiry. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. | |
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Ey \Ey\, n.[AS. [c6]g. Cf.{Eyot}.] An island. [Obs.] | |
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Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[ocr]t or [amac]t), n. [Ey (AS. [c6]g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [c6]geo[edh]. See {Island}, and cf. {Ait}.] A little island in a river or lake. See {Ait}. [Written also {ait}, {ayt}, {ey}, {eyet}, and {eyght}.] --Blackstone. | |
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Ey \Ey\, n.; pl. {Eyren}. See {Egg}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Ey \Ey\, An interj. of wonder or inquiry. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. | |
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Ey \Ey\, n.[AS. [c6]g. Cf.{Eyot}.] An island. [Obs.] | |
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Eyot \Ey"ot\ ([imac]"[ocr]t or [amac]t), n. [Ey (AS. [c6]g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. [c6]geo[edh]. See {Island}, and cf. {Ait}.] A little island in a river or lake. See {Ait}. [Written also {ait}, {ayt}, {ey}, {eyet}, and {eyght}.] --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eye \Eye\, n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See {Nye}.] (Zo[94]l.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eye \Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr. akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic}, {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.] 1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}. Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve. Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor. The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil, admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain. 2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque. 3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion. In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on. --Shak. 4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence. We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak. Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak. 5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak. Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage. --Addison. 6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone. 7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. [bd]The very eye of that proverb.[b8] --Shak. Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton. 8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.] Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle. {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe. {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. {Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. --Brande & C. {Eye animalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. {Eye doctor}, an oculist. {Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute. {Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun. [bd]So gently shuts the eye day.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld. {Eye of a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson. {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice. {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received and treated. {To have an eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to watch. [bd]Have an eye to Cinna.[b8] --Shak. {To keep an eye on}, to watch. {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of. {In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eye \Eye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eying [or] Eyeing}.] To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view. Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. --Milton. | |
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Eye \Eye\, v. i. To appear; to look. [Obs.] My becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you. --Shak. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
EOU /E-O-U/ n. The mnemonic of a mythical ASCII control character (End Of User) that would make an ASR-33 Teletype explode on receipt. This construction parodies the numerous obscure delimiter and control characters left in ASCII from the days when it was associated more with wire-service teletypes than computers (e.g., FS, GS, RS, US, EM, SUB, ETX, and esp. EOT). It is worth remembering that ASR-33s were big, noisy mechanical beasts with a lot of clattering parts; the notion that one might explode was nowhere near as ridiculous as it might seem to someone sitting in front of a {tube} or flatscreen today. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
E 1. An extension of {C++} with {database} types and {persistent} {object}s. E is a powerful and flexible {procedural} programming language. It is used in the {Exodus} database system. See also {GNU E}. {(ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/exodus/E/)}. ["Persistence in the E Language: Issues and Implementation", J.E. Richardson et al, Soft Prac & Exp 19(12):1115-1150 (Dec 1989)]. 2. Oortmerssen with {semantics} similar to {C}. E features lists, low-level {polymorphism}, {exception} handling, quoted expressions, {pattern matching} and {object} {inheritance}. {Amiga E} is a version for the {Amiga}. (1999-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
E1 transmission of 32 {DS0} (64 kb/s) data streams. By extension, it can also denote the transmission rate required (2.048 Mb/s = 2048 kb/s). Unlike {DS1} it is free of {bit-robbing}. (2002-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
E2 transmission of four multiplexed {E1} data streams, resulting in a transmission rate of 8.448 Mb/s (= 8448 kb/s). (2002-03-22) | |
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E3 transmission of 16 multiplexed {E1} data streams, resulting in a transmission rate of 34.368 Mb/s (= 34,368 kb/s). (2002-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
E4 transmission of 64 multiplexed {E1} data streams, resulting in a transmission rate of 139.264 Mb/s (= 139,264 kb/s). (2002-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
E5 transmission of 256 multiplexed {E1} data streams, resulting in a transmission rate of 565.148 Mbps (= 565,148 kb/s). (2002-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EAI {Enterprise Application Integration} | |
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Eh /A/. Software Portability Group, U Waterloo. A typeless language derived from (and similar to) B. Provides guaranteed order of evaluation for side effects in expressions. Also character indexing operators. See also {Zed}. ["Eh Reference Manual", R.S.C. Braga, RR CS-76-45, U Waterloo, Nov 1976]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Eh /A/. Software Portability Group, U Waterloo. A typeless language derived from (and similar to) B. Provides guaranteed order of evaluation for side effects in expressions. Also character indexing operators. See also {Zed}. ["Eh Reference Manual", R.S.C. Braga, RR CS-76-45, U Waterloo, Nov 1976]. | |
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EIA {Electronics Industry Association} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EIA-232 {asynchronous} {serial line} {standard}. EIA-232 is the {EIA} equivalent of {ITU-T} {V.24}, and {V.28}. EIA-232 specifies the {gender} and pin use of connectors, but not their physical type. {RS-423} specifies the electrical signals. 25-way {D-type} connectors are common but often only three wires are connected - one ground (pin 7) and one for data in each direction. The other pins are primarily related to {hardware handshaking} between sender and receiver and to {carrier detection} on {modems}, inoperative circuits, busy conditions etc. The standard classifies equipment as either {Data Communications Equipment} (DCE) or {Data Terminal Equipment} (DTE). DTE receives data on pin 3 and transmits on pin 2 (TD). A DCE EIA-232 interface has a female connector. DCE receives data from DTE on pin 2 (TD) and sends that data out the analog line. Data received from the analog line is sent by the DCE on pin 3(RD). Originally DCE was a modem and DTE was a computer or terminal. The terminal or computer was connected (via EIA-232) to two modems, which were connected via a telephone line. The above arrangement allows a computer or terminal to be connected to a modem with a straight-through (2-2, 3-3) cable. It is common, however, to find equipment with the wrong sex connector or with pins two and three reversed, requiring the insertion of a cable or adaptor wired as a {gender mender} or {null modem}. Such an adaptor is also required when connecting a computer directly to a terminal or to another computer without the use of modems. (1999-12-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EIA-422 {serial line} {standard} which specifies 4-wire, {full-duplex}, {differential line}, {multi-drop} communications. The mechanical connections for this interface are specified by {EIA-449}. The maximum cable length is 1200m. Maximum data rates are 10Mbps at 1.2m or 100Kbps at 1200m. EIA-422 cannot implement a truly multi-point communications network (such as with {EIA-485}), although only one driver can be connected to up to ten receivers. The best use of EIA-422 is probably in {EIA-232} extension cords. {Comparing EIA-422, 423, 449 to RS-232-C (http://www.rad.com/networks/1995/rs232/rs449.htm)}. {Details on RS-232, 422, 423 and 485 (http://www.rs485.com/rs485spec.html)}. (2002-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EIA-423 {serial line} {standard} which specifies {single ended} communication. The mechanical connections for this interface are specified by {EIA-449}. Although it was originally intented as a successor of {EIA-232} it is not widely used. The {EIA-232} standard has its limits at 20kbps and 1.5m. EIA-423 can have a cable lenght of 1200m, and achieve a data rate of 100Kbps. When no data is being transmitted, the serial line is at a logical zero (+3 to +15 Volts). A logical one is represented as a signal level of -15 to -3 Volts. In practise, one often finds signals which switch between nominally +4.5 and +0.5 Volts. Such signals are large by modern standards, and because the impedance of the circuits is relatively high, the allowable bit rate is modest. The data is preceded by a start bit which is always a logical one. There may be seven or eight bits of data, possibly followed by an even or odd parity bit and one or two stop bits. A "break" condition is a continuous logical one on the line which is what would be observed if nothing was connected. {Comparing EIA-422, 423, 449 to RS-232-C (http://www.rad.com/networks/1995/rs232/rs449.htm)}. {Details on RS-232, 422, 423 and 485 (http://www.rs485.com/rs485spec.html)}. (2002-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EIA-449 {standard} for a 37-pin or 9-pin {D-type} connector (functional- and mechanical characteristics), usually used with {EIA-422} or {EIA-423} electrical specifications. (2002-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EIA-485 {serial line} {standard} which specifies 2-wire, {half-duplex}, {differential line}, {multi-point} communications. Maximum cable length is 1200m. Maximum data rates are 10Mbps at 1.2m or 100Kbps at 1200m. EIA-485 can implement a truly multi-point communications network, and specifies up to 32 drivers and 32 receivers on a single (2-wire) bus. {Differential SCSI} uses EIA-485. {Details on RS-232, 422, 423, and 485 (http://www.rs485.com/rs485spec.html)}. (2003-04-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EIA-530 {serial line} {standard} which specifies {differential line} and {singe ended} communications. Combining {EIA-422} and {EIA-423}, and defining a 25-pin connector for mechanical connections, this standard serves as a complement to {EIA-232} for high(er) speed data transmissions. (2002-10-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EOU character (End Of User) that would make an {ASR-33} {Teletype} explode on receipt. This construction parodies the numerous obscure {delimiter} and control characters left in ASCII from the days when it was associated more with wire-service teletypes than computers (e.g. {FS}, {GS}, {RS}, {US}, {EM}, {SUB}, {ETX}, and especially {EOT}). It is worth remembering that ASR-33s were big, noisy mechanical beasts with a lot of clattering parts; the notion that one might explode was nowhere near as ridiculous as it might seem to someone sitting in front of a {tube} or flatscreen today. [{Jargon File}] (1996-06-29) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Eye (Heb. 'ain, meaning "flowing"), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V., "appearance," marg. "eye"); (3) the face (Ex. 10:5, 15; Num. 22:5, 11), in Num. 14:14, "face to face" (R.V. marg., "eye to eye"). "Between the eyes", i.e., the forehead (Ex. 13:9, 16). The expression (Prov. 23:31), "when it giveth his colour in the cup," is literally, "when it giveth out [or showeth] its eye." The beads or bubbles of wine are thus spoken of. "To set the eyes" on any one is to view him with favour (Gen. 44:21; Job 24:23; Jer. 39:12). This word is used figuratively in the expressions an "evil eye" (Matt. 20:15), a "bountiful eye" (Prov. 22:9), "haughty eyes" (6:17 marg.), "wanton eyes" (Isa. 3:16), "eyes full of adultery" (2 Pet. 2:14), "the lust of the eyes" (1 John 2:16). Christians are warned against "eye-service" (Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22). Men were sometimes punished by having their eyes put out (1 Sam. 11:2; Samson, Judg. 16:21; Zedekiah, 2 Kings 25:7). The custom of painting the eyes is alluded to in 2 Kings 9:30, R.V.; Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40, a custom which still prevails extensively among Eastern women. |