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   Eadweard Muybridge
         n 1: United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his
               pictures of running horses taken with a series of still
               cameras (born in England) (1830-1904) [syn: {Muybridge},
               {Eadweard Muybridge}, {Edward James Muggeridge}]

English Dictionary: Edward Bouverie Pusey by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edouard Lemaitre
n
  1. Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
    Synonym(s): Lemaitre, Georges Henri Lemaitre, Edouard Lemaitre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edouard Manet
n
  1. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883)
    Synonym(s): Manet, Edouard Manet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edouard Vuillard
n
  1. French painter (1868-1940) [syn: Vuillard, {Edouard Vuillard}, Jean Edouard Vuillard]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eduard Buchner
n
  1. German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917)
    Synonym(s): Buchner, Eduard Buchner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward
n
  1. King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
  2. King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward
  3. King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VI
  4. King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward V
  5. King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward IV
  6. son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward III
  7. King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward II
  8. King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward I
  9. third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis
  10. son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Black Prince
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Albee
n
  1. United States dramatist (1928-) [syn: Albee, {Edward Albee}, Edward Franklin Albeen]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Antony Richard Louis
n
  1. third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) [syn: Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Appleton
n
  1. English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)
    Synonym(s): Appleton, Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Benjamin Britten
n
  1. major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
    Synonym(s): Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Bouverie Pusey
n
  1. English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
    Synonym(s): Pusey, Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Calvin Kendall
n
  1. United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
    Synonym(s): Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward D. White
n
  1. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
    Synonym(s): White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Douglas White Jr.
n
  1. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
    Synonym(s): White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Durell Stone
n
  1. United States architect (1902-1978) [syn: Stone, {Edward Durell Stone}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Estlin Cummings
n
  1. United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
    Synonym(s): cummings, e. e. cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Everett Hale
n
  1. prolific United States writer (1822-1909) [syn: Hale, Edward Everett Hale]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Fitzgerald
n
  1. English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
    Synonym(s): Fitzgerald, Edward Fitzgerald
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Franklin Albeen
n
  1. United States dramatist (1928-) [syn: Albee, {Edward Albee}, Edward Franklin Albeen]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward G. Robinson
n
  1. United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
    Synonym(s): Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
n
  1. English writer of historical romances (1803-1873) [syn: Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Gibbon
n
  1. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
    Synonym(s): Gibbon, Edward Gibbon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Goldenberg Robinson
n
  1. United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
    Synonym(s): Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Henry Harriman
n
  1. United States railway tycoon (1848-1909) [syn: Harriman, E. H. Harriman, Edward Henry Harriman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward I
n
  1. King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward I
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward II
n
  1. King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward II
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward III
n
  1. son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward III
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward IV
n
  1. King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward IV
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward James Hughes
n
  1. English poet (born in 1930) [syn: Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward James Muggeridge
n
  1. United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904)
    Synonym(s): Muybridge, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward James Muggeridge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Jean Steichen
n
  1. United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973)
    Synonym(s): Steichen, Edward Jean Steichen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Jenner
n
  1. English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)
    Synonym(s): Jenner, Edward Jenner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Kendall
n
  1. United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
    Synonym(s): Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Kennedy Ellington
n
  1. United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
    Synonym(s): Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Lawrie Tatum
n
  1. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
    Synonym(s): Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Lear
n
  1. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
    Synonym(s): Lear, Edward Lear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Lee Thorndike
n
  1. United States educational psychologist (1874-1949) [syn: Thorndike, Edward Lee Thorndike]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward MacDowell
n
  1. United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908)
    Synonym(s): MacDowell, Edward MacDowell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Morley
n
  1. United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
    Synonym(s): Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Osborne Wilson
n
  1. United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
    Synonym(s): Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Pusey
n
  1. English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
    Synonym(s): Pusey, Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward R. Murrow
n
  1. United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
    Synonym(s): Murrow, Edward R. Murrow, Edward Roscoe Murrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Roscoe Murrow
n
  1. United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
    Synonym(s): Murrow, Edward R. Murrow, Edward Roscoe Murrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Sapir
n
  1. anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)
    Synonym(s): Sapir, Edward Sapir
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Teach
n
  1. an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
    Synonym(s): Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Teller
n
  1. United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)
    Synonym(s): Teller, Edward Teller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Thatch
n
  1. an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
    Synonym(s): Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward the Confessor
n
  1. son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
    Synonym(s): Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward the Elder
n
  1. king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward the Martyr
n
  1. King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)
    Synonym(s): Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward V
n
  1. King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward V
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
n
  1. the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
    Synonym(s): Rickenbacker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward VI
n
  1. King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward VII
n
  1. King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward VIII
n
  1. King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
    Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Vincent Sullivan
n
  1. United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974)
    Synonym(s): Sullivan, Ed Sullivan, Edward Vincent Sullivan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Weston
n
  1. United States photographer(1886-1958) [syn: Weston, Edward Weston]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward White
n
  1. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
    Synonym(s): White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Williams Morley
n
  1. United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
    Synonym(s): Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Winslow
n
  1. English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)
    Synonym(s): Winslow, Edward Winslow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Wyllis Scripps
n
  1. United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
    Synonym(s): Scripps, Edward Wyllis Scripps
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edward Young
n
  1. English poet (1683-1765)
    Synonym(s): Young, Edward Young
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edwardian
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England; "Edwardian furniture"
n
  1. someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Edwards
n
  1. American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
    Synonym(s): Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eider duck
n
  1. duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
    Synonym(s): eider, eider duck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eiderdown
n
  1. a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
    Synonym(s): eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt
  2. down of the eider duck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peppermint \Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.]
      1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus {Mentha}
            ({M. piperita}), much used in medicine and confectionery.
  
      2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the
            fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence
            of peppermint) obtained from it.
  
      3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
  
      {Peppermint} camphor. (Chem.) Same as {Menthol}.
  
      {Peppermint tree} (Bot.), a name given to several Australian
            species of gum tree ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {E.
            piperita}, {E. odorata}, etc.) which have hard and durable
            wood, and yield an essential oil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to
      Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of sea duck of the genus {Somateria}, esp.
      {Somateria mollissima}, which breeds in the northern parts of
      Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
      from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
      also {eider duck}. The American eider ({S. Dresseri}), the
      king eider ({S. spectabilis}), and the spectacled eider
      ({Arctonetta Fischeri}) are related species.
  
      {Eider down}. [Cf. Icel. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n,
            Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
            as an article of luxury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to
      Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of sea duck of the genus {Somateria}, esp.
      {Somateria mollissima}, which breeds in the northern parts of
      Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
      from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
      also {eider duck}. The American eider ({S. Dresseri}), the
      king eider ({S. spectabilis}), and the spectacled eider
      ({Arctonetta Fischeri}) are related species.
  
      {Eider down}. [Cf. Icel. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n,
            Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
            as an article of luxury.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edward, NC
      Zip code(s): 27821

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edwards, IL
      Zip code(s): 61528
   Edwards, MO
      Zip code(s): 65326
   Edwards, MS (town, FIPS 21580)
      Location: 32.33231 N, 90.60472 W
      Population (1990): 1279 (464 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39066
   Edwards, NY (village, FIPS 23635)
      Location: 44.32360 N, 75.25328 W
      Population (1990): 487 (218 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13635

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edwards AFB, CA (CDP, FIPS 21600)
      Location: 34.90962 N, 117.93457 W
      Population (1990): 7423 (2107 housing units)
      Area: 38.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edwards County, IL (county, FIPS 47)
      Location: 38.41682 N, 88.05765 W
      Population (1990): 7440 (3260 housing units)
      Area: 575.9 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
   Edwards County, KS (county, FIPS 47)
      Location: 37.88348 N, 99.30407 W
      Population (1990): 3787 (1867 housing units)
      Area: 1611.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
   Edwards County, TX (county, FIPS 137)
      Location: 29.97123 N, 100.30035 W
      Population (1990): 2266 (1550 housing units)
      Area: 5490.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edwardsburg, MI (village, FIPS 25040)
      Location: 41.79675 N, 86.08349 W
      Population (1990): 1142 (488 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49112

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edwardsport, IN (town, FIPS 20458)
      Location: 38.81239 N, 87.25159 W
      Population (1990): 380 (185 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47528

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Edwardsville, AL (town, FIPS 23176)
      Location: 33.70668 N, 85.50984 W
      Population (1990): 118 (65 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Edwardsville, IL (city, FIPS 22697)
      Location: 38.79636 N, 89.96497 W
      Population (1990): 14579 (6109 housing units)
      Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62025
   Edwardsville, KS (city, FIPS 20000)
      Location: 39.07829 N, 94.81863 W
      Population (1990): 3979 (1520 housing units)
      Area: 23.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Edwardsville, PA (borough, FIPS 22672)
      Location: 41.26042 N, 75.90701 W
      Population (1990): 5399 (2553 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ethridge, TN (town, FIPS 24460)
      Location: 35.32115 N, 87.30229 W
      Population (1990): 565 (236 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38456

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Edward Lorenz
  
      A mathematical meteorologist who discovered the
      {Lorenz attractor} in the 1960s.
  
      (1996-01-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Edward Yourdon
  
      A {software engineering} consultant, widely known as
      the developer of the "{Yourdon method}" of structured systems
      analysis and design, as well as the co-developer of the
      Coad/Yourdon method of {object-oriented analysis} and design.
      He is also the editor of three software journals - American
      Programmer, Guerrilla Programmer, and Application Development
      Strategies - that analyse software technology trends and
      products in the United States and several other countries
      around the world.
  
      Ed Yourdon received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from {MIT},
      and has done graduate work at MIT and at the Polytechnic
      Institute of New York.   He has been appointed an Honorary
      Professor of {Information Technology} at Universidad CAECE in
      Buenos Aires, Argentina and has received numerous honors and
      awards from other universities and professional societies
      around the world.
  
      He has worked in the computer industry for 30 years, including
      positions with {DEC} and {General Electric}.   Earlier in his
      career, he worked on over 25 different {mainframe} computers,
      and was involved in a number of pioneering computer projects
      involving {time-sharing} and {virtual memory}.
  
      In 1974, he founded the consulting firm, {Yourdon, Inc.}.   He
      is currently immersed in research in new developments in
      software engineering, such as object-oriented software
      development and {system dynamics} modelling.
  
      Ed Yourdon is the author of over 200 technical articles; he
      has also written 19 computer books, including a novel on
      {computer crime} and a book for the general public entitled
      Nations At Risk.   His most recent books are Object-Oriented
      Systems Development (1994), Decline and Fall of the American
      Programmer (1992), Object-Oriented Design (1991), and
      Object-Oriented Analysis (1990).   Several of his books have
      been translated into Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish,
      Portugese, Dutch, French, German, and other languages, and his
      articles have appeared in virtually all of the major computer
      journals.
  
      He is a regular keynote speaker at major computer conferences
      around the world, and serves as the conference Chairman for
      Digital Consulting's SOFTWARE WORLD conference.   He was an
      advisor to Technology Transfer's research project on software
      industry opportunities in the former Soviet Union, and a
      member of the expert advisory panel on CASE acquisition for
      the U.S. Department of Defense.
  
      Mr. Yourdon was born on a small planet at the edge of one of
      the distant red-shifted galaxies.   He now lives in the Center
      of the Universe (New York City) with his wife, three children,
      and nine Macintosh computers, all of which are linked together
      through an Appletalk network.
  
      (1995-04-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   eta reduction
  
      See {eta conversion}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   EtherTalk
  
      An {Apple Computer} {network} {standard} used to
      extend an {AppleTalk} network across an {Ethernet} network.
  
      Compare {LocalTalk}.
  
      (1994-11-29)
  
  
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