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   ibn-Sina
         n 1: Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his
               interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas;
               writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years
               (980-1037) [syn: {Avicenna}, {ibn-Sina}, {Abu Ali al-Husain
               ibn Abdallah ibn Sina}]

English Dictionary: Ipomoea quamoclit by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ipomoea coccinea
n
  1. annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): red morning-glory, star ipomoea, Ipomoea coccinea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ipomoea quamoclit
n
  1. tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
    Synonym(s): cypress vine, star- glory, Indian pink, Ipomoea quamoclit, Quamoclit pennata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
n
  1. Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)
    Synonym(s): Turgenev, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ivins, UT (town, FIPS 38710)
      Location: 37.17487 N, 113.68454 W
      Population (1990): 1630 (545 housing units)
      Area: 20.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IBM compatible
  
      A computer which can use hardware and software
      designed for the {IBM PC} (or, less often, IBM {mainframes}).
  
      This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC {clone} but
      now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM {wintel} {personal
      computer} manufacturers such as {Compaq}, {Dell} and {Gateway
      2000} and OS vendor {Microsoft} having taken control of the
      market, marginalising IBM.
  
      (1998-07-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IBM Customer Engineer
  
      (CE) A hardware guy from {IBM}.
  
      [Are/were any CEs female?]
  
      (1998-07-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IBM Systems Engineer
  
      (SE) A software guy from {IBM}.
  
      [Are/were any SEs female?]
  
      (1998-07-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IP next generation
  
      {Internet Protocol Version 6}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   IPng
  
      {Internet Protocol Version 6}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Ivan Sutherland
  
      Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering
      contributions.   His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, {Sketchpad}, opened
      the field of computer graphics.   His 1966 work, with Sproull,
      on a head-mounted display anticipated today's {virtual
      reality} by 25 years.   He co-founded {Evans and Sutherland},
      which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators
      now in use.   As head of Computer Science Department of
      {Caltech} he helped make {integrated circuit} design an
      acceptable field of academic study.   Dr. Sutherland is on the
      boards of several small companies and is a member of the
      National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of
      Sciences, the {ACM} and {IEEE}.   He received the {ACM}'s
      {Turing Award} in 1988.   He is now Vice President and Fellow
      of {Sun Microsystems} Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  
      (1994-11-16)
  
  
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