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   Padova
         n 1: a city in Veneto [syn: {Padua}, {Padova}, {Patavium}]

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paid-up
adj
  1. paid in advance; "paid-up insurance"; "paid-up members"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
photo op
n
  1. an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed
    Synonym(s): photo opportunity, photo op
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pot-au-feu
n
  1. traditional French stew of vegetables and beef
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potboy
n
  1. a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
    Synonym(s): potboy, potman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potpie
n
  1. deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put off
v
  1. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
  2. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
    Synonym(s): turn off, put off
  3. take away the enthusiasm of
    Synonym(s): dishearten, put off
    Antonym(s): cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate
  4. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
    Synonym(s): confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
  5. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
    Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put up
v
  1. place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
    Synonym(s): post, put up
  2. mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
    Synonym(s): put up, provide, offer
  3. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
    Antonym(s): dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
  4. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
    Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
  5. make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"
  6. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
    Synonym(s): can, tin, put up
  7. provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
    Synonym(s): house, put up, domiciliate
  8. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
    Synonym(s): put up, contribute
  9. propose as a candidate for some honor
    Synonym(s): nominate, put up, put forward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put-up
adj
  1. planned secretly; "it was a put-up job"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putoff
n
  1. a pretext for delay or inaction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or
      OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. The
      final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf.
      {Pease}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of
            many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
            papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
            popularly called a pod.
  
      Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
               the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
               nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
               is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
               dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
               form peas being used in both senses.
  
      2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
            seed of several leguminous plants (species of {Dolichos},
            {Cicer}, {Abrus}, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
            of a different color from the rest of the seed.
  
      Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
               less closely related to the common pea. See the
               Phrases, below.
  
      {Beach pea} (Bot.), a seashore plant, {Lathyrus maritimus}.
           
  
      {Black-eyed pea}, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
            sph[91]rospermus} and its seed.
  
      {Butterfly pea}, the American plant {Clitoria Mariana},
            having showy blossoms.
  
      {Chick pea}. See {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Egyptian pea}. Same as {Chick-pea}.
  
      {Everlasting pea}. See under {Everlasting}.
  
      {Glory pea}. See under {Glory}, n.
  
      {Hoary pea}, any plant of the genus {Tephrosia}; goat's rue.
           
  
      {Issue pea}, {Orris pea}. (Med.) See under {Issue}, and
            {Orris}.
  
      {Milk pea}. (Bot.) See under {Milk}.
  
      {Pea berry}, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
            single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
            adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
  
      {Pea bug}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pea weevil}.
  
      {Pea coal}, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
  
      {Pea crab} (Zo[94]l.), any small crab of the genus
            {Pinnotheres}, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
            the European species ({P. pisum}) which lives in the
            common mussel and the cockle.
  
      {Pea dove} (Zo[94]l.), the American ground dove.
  
      {Pea-flower tribe} (Bot.), a suborder ({Papilionace[91]}) of
            leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
            the pea. --G. Bentham.
  
      {Pea maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a European moth
            ({Tortrix pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
  
      {Pea ore} (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
            round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
  
      {Pea starch}, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
            sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
           
  
      {Pea tree} (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
            the genus {Caragana}, natives of Siberia and China.
  
      {Pea vine}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any plant which bears peas.
            (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
                  ({Lathyrus Americana}, and other similar species).
  
      {Pea weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil ({Bruchus pisi})
            which destroys peas by eating out the interior.
  
      {Pigeon pea}. (Bot.) See {Pigeon pea}.
  
      {Sweet pea} (Bot.), the annual plant {Lathyrus odoratus};
            also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis
            ph[d2]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and
            {ph[d2]be}.
  
      2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar
            to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phd2be \Ph[d2]"be\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The pewee, or pewit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis
            ph[d2]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and
            {ph[d2]be}.
  
      2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar
            to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phd2be \Ph[d2]"be\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The pewee, or pewit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potboy \Pot"boy`\, n.
      A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a
      public house.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potpie \Pot"pie`\, n.
      A meat pie which is boiled instead of being baked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Put-off \Put"-off`\ (?; 115), n.
      A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.
      --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Put-up \Put"-up\, a.
      Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
      [Colloq.]

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   PDP-10 n.   [Programmed Data Processor model 10] The machine
   that made timesharing real.   It looms large in hacker folklore
   because of its adoption in the mid-1970s by many university
   computing facilities and research labs, including the MIT AI Lab,
   Stanford, and CMU.   Some aspects of the instruction set (most
   notably the bit-field instructions) are still considered
   unsurpassed.   The 10 was eventually eclipsed by the VAX machines
   (descendants of the PDP-11) when {DEC} recognized that the 10 and
   VAX product lines were competing with each other and decided to
   concentrate its software development effort on the more profitable
   VAX.   The machine was finally dropped from DEC's line in 1983,
   following the failure of the Jupiter Project at DEC to build a
   viable new model.   (Some attempts by other companies to market
   clones came to nothing; see {Foonly} and {Mars}.)   This event
   spelled the doom of {{ITS}} and the technical cultures that had
   spawned the original Jargon File, but by mid-1991 it had become
   something of a badge of honorable old-timerhood among hackers to
   have cut one's teeth on a PDP-10.   See {{TOPS-10}}, {{ITS}}, {BLT},
   {DDT}, {DPB}, {EXCH}, {HAKMEM}, {LDB}, {pop}, {push}.   See also
   `http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/'.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   PDP-20 n.   The most famous computer that never was.   {PDP-10}
   computers running the {{TOPS-10}} operating system were labeled
   `DECsystem-10' as a way of differentiating them from the PDP-11.
   Later on, those systems running {TOPS-20} were labeled
   `DECSYSTEM-20' (the block capitals being the result of a lawsuit
   brought against DEC by Singer, which once made a computer called
   `system-10'), but contrary to popular lore there was never a
   `PDP-20'; the only difference between a 10 and a 20 was the
   operating system and the color of the paint.   Most (but not all)
   machines sold to run TOPS-10 were painted `Basil Blue', whereas most
   TOPS-20 machines were painted `Chinese Red' (often mistakenly called
   orange).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDF
  
      {Portable Document Format}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDP
  
      {Programmed Data Processor}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDP-10
  
      Programmed Data Processor model 10.
  
      The series of {mainframes} from {DEC} that made {time-sharing}
      real.   It looms large in hacker folklore because of its
      adoption in the mid-1970s by many university computing
      facilities and research labs, including the {MIT} {AI Lab},
      {Stanford}, and {CMU}.   Some aspects of the {instruction set}
      (most notably the bit-field instructions) are still considered
      unsurpassed.
  
      The PDP-10 was eventually eclipsed by the {VAX} machines
      (descendants of the {PDP-11}) when DEC recognised that the
      PDP-10 and VAX product lines were competing with each other
      and decided to concentrate its software development effort on
      the more profitable VAX.   The machine was finally dropped from
      DEC's line in 1983, following the failure of the {Jupiter}
      Project at DEC to build a viable new model.   (Some attempts by
      other companies to market clones came to nothing; see {Foonly}
      and {Mars}.)   This event spelled the doom of {ITS} and the
      technical cultures that had spawned the original {Jargon
      File}, but by mid-1991 it had become something of a badge of
      honourable old-timerhood among hackers to have cut one's teeth
      on a PDP-10.
  
      See {TOPS-10}, {AOS}, {BLT}, {DDT}, {DPB}, {EXCH}, {HAKMEM},
      {JFCL}, {LDB}, {pop}, {push}.
  
      {news:alt.sys.pdp10}
  
      [Was the PDP-10 a mini or a mainframe?]
  
      (2001-01-05)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDP-11
  
      Programmed Data Processor model 11.
  
      A series of {minicomputer}s based on an {instruction set}
      designed by C. Gordon Bell at {DEC} in the early 1970s (late
      60s?).   The PDP-11 family, which came after, but was not
      derived from, the {PDP-10}, was the most successful computer
      of its time until it was itself succeeded by the {VAX}.
  
      Models included the 11/23 and 11/24 (based on the F11
      chipset); 11/44, 11/04, 11/34, 11/05, 11/10, 11/15, 11/20,
      11/35, 11/40, 11/45, 11/70, 11/60 ({MSI} and {SSI}); LSI-11/2
      and LSI-11 (LSI-11 chipset).   In addition there were the 11/8x
      (J11 chipset) and SBC-11/21 (T11 chip) and then there was
      compatibility mode in the early {VAX} processors.
  
      The {B} and {C} languages were both used initially to
      implement {Unix} on the PDP-11.   The {microprocessor} design
      tradition owes a heavy debt to the PDP-11 {instruction set}.
  
      See also {SEX}.
  
      (1994-12-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDP-20
  
      The most famous computer that never was.   {PDP-10} computers
      running the {TOPS-10} operating system were labelled
      "DECsystem-10" as a way of differentiating them from the
      {PDP-11}.   Later on, those systems running {TOPS-20} were
      labelled "DECSYSTEM-20" (the block capitals being the result
      of a lawsuit brought against DEC by Singer, which once made a
      computer called "system-10"), but contrary to popular lore
      there was never a "PDP-20"; the only difference between a 10
      and a 20 was the {operating system} and the colour of the
      paint.   Most (but not all) machines sold to run {TOPS-10} were
      painted "Basil Blue", whereas most TOPS-20 machines were
      painted "Chinese Red" (often mistakenly called orange).
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-12-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDP-6
  
      Programmed Data Processor model 6.   A computer
      designed around 1960 with more or less exactly the same
      hardware architecture as the {PDP-10}.   It already had
      multi-user {time sharing} and {batch processing} and
      multi-level priority {interrupts}
  
      (1996-12-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PDP-7
  
      A minicomputer sold by DEC in 1964.   It had a
      memory cycle time of 1.75 microseconds and add time of 4
      microseconds.   I/O included a keyboard, printer, {paper-tape}
      and dual transport DECtape drives (type 555).
  
      DEC provided an "advanced" {Fortran II} {compiler}, a Symbolic
      {Assembler}, Editor, {DDT} Debugging System, Maintenance
      routines and a library of arithmetic, utility and programming
      aids developed on the program-compatible {PDP-4}.
  
      [DEC sales brochure].
  
      The PDP-7 was considered reliable enough (when properly
      programmed) to be used for control of nuclear reactors and
      such.
  
      Around 1970 {Ken Thompson} built the {operating system} that
      became {Unix} on a scavenged {PDP-7} so he could play a
      descendant of the {SPACEWAR} game.
  
      (1995-03-10)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PPTP
  
      {Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PTF
  
      {Program Temporary Fix}
  
  
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