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Hachiman
n 1: a Shinto god of war

English Dictionary: Housman	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hageman factor n coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood Synonym(s): Hageman factor, factor XII
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hausmannite n a mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide; a source of manganese
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hegemon n a leading or paramount power
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hegemony n the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"; "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"; "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system"
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high noon n the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, {high noon}, midday, noonday, noontide]
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high-minded adj of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high- flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" Synonym(s): exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
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high-mindedly adv in a high-minded manner; "he talks high-mindedly, but we don't know whether he acts according to his principles"
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high-mindedness n elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued Synonym(s): high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindedness
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highwayman n a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn: highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent]
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Ho Chi Minh n Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) Synonym(s): Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Tat Thanh
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Ho Chi Minh City n a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina Synonym(s): Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon
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Hogmanay n New Year's Eve in Scotland
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Hosni Mubarak n Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929) Synonym(s): Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak
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houseman n an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) Synonym(s): intern, interne, houseman, medical intern
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Housman n English poet (1859-1936) [syn: Housman, A. E. Housman, Alfred Edward Housman]
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Hugueninia n one species: tansy-leaved rocket [syn: Hugueninia, {genus Hugueninia}]
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Hugueninia tanacetifolia n perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium Synonym(s): tansy-leaved rocket, Hugueninia tanacetifolia, Sisymbrium tanacetifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hush money n a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyoscyamine n a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ichneumon \Ich*neu"mon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. [?] to track or hunt after, fr. [?] track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and family {Viverrid[91]}. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species({H. ichneumon}), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India ({H. griseus}), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family {Ichneumonid[91]}, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera. Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc. The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence, many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by destroying noxious insects. {Ichneumon fly}. See {Ichneumon}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackman \Hack"man\, n.; pl. {Hackmen}. The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackman \Hack"man\, n.; pl. {Hackmen}. The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackney \Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackneyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackneying}.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak. 2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackneyman \Hack"ney*man\, n.; pl. {Hackneymen}. A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackneyman \Hack"ney*man\, n.; pl. {Hackneymen}. A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hegemonic \Heg`emon"ic\, Hegemonical \Heg`emon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Hegemony}.] Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. [bd]Princelike and hegemonical.[b8] --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hegemonic \Heg`emon"ic\, Hegemonical \Heg`emon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Hegemony}.] Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. [bd]Princelike and hegemonical.[b8] --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hegemony \Hegem`ony\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] guide, leader, fr. [?] to go before.] Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. --Lieber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Noon \Noon\, n. [AS. n[?]n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See {Nine}, and cf. {Nones}, {Nunchion}.] 1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime. 2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. --Motley. {High noon}, the exact meridian; midday. {Noon of night}, midnight. [Poetic] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble. Both meet to hear and answer such high things. --Shak. Plain living and high thinking are no more. --Wordsworth. (f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South. (g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense. An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin. --Prov. xxi. 4. His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot. --Clarendon. 3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc. High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser. High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies. --Baker. 4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high. 5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to {grave} or {low}; as, a high note. 6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as [emac] ([emac]ve), [oomac] (f[oomac]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10, 11. {High admiral}, the chief admiral. {High altar}, the principal altar in a church. {High and dry}, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached. {High and mighty} arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.] {High art}, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display. {High bailiff}, the chief bailiff. {High Church}, [and] {Low Church}, two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high-church school. See {Broad Church}. {High constable} (Law), a chief of constabulary. See {Constable}, n., 2. {High commission court},a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641. {High day} (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31. {High festival} (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full ceremonial. {High German}, [or] {High Dutch}. See under {German}. {High jinks}, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry; wild sport. [Colloq.] [bd]All the high jinks of the county, when the lad comes of age.[b8] --F. Harrison. {High latitude} (Geog.), one designated by the higher figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator. {High life}, life among the aristocracy or the rich. {High liver}, one who indulges in a rich diet. {High living}, a feeding upon rich, pampering food. {High Mass}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Mass}. {High milling}, a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting, instead of by a single grinding. {High noon}, the time when the sun is in the meridian. {High place} (Script.), an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered. {High priest}. See in the Vocabulary. {High relief}. (Fine Arts) See {Alto-rilievo}. {High school}. See under {School}. {High seas} (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty, usually distant three miles or more from the coast line. --Wharton. {High steam}, steam having a high pressure. {High steward}, the chief steward. {High tea}, tea with meats and extra relishes. {High tide}, the greatest flow of the tide; high water. {High time}. (a) Quite time; full time for the occasion. (b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal. [Slang] {High treason}, treason against the sovereign or the state, the highest civil offense. See {Treason}. Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W. {High water}, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide; also, the time of such elevation. {High-water mark}. (a) That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water. (b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water, as in time of freshet. {High-water shrub} (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. {High wine}, distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; -- usually in the plural. {To be on a high horse}, to be on one's dignity; to bear one's self loftily. [Colloq.] {With a high hand}. (a) With power; in force; triumphantly. [bd]The children of Israel went out with a high hand.[b8] --Ex. xiv. 8. (b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. [bd]They governed the city with a high hand.[b8] --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious; proud; violent; full; dear. See {Tall}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Highmen \High"men\, n. pl. Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers. [Obs] --Sir J. Harrington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
High-minded \High"-mind"ed\, a. 1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.] Be not high-minded, but fear. --Rom. xi. 20. 2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean. High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. --A. Norton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
High-mindedness \High"-mind`ed*ness\, n. The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Highwayman \High"way`man\, n.; pl. {Highwaymen}. One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Highwayman \High"way`man\, n.; pl. {Highwaymen}. One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hogmanay \Hog`ma*nay"\, n. The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hush \Hush\, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] [bd]It is the hush of night.[b8] --Byron. {Hush money}, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyepiece \Eye"piece`\, n. (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed. {Collimating eyepiece}. See under {Collimate}. {Negative}, or {Huyghenian}, {eyepiece}, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called {Campani's eyepiece}. {Positive eyepiece}, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, {Ramsden's eyepiece}. {terrestrial}, or {Erecting eyepiece}, an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Huyghenian \Huyghe"nian\, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope. {Huyghenian eyepiece}See under {Eyepiece}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Huyghenian \Huyghe"nian\, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope. {Huyghenian eyepiece}See under {Eyepiece}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyoscyamine \Hy`oscy"amine\, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also {hyoscyamia}, {duboisine}, etc.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hagaman, IL Zip code(s): 62630 Hagaman, NY (village, FIPS 31291) Location: 42.97485 N, 74.15377 W Population (1990): 1377 (549 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12086
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hickman, CA Zip code(s): 95323 Hickman, KY (city, FIPS 36298) Location: 36.56288 N, 89.18781 W Population (1990): 2689 (1155 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42050 Hickman, NE (village, FIPS 22325) Location: 40.62149 N, 96.63148 W Population (1990): 1081 (378 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hickman, TN Zip code(s): 38567
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hickman County, KY (county, FIPS 105) Location: 36.67816 N, 88.97553 W Population (1990): 5566 (2374 housing units) Area: 633.2 sq km (land), 22.0 sq km (water) Hickman County, TN (county, FIPS 81) Location: 35.80011 N, 87.47438 W Population (1990): 16754 (6662 housing units) Area: 1586.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Higganum, CT (CDP, FIPS 38050) Location: 41.49125 N, 72.55801 W Population (1990): 1692 (657 housing units) Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06441
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
HAKMEM /hak'mem/ n. MIT AI Memo 239 (February 1972). A legendary collection of neat mathematical and programming hacks contributed by many people at MIT and elsewhere. (The title of the memo really is "HAKMEM", which is a 6-letterism for `hacks memo'.) Some of them are very useful techniques, powerful theorems, or interesting unsolved problems, but most fall into the category of mathematical and computer trivia. Here is a sampling of the entries (with authors), slightly paraphrased: Item 41 (Gene Salamin): There are exactly 23,000 prime numbers less than 2^(18). Item 46 (Rich Schroeppel): The most _probable_ suit distribution in bridge hands is 4-4-3-2, as compared to 4-3-3-3, which is the most _evenly_ distributed. This is because the world likes to have unequal numbers: a thermodynamic effect saying things will not be in the state of lowest energy, but in the state of lowest disordered energy. Item 81 (Rich Schroeppel): Count the magic squares of order 5 (that is, all the 5-by-5 arrangements of the numbers from 1 to 25 such that all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same number). There are about 320 million, not counting those that differ only by rotation and reflection. Item 154 (Bill Gosper): The myth that any given programming language is machine independent is easily exploded by computing the sum of powers of 2. If the result loops with period = 1 with sign +, you are on a sign-magnitude machine. If the result loops with period = 1 at -1, you are on a twos-complement machine. If the result loops with period greater than 1, including the beginning, you are on a ones-complement machine. If the result loops with period greater than 1, not including the beginning, your machine isn't binary -- the pattern should tell you the base. If you run out of memory, you are on a string or bignum system. If arithmetic overflow is a fatal error, some fascist pig with a read-only mind is trying to enforce machine independence. But the very ability to trap overflow is machine dependent. By this strategy, consider the universe, or, more precisely, algebra: Let X = the sum of many powers of 2 = ...111111 (base 2). Now add X to itself: X + X = ..111110. Thus, 2X = X - 1, so X = -1. Therefore algebra is run on a machine (the universe) that is two's-complement. Item 174 (Bill Gosper and Stuart Nelson): 21963283741 is the only number such that if you represent it on the {PDP-10} as both an integer and a floating-point number, the bit patterns of the two representations are identical. Item 176 (Gosper): The "banana phenomenon" was encountered when processing a character string by taking the last 3 letters typed out, searching for a random occurrence of that sequence in the text, taking the letter following that occurrence, typing it out, and iterating. This ensures that every 4-letter string output occurs in the original. The program typed BANANANANANANANA.... We note an ambiguity in the phrase, "the Nth occurrence of." In one sense, there are five 00's in 0000000000; in another, there are nine. The editing program TECO finds five. Thus it finds only the first ANA in BANANA, and is thus obligated to type N next. By Murphy's Law, there is but one NAN, thus forcing A, and thus a loop. An option to find overlapped instances would be useful, although it would require backing up N - 1 characters before seeking the next N-character string. Note: This last item refers to a {Dissociated Press} implementation. See also {banana problem}. HAKMEM also contains some rather more complicated mathematical and technical items, but these examples show some of its fun flavor. An HTML transcription of the entire document is available at `http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
HAKMEM /hak'mem/ MIT AI Memo 239 (February 1972). A legendary collection of neat mathematical and programming hacks contributed by many people at MIT and elsewhere. (The title of the memo really is "HAKMEM", which is a 6-letterism for "hacks memo".) Some of them are very useful techniques, powerful theorems, or interesting unsolved problems, but most fall into the category of mathematical and computer trivia. Here is a sampling of the entries (with authors), slightly paraphrased: Item 41 (Gene Salamin): There are exactly 23,000 prime numbers less than 2^18. Item 46 (Rich Schroeppel): The most probable suit distribution in bridge hands is 4-4-3-2, as compared to 4-3-3-3, which is the most evenly distributed. This is because the world likes to have unequal numbers: a thermodynamic effect saying things will not be in the state of lowest energy, but in the state of lowest disordered energy. Item 81 (Rich Schroeppel): Count the magic squares of order 5 (that is, all the 5-by-5 arrangements of the numbers from 1 to 25 such that all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same number). There are about 320 million, not counting those that differ only by rotation and reflection. Item 154 (Bill Gosper): The myth that any given programming language is machine independent is easily exploded by computing the sum of powers of 2. If the result loops with period = 1 with sign +, you are on a sign-magnitude machine. If the result loops with period = 1 at -1, you are on a twos-complement machine. If the result loops with period greater than 1, including the beginning, you are on a ones-complement machine. If the result loops with period greater than 1, not including the beginning, your machine isn't binary - the pattern should tell you the base. If you run out of memory, you are on a string or bignum system. If arithmetic overflow is a fatal error, some fascist pig with a read-only mind is trying to enforce machine independence. But the very ability to trap overflow is machine dependent. By this strategy, consider the universe, or, more precisely, algebra: Let X = the sum of many powers of 2 = ...111111 (base 2). Now add X to itself: X + X = ...111110. Thus, 2X = X - 1, so X = -1. Therefore algebra is run on a machine (the universe) that is two's-complement. Item 174 (Bill Gosper and Stuart Nelson): 21963283741 is the only number such that if you represent it on the {PDP-10} as both an integer and a {floating-point} number, the bit patterns of the two representations are identical. Item 176 (Gosper): The "banana phenomenon" was encountered when processing a character string by taking the last 3 letters typed out, searching for a random occurrence of that sequence in the text, taking the letter following that occurrence, typing it out, and iterating. This ensures that every 4-letter string output occurs in the original. The program typed BANANANANANANANA.... We note an ambiguity in the phrase, "the Nth occurrence of." In one sense, there are five 00's in 0000000000; in another, there are nine. The editing program TECO finds five. Thus it finds only the first ANA in BANANA, and is thus obligated to type N next. By Murphy's Law, there is but one NAN, thus forcing A, and thus a loop. An option to find overlapped instances would be useful, although it would require backing up N - 1 characters before seeking the next N-character string. Note: This last item refers to a {Dissociated Press} implementation. See also {banana problem}. HAKMEM also contains some rather more complicated mathematical and technical items, but these examples show some of its fun flavour. HAKMEM is available from MIT Publications as a {TIFF} file. {(ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker)}. (1996-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
high memory area (HMA) The first 64 {kilobytes} (minus 16 byte) of the {extended memory} on an {IBM PC}. By a strange design glitch the {Intel 80x86} processors can actually address 17*64 kbyte minus 16 byte of memory (from 0000:0000 to ffff:ffff) in real mode. In the {Intel 8086} and {Intel 8088} processors, unable to handle more than 1 {megabyte} of memory, addressing wrapped around, that is, address ffff:0010 was equivalent to 0000:0000. For compatibility reasons, later processors still wrapped around by default, but this feature could be switched off. Special programs called {A20 handlers} can control the addressing mode dynamically, thereby allowing programs to load themselves into the 1024--1088 kbyte region and run in {real mode}. From version 5.0 parts of {MS-DOS} can be loaded into HMA as well freeing up to 46 kbytes of {conventional memory}. (1995-01-10)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hashmonah fatness, the thirtieth halting-place of the Israelites during their wanderings in the wilderness, not far from Mount Hor (Num. 33:29, 30).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Heshmon fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Hachmoni, a wise man
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Heshmon, a hasty messenger