English Dictionary: variolar | by the DICT Development Group |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Variolar \Va*ri"o*lar\, a. (Med.) Variolous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Sarracenia \[d8]Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. {Sarracenia purpurea}, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; {S. flava}, {rubra}, {Drummondii}, {variolaris}, and {psittacina} are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See {Illust}. of Sidesaddle flower, under {Sidesaddle}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Very Large Database Memory} model to keep as much data as possible in {physical memory}. (Oracle {http://www.oracle.com/platforms/dec/collateral/vlmwp_3.html}). (1998-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Very Large Memory can use more than 4GB of {RAM}, which is the limit for systems using {32-bit} addresses. VLM architectures allow {application programs} and {Very Large Databases} with more than 4GB of data to be placed entirely in {physical memory}, with large performance enhancements. Some recent processors like the {DEC Alpha} can process 64 bits of data at a time and use addresses wider than 32 bits. {Digital Unix (http://www.unix.digital.com/unix/64bit/)}. (Solaris {http://www.sun.com/solaris/64bit.html}). (SGI {http://www.sgi.com/Technology/standard/faq.html}). (Unix 98 {http://www.UNIX-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html}). [How wide are the address busses?] (1998-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Very Large Scale Integration circuits} composed of hundreds of thousands of {logic elements} or memory cells. (1995-01-11) |