AIDS

5 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  AIDS
       n : a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system
           transmitted through blood products especially by sexual
           contact or contaminated needles [syn: {acquired immune
           deficiency syndrome}]



From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  AIDS
       Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  AIDS /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a {glob}
     pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga), this
     condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe {SEX}. See
     {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse}, {virgin}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  AIDS
       
           /aydz/ A* Infected Disk Syndrome ("A*" is a
          {glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, {Apple
          Computer}), this condition is quite often the result of
          practicing unsafe {SEX}.
       
          See {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse}, {virgin}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-04-13)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AIDS, Engl. law. Formerly they were certain sums of money granted by the
  tenant to his lord in times of difficulty and distress, but, as usual in
  such cases, what was received as a gratuity by the rich and powerful from
  the weak and poor, was soon claimed as a matter of right; and aids became a
  species of tax to be paid by the tenant to his lord, in these cases: 1. To
  ransom the lord's person, when taken prisoner; 2. To make the lord's eldest
  son a knight; 3. To marry the lord's eldest daughter, by giving her a
  suitable portion. The first of these remained uncertain; the other two were
  fixed by act of parliament at twenty shillings each being the supposed
  twentieth part of a knight's fee, 2 Bl. Com. 64.