Archimedes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Archimedes \Ar`chi*me"des\, n. (Paleon.)
     An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the
     subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Archimedes
       n : Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in
           hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)

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

  Archimedes
       
           A family of {microcomputers} produced by {Acorn
          Computers}, Cambridge, UK.  The Archimedes, launched in June
          1987, was the first {RISC} based {personal computer}
          (predating {Apple Computer}'s {Power Mac} by some seven
          years).  It uses the {Advanced RISC Machine} (ARM) processor
          and includes Acorn's {multitasking} {operating system} and
          {graphical user interface}, {RISC OS} on {ROM}, along with an
          interpreter for Acorn's enhanced {BASIC}, {BASIC V}.
       
          The Archimedes was designed as the successor to Acorn's
          sucessful {BBC Microcomputer} series and includes some
          backward compatibility and a {6502} {emulator}.  Several
          utilities are included free on disk (later in ROM) such as a
          {text editor}, paint and draw programs.  Software emulators
          are also available for the {IBM PC} as well as add-on {Intel}
          processor cards.
       
          There have been several series of Archimedes: A300, A400,
          A3000, A5000, A4000 and {RISC PC}.
       
          {Usenet FAQ
          (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/acorn/)}.
          {Archive site list
          (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gerben/acorn/acorn-archives.txt)}.
          {HENSA archive (ftp://micros.hensa.ac.uk/)}.  {Stuttgart
          archive (ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/acorn)}.
       
          See also {Crisis Software}, {Warm Silence Software}.
       
          (1998-04-03)