Argus

4 definitions found

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

  Argus \Ar"gus\, prop. n. [L. Argus, Gr. ?.]
     1. (Myth.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a
        hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes
        were transplanted to the peacock's tail.
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     2. One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
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     3. (Zool.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common
        species ({Argus giganteus}) is remarkable for the great
        length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the
        male. The species {Argus Grayi} inhabits Borneo.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Argus
       n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the
            heifer Io and was slain by Hermes
       2: large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant [syn: {argus
          pheasant}]

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

  Argus
       
           A successor to {CLU}, from LCS at {MIT}.  Argus
          supports {distributed programming} through {guardians} (like
          {monitors}, but can be created dynamically) and {atomic
          actions} (indivisible activity).  It also has {cobegin} and
          coend.
       
          ["Argus Reference Manual", B. Liskov et al., TR-400, MIT/LCS,
          1987].
       
          ["Guardians and Actions: Linguistic Support for Robust,
          Distributed Programs", B. Liskov  et al,
          TOPLAS 5(3):381-404 (1983)].
       
          (1995-12-28)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Argus, CA
    Zip code(s): 93562