Conniver

3 definitions found

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

  Conniver \Con*niv"er\, n.
     One who connives.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "conniver":
     Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Machiavellian,
     Quisling, archtraitor, betrayer, cockatrice, coconspirator,
     conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, double agent,
     double-crosser, double-dealer, exploiter, finagler, informer,
     intrigant, intriguer, machinator, maneuverer, operator,
     opportunist, plotter, quisling, rat, schemer, serpent, snake,
     timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wire-puller
  
  

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

  CONNIVER
       
          {Artificial intelligence} language for {automatic theorem
          proving}.  An outgrowth of {PLANNER}, based on {coroutine}s
          rather than {backtracking}.  Allowed multiple database
          contexts with hypothetical assertions.
       
          ["The CONNIVER Reference Manual", D. McDermott & G.J. Sussman
          , AI Memo 259, MIT AI Lab, 1973].
       
          (1995-01-10)